All about DiSC®

In today’s DiSC® lesson, we will discuss a deeper and broader understanding of the i or (Influence) style.  This will be helpful whether it is YOU who are an i style, or if it is someone else with whom you deal that is an i style.  Furthermore, AS an i, this will help you interact with another i.

In today’s DiSC® lesson, we will discuss a deeper and broader understanding of the D (or Dominant) style.  This will be helpful whether it is YOU who are a D style, or if it is someone else with whom you deal that is a D style.  Furthermore, AS a D, this will help you interact with another D.

An important step toward becoming effective with others is developing the ability to recognize different DiSC® styles using the people-reading technique.  People-reading isn’t meant to “label” or box people in.  It’s a way to help us understand the needs and priorities of others.  We can observe behaviors including body language, tone of voice, expression, and word choice.  In today’s lesson, we’ll discuss how to initially read people’s DiSC® style by observing behavior around the two continua of PACE & AGREEABLENESS.  Before we dive deeper, I have always encouraged learners to maintain a couple important pieces of baseline knowledge. Both these...

In today’s lesson, we’ll compare the similarities, differences, and uses between DiSC^® and MBTI^® (or Myers-Briggs Type Indicator^®).  My goal is to help you decide not which is better or best.  Rather, my goal is to help you decide which is right for you.

Use of DiSC® is about choice and intention.  For example, I can go around all day being a D, leaving other styles in my wake by not choosing to use DiSC® and not being intentional.  Once you make the choice, it implies an intention to prepare for mutual communication success.  Here is a quick review of a couple points before we start “A Day in the Life of a TEAM.”