People may assume DISC only applies to face-to-face interactions. However, that would exclude using DISC in written communications and phone interactions. Luckily, it’s not true! DISC communication goes beyond face-to-face interaction. Mastering DISC communication starts with a few basic steps. The key to DISC self-awareness and identifying DISC styles of others is to practice. Once […]

Use of the DISC test in your workplace can lead to better understanding and interactions within your team. However, you may encounter resistance and misunderstanding during the process. Just hearing the term “test” in the DISC test can create anxiety and resistance in different people. Your team is made up of a diverse group of […]

As a DISC trainer, I’ve been asked if DISC applies across different cultures. If so, how does it correlate to culture? There is a link between DISC and cultures, but it may not be as clear as we think. Does where you live or your cultural background influence your DISC profile? Are the behaviors that […]

Allowing the right team members to work remotely from home has some well documented benefits. In fact, using a remote team can lead to lower overall costs and increased productivity. A manager needs to choose the best remote team members for the required work and support them properly. What makes someone an ideal candidate for […]

My job is being a DISC trainer, but sometimes I’m happy to be reminded how powerful DISC is to my own daily interactions. One of the perks of being a DISC trainer is getting to meet new people. Sometimes, I even get to travel and meet new people. Here, I was on the road in […]

Losing employees is expensive, but it also causes disruption and can lower morale for your remaining employees. The more you do to improve your workplace morale and keep your team positive and satisfied, the less likely you are to experience a lot of turnover or churn from your best talent. How DISC Helps Boost Morale […]

One of the strengths of the DISC Model is identifying DISC styles of others. Learn 3 simple steps to improve your observation skills. You will need to practice identifying DISC styles of others, but it’s a skill that is easy to learn. In doing so, you can adjust your style appropriately to improve your interactions. […]

Have you ever watched your clients reviewing their results during a DISC coaching session? You’ll likely see them nodding their heads, as if in agreement with results. Suddenly, they stop reading. As coaches and managers, you may encounter clients who disagree with a certain section of their DISC reports. What’s the best way to manage […]

What’s the next step now that you’ve reviewed your client’s DISC report or Sales Competence Assessment? Start on a Behavioral Action Plan to take your client to the next level of success. The goal of the Behavioral Action Plan is to identify and list key behaviors your client can modify to achieve their goals. It […]

While turnover is another part of managing workers, there is stress, and a cost in time and money. You’ve gotten the cake, had the farewell party and are looking for a replacement. Now, it’s time to find a replacement.  Have you stopped to think about the true cost of your team’s turnover? Replacing quality talent […]

Have you ever tried an Escape Room challenge? They are adventure strategy games with time limits, where escaping wins the game. If you’ve ever tried it, you’ll see DISC styles under pressure! What better setting to show DISC styles under pressure than to be locked in a room with family, friends, coworkers, and even strangers? […]

DISC can be an effective tool to enhance customer service. Imagine how much more engaged and responsive customers would be if you communicated in a DISC style that was comfortable and natural for them?

Most people think of the DISC model and the different DISC styles purely as a business tool. However, students can also find value in using DISC assessments. Students need to learn skills to better communicate and interact with each other. It is essential for them to succeed in school, the working world, and beyond. DISC assessments can […]

Have you ever considered how people make decisions on when and if they will buy something? How can knowing someone’s DISC buying style help you close a deal? We all have preferred ways of doing things. Specifically, people have preferred ways of making decisions when it comes to buying something. Knowing someone’s DISC buying style […]

Were you ever surprised to hear yourself called “insensitive” because that’s not how you would’ve described yourself? At times, you may feel a disconnect between how you view yourself versus how others view you. Blind spots may stem from this gap in self-awareness. How you view your behaviors is not always how others view them. […]

Being interviewed for a job is stressful. It is even more stressful when you go into a job interview without a clue as to who is interviewing you. Learning about the four DISC profiles before your job interview can help ease stress before the process. Job interviews. We all dread them. It is never fun […]

When it comes to helping employees understand where their strengths and weaknesses are, receiving employee feedback from their managers is crucial. DISC assessments can help facilitate the process. Employee feedback can provide those workers with a lot of useful information about what they should continue doing going forward. It can also help employees focus on any […]

When under pressure, your natural DISC style shines through your behaviors. You can use your DISC Assessment results to adapt your style to best suit pressure settings. A person’s DISC style is likely to show up when you are under pressure. Some may lose track of details. Some can snap at their peers when feeling […]

Most of us think DISC personality tests are all about work. We are more than likely to take the DISC Assessment in our work role, but how about using it to plan a DISC style vacation? So, knowing what DISC is and how the various DISC personality types work is vital, but it can do more. Have you ever […]

If you were to create a license plate that reflected your DISC style, what would it say? When I was young I remember vividly telling my family, during a long car ride, what I wanted to drive when I grew up. I told them I wanted a black Jaguar. I also told them I wanted my […]

The DISC Assessment Tool looks at your natural behavioral style in a variety of formats. How you use your DISC profile results is up to you. Understanding who you are, what you can do, and what you have to offer is important, but there is more to the equation than that. You also need to know […]

There isn’t a better way to say ‘I love you, Dad,’ than by giving him an Extended DISC assessment so that he can learn his DISC personality type! Your father will gain a better understanding of himself, and even learn how to adjust his behavior with others! Okay, so the beginning of this blog may have […]

Now that you’ve learned about the DISC profiles, also known as DISC personality types, you’ll want to start to build it into your daily interactions. Practice one simple and practical DISC communication exercise often to help you improve and succeed with other people. Some of us may be thinking of a dog exercising with his frisbee disc when talking about […]

Remember how exciting it was to receive your yearbook at the end of the school year? Did your school hold the tradition of writing friends a farewell in your yearbook? If you did, try to remember what you used to write to your friends. Did it reflect your DISC style? Whether it was a signature […]

Your participants take the DISC profile assessment, complete a successful DISC training, and are now motivated to use their DISC knowledge. However, “the real world” can derail that from happening. What do you do now that you’ve delivered a successful DISC training on communication, leadership, customer service, or team building, etc.? Your clients are going back to their workplaces, and of course, get slammed […]

You have most likely heard of the KISS model (Keep it Simple Stupid). While we are definitely NOT stupid, keeping it simple in the things that we do can help decrease misunderstanding and mistakes. A simple DISC approach can also increase learning and motivation.

Have you ever thought about how the 4 DISC types prefer to interact with you? If you can identify peoples’ preferred DISC communication styles then you have an effective tool to better interact with them. The 4 DISC types have preferred DISC communication styles. They have preferred ways in which they are more comfortable when interacting with others. Some DISC profiles share […]

We are successful because we ask all kinds of questions. However, there are certain questions DISC profiles tend to ask. A simple yet effective way to identify a person’s DISC profile is to observe their behaviors. Think about the words they use or the body language when you are interacting with them. Also, consider the […]

You’ve probably heard of DISC tests, DISC assessments or DISC profiles but are they all the same? What is the purpose of DISC and DISC tools? DISC Assessments are behavioral assessment tools. Simply put, they measure how a person naturally prefers to do things and interact with others. DISC has had a long history of development and research […]

S-style profiles view promises differently than the other DISC profiles. What is an intention for one person may be construed as a promise to the other.

Opposite DISC personality types create challenging interactions. Do you use words like “fantastic”, but get frustrated when someone tells you, “it’s fine”?

Understanding DISC profiles can be challenging without DISC training. However, we can present different ways to explain them to make sure our clients have a clear understanding of their DISC profiles. Understanding DISC profiles gives us information about our natural behavioral style. First and foremost, we need to recognize that we have all four DISC […]

Millennials are constantly labeled as unproductive, stressed out and anxious. Why single out millennial’s for having the same common qualities as everyone else? I am a stressed out, unproductive and anxious millennial First, I want to start this all off by introducing myself. Hi, I’m Halle, and I am the Client Loyalty and Marketing Manager […]

No one DISC style determines how successful an individual will be. Our personal bias, however, affects how we perceive the world and what we believe creates success…including what DISC Styles create success. A couple of years ago I received a call from a consultant who was using the Extended DISC assessment tool with one of […]

Nobody likes a suck-up. So why do leaders surround themselves with them? This blog was adapted from an Extended DISC® newsletter featuring Marshall Goldsmith in February of 2006. I have reviewed more than 100 custom-designed leadership profiles for major corporations. These documents typically feature boilerplate language that describes the leadership behaviors companies desire. Such chestnuts […]

Managing people stuff is hard. I tried my best as a new manager, but it wasn’t working effectively. Then one day, I learned something new.

The Analytical Personality Type focuses on tasks and doing it correctly. Your behavioral strengths help you succeed, but here are tips to be even better!

The steady personality type, also know as the S-style is amiable, steady, and friendly. Learn some tips for being more successful as an S-style.

The social personality type is loves attention and interacting with people. An I-style uses charisma and communication skills to achieve success.

The D-style personality type is one of the four main DISC styles. What makes a D-style unique and how does a D-style become more successful?

Black Friday sales, gift return lines, extended family get togethers, work parties…stressing you out yet? Remember your holiday communication tips!

Every person has a team communication role. Extended DISC describes each of the primary relationship roles based on a person’s DISC profile.

Often times people searching the Internet for DISC reports don’t even know what words to use. They may look for personality tests, DISC test, and others.

How do you go about managing introverts? How well do introverts do as managers? What assumptions limit us and how do we broaden our view?

DISC styles learn differently so how should each DISC-style learn to succeed? Every style has something to learn, but they don’t learn in the same way.

Have you ever heard someone tell you, “I have no S-style in me at all?” This statement is not true. Everyone has all four DISC styles.

How tuned in are you to your hardwired behaviors? Figuring out how you prefer to do things and how you should do it is key to your success.

It would be easier if there were ideal Leadership DISC profiles. Luckily, we can use DISC reports to help identify the styles of leaders and managers.

Social media quizzes are everything. We have fun learning about ourselves when these tests offer to determine our personality traits and “who we truly are.”

Your DISC Style does not categorize you as good or bad. We give positive and negative value when we describe DISC styles.

Olympic athletes remind us that communicating and understanding one another does not always require a common spoken language. Utilizing tools like DISC and making a concerted effort to use different methods of communication will make our interactions richer and more fulfilling for both parties.

Have you ever been called “strong-willed, impulsive, amiable, or logical?”   It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.  When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. Harry S. Truman Descriptor words are essentially neutral words, but we begin inserting […]

How can we better understand, motivate, manage, and lead the Millennials? It’s now official: I am getting old. The moment happened when I was part of a conversation involving how entitled the Millennials are. Millennials or Generation Y, are the demographic group following Generation X, range in age from teen to early 30s. Apparently, they […]

Skiing was a big part of my childhood. I have great memories of spending time on the slopes with my family. While skiing is typically viewed as an individual sport, it is also happens to be a great family activity. Not only do you often ski together, but you also have time for uninterrupted conversations […]

Jessica was a new co-worker and I was a newly certified DISC trainer, eager to practice my own DISC styles recognition skills. Over the next few weeks I found her to be friendly, easy to talk to, and interested in interacting with me. This seemed like a co-worker I wanted to be part of my […]

Recently I was talking with my client, Jack, who had questions about the D-styles. He asked me if there were any softer descriptors for them than words such as “direct,” “independent” and “fast-paced.” Apparently, a few of the D-style attendees in Jack’s training sessions expressed concern that others may perceive these descriptors negatively within the […]

  Learning the DISC model is fun, insightful and interesting.  Everyone wants to understand why others are different. Who doesn’t like to read about the most important person in the world? It’s me!  It’s no wonder DISC is so popular. However, making DISC-styles part of your organization’s culture – and not just an entertaining training […]

In the early 90’s I was a branch manager at a bank in New Orleans. Back then one of my favorite colleagues was Dave. He could make everyone laugh. A few people did not appreciate Dave’s humor as it could be rather crude at times, but his delivery made up for his occasional lack of […]