What Makes Extended DISC Different from DISC?

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Chances are you've been asked, "What makes Extended DISC different from other DISC tools?" They are not all the same. The distinction between the assessments is critical to getting the right information to actually improve communication skills.

As trainers, we get asked this question all the time. No one owns DISC or the theory, it's in the public domain. However, there are companies that have

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Want to Improve your Communication as a Couple? Here's how DISC can Help.

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Are you the talkative partner who easily expresses your opinions or are you the supportive, quieter one who does not easily express your feelings? We all have preferred, comfortable ways of communicating with our partners. The DISC tool can help identify those preferred behaviors and help improve your couples communication.

Your ability to communicate affects how you interact with others, how

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Do You Have the Right Leadership Style?

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If you had a tool that could further enhance your ability to lead others, would you use it? The DISC Assessment tool can help identify your leadership style and predict how you prefer to lead.

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DISC Assessments and Team Building

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It’s tough to pull together teams at work without some planning, introspection and information about how the individuals you are pulling together think, work and feel. 

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DISC Personality Styles Under Pressure

Whether you know what they are or not, each of your team members has a unique DISC style personality – and their assessed type has a direct impact on how well they perform and relate to others when the pressure is on.

Will your top performing sales executive keep cruising along when the pressure mounts? Or, will she become a walking, fire-breathing nightmare everyone else tip-toes
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Workplace Conflict Resolution Tips

From petty squabbles over where to order lunch or who had which file last, conflict in your workplace can derail your efforts and destroy your productivity. Even worse, a workplace with too much conflict is simply not an ideal place to spend time. In fact, if conflict resolution isn't utilized then the discord will fester and not be properly resolved.  It can result in poor morale, high turnover

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We are More than Our DISC Profiles

According to the DISC theory you are classified as one of 4 DISC profiles. You may be the driven D-Style, the social I-Style, the steady S-Style, or the analytical C-Style. However, we are more complex and multi-dimensional than what a single DISC style can describe us as.

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Re-framing Our View on Opposite DISC Styles

We tend to focus on the negatives when dealing with DISC styles opposite our own. Instead of focusing on what irritates us, how about re-framing and recognizing the positives those DISC profiles bring to our lives?

I think back to my first real job and my first boss. We started off awkwardly. I was inexperienced and nervous. She were a new business owner and stressed. We interacted politely and

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DISC Assessments: Why Imagine Ourselves at Work?

Why do you need to imagine yourself at work when answering the DISC questions? I'm sure you'll recognize the most obvious reason; DISC assessments are most often workplace based.

However, does taking DISC Assessments while focused on your workplace directly impact your results? For example, what if I'm a college student taking the DISC assessment? Do I have to think of an imaginary workplace or

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DISC Profiles: Food for Thought!

Recently, I traveled to Singapore to conduct a two-day DISC certification. I love doing DISC trainings and talking about DISC profiles, but add travel and food to the agenda and I'm in total heaven!

If you're wondering..."how can you relate DISC profiles to travelling and eating in Singapore," just bear with me and I'll explain.

I'm always looking for the best places to get a great meal. Hawker

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