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Valid behavioral assessments in under 10 minutes

DISC is a suite of scientifically validated online assessments used by thousands of organizations worldwide. When a respondent takes our online questionnaire, the process lasts about ten minutes. During the questionnaire process, respondents answer 24 questions about themselves on their personality or behavior. The questionnaire forces respondents

Introducing the DISC Style Charts

While we will continue to offer the Extended DISC Profiles and Diamond, we are happy to introduce a simple and new illustration of an individual’s styles: The DISC Style Charts.

Markku Kauppinen, President and CEO of Extended DISC NA, Inc. and Christina Bowser, Senior Trainer, will share 4 strategies for success for Managers who work with Millennials.

On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 from 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CDT

Have you ever of thought of cars in terms of DISC styles?

Imagine the commanding Mercedes S600 sedan, with its powerful image of strength, control and authority.

DISC sessions are often fun and helpful. However, DISC must be used in daily practice in order to provide real value to an organization.

Why is this topic so important?

Markku Kauppinen, President and CEO of Extended DISC NA, Inc. and Christina Bowser, Senior Trainer, share simple, yet powerful ideas on building DISC into the culture of your organization.

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.

No matter what our DISC-style is, we have an instinctive tendency to want to prove people are wrong and that we are right.  

How we do this depends on our DISC-Profile. D-styles are likely to be direct and will challenge the other person. I-styles may tell one of their stories to illustrate they are right. S-styles make up for their modest approach with persistency. C-styles have lots of facts to

Our latest Extended DISC Millennials article is published in Training Magazine.

The DISC-style distribution of the population is not static.  Rather, the distribution of the DISC-styles changes over time.  In the past, the S-styles used to be the largest percentage of the total population.  Today, the I-styles have surpassed the S-styles because more than 40 percent of Millennials are I-style

Once you are familiar with the DISC-styles, you will find some people are easier to identify.

You will quickly think to yourself, “she is a D-style” or “he is an S-style.” Individuals with one predominant style are fairly easy to identify.

Have you ever been in a conversation that is headed nowhere fast?

Where everyone is increasingly frustrated as both sides keep talking? We all have. Interactions in a team or group is often diverse, involves different communication styles, and can take effort. You don’t always understand where 
your team members are coming from, what are they really asking you, and
 what their intentions truly