Extended DISC Blog

Every coach of a sports team has a playbook designed to guide his/her players to success. Wouldn't it be great if you had a Manager's Playbook for leading your team?

The team DISC Assessment is a widely used DISC tool. As the name implies, we often use it for working with teams. However, we are seeing more and more how managers can use team assessments to manage and develop their teams. We are

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 sounded like a cheesy ad to sell you a DISC assessment. I promise, this blog is not intended to

Team DISC Assessments are highly useful tools in helping identify a team's preferred way of doing things, natural strengths, and areas of development. In addition, team DISC reports can provide supporting information on how teams can work more effectively.

We rely on teamwork to get things done, but not all teams function smoothly. Teams need tools that help them to become more effective;

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 DISC and exercising! However, each DISC

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 or a long note from a friend, I still feel nostalgic looking through the pages of my old yearbooks with

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

We have differing views of DISC personality types based on our own perceptions. Hence, we may also have misconceptions about DISC personality types.

When we talk to other people about DISC styles we notice that people have differing views of others. They are different for various reasons. These views are sometimes inaccurate, but can grow into lasting biases and misconceptions about DISC

Have you ever found yourself over-thinking and complicating things when coaching DISC? Then try focusing on the DISC basics, using a more simple DISC approach.

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

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 similarities and

Recognizing that DISC personality types make different buying decisions is necessary in order to move the sales process forward with our prospects.

How DISC personality types make different buying decisions is critical, but so is knowing how our own DISC personality style plays into the sales interaction. We are focusing on buying decisions as one part of an overall strategy to improve our