Extended DISC Blog

Black Friday sales, gift return lines, extended family get-togethers, work parties...stressing you out yet? Remember your holiday communication tips to get the most out of these busy times.

A brief moment to look at the downside

Enjoying the best of the holidays at work and outside of work is the ideal goal, but can also end up with its challenges. Times like these can bring stress and higher

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

Your primary team communication role

Often times people looking for information on DISC reports aren't sure what words to search the internet for. They may look for personality tests, styles, traits, or DISC tests. Is there really a difference between personality tests and DISC reports?

Defining personality

Susan Cain's book, "Quiet" is an insightful book about introverts in a world thriving on self-promotion and interactions. Her book provoked ideas on how we can be more effective at managing introverts and how introverts manage.

Introduction to introverts and reserved DISC-styles

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.

Focusing on why DISC styles learn differently

Have you ever heard someone tell you, "I have no S-style in me at all?" This statement is not true. One must always look at the relationship of all four DISC styles. In other words, we cannot interpret the four DISC styles independently.

Assuming we don't have all four DISC styles!

How tuned in are you to your hardwired behaviors? How you "show up" at work and home may not be the same. Figuring out how you prefer to do things and how you should do it is key to your success.

How different are you at home and work?

Using DISC to determine whether someone fits the role of a ideal leader is precarious at best. Instead of focusing on ideal leadership DISC profiles, recognize that the most successful leaders are keenly self-aware and have the ability to effectively adjust their styles to meet the demands of their different roles.

Behavioral Characteristics of Leadership Styles

My age is 65 based on my musical tastes, my energy color is lavender, and I was a flamingo in my past life. We find social media quizzes intriguing and fun, but how accurate are they really?

Social media quizzes are everywhere

We just celebrated Labor Day to pay tribute to the contributions and achievements of workers. For Labor Day weekend many of us attended parties, went to parades, played golf, and feasted on traditional Labor Day backyard barbecues.

Working is one of the major causes of stress