The High Cost of Employee Turnover

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 takes time and costs money; you’ll need to find, hire and on-board the replacement

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DISC Styles Under Pressure: Escape Room Challenge

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? Our team of six took on the challenge, but what was really in store for

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Free DISC Webinar: What is DISC? Sep. 19th

Join our HRCI/SHRM recertification approved webinar, "What is DISC?" The webinar is free and open to everyone.

Webinar overview

If you haven't previously attended our What is DISC? webinar, please join Extended DISC senior facilitators, Wilma Stephens and Christina Bowser, as they present a free one-hour introduction to DISC. Learn how you can bring DISC into your workshops, leadership training,

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Customer Service Improves Using DISC Assessments

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

DISC assessments can provide an added layer of information to use in customer analysis. In addition, managers can use DISC profiles to match their staff to the job roles where the employees

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Using DISC to Help Students Succeed

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 help them achieve success. DISC can help students to become

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Selling Knives? Consider My DISC Buying Style First

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 simply reminds you that you can better control the sales process

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DISC Blind Spots: What Do You Mean I'm Insensitive?

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. When there's a gap between two different views it can cause

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Sales: Gaining Competitive Advantages Using DISC

Sales, as a profession, can be very rewarding. But, it can also be stressful and it's not the right career choice for everyone. With that in mind, using DISC is an essential way to tell if sales is the right career path for you.

Anyone can succeed in a sales career with proper training. However, that doesn't mean all sales careers are suited for everyone. Some may be better suited or thrive more

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The DISC Profiles Interviewing You for a Job

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 to have to try to prove your worth to another person for something you desperately want and

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Why DISC Works in Today's Pop Culture World

Do we really know ourselves, despite being in a time of heightened self-awareness? Can DISC assessments work in a pop culture world?

We live in an era where advertisers target each of us as individuals. We have even come to expect information to be personalized and quick. Everyone expects solutions in real time. We want it delivered on a silver platter with a customized email. Is our sense of

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