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We have an enough to think about in our hectic, fast-paced world. Pondering which DISC style to apply in a given situation or with a specific person shouldn’t be one of them. So how can the DISC styles be used on a daily basis without thinking about them? The key is...

Coaching in the Recipient’s Language (or Style)Have you ever tried to change a pesky habit? It’s fairly difficult. Now try to change someone else’s habits. That’s even harder…if not impossible. Sometimes, when managers coach their staff members, they try to change...

The other day, I walked by a neighbor who has strong Owl (C) and Dove (D) style tendencies.(In the DISC model, that makes him a (CS), which I refer to as the Perfectionist style pattern in Taking Flight!.) My neighbor was in the midst of yet another home improvement...

Kids say the darndest things and sometimes we can link what they say to the DISC styles. The following are four situations in which children innocently reveal their style: D (eagle) child: I have a friend who likes to play what he thinks is a cute game with his...

Kill the MutantEvery now and again, when conducting a Taking Flight with DISC training program, I encounter a team that consists of members that are primarily represented by one or two DISC styles. It might be law firm with D (eagles) attorneys, a sales team of I’s...

Do people drive you crazy? A great and wise sage once said, “Everyone driving slower than you is an idiot. Everyone driving faster than you is a maniac.” Okay, it wasn’t a world renowned philosopher, it was George Carlin. Each of us naturally believes that my way of...

We talk about the DISC styles in terms of people, but meetings can have a style too…and the style of the meeting usually correlates with the style of the person running it. The irony is, we don’t even realize that we are running meeting that satisfy our internal...

What if everyone wore a button identifying their DISC style? While I’m not suggesting that we all go out and buy buttons containing our DISC style… it would make interactions at work and at home a lot easier. We wouldn’t have to figure out if we need to be direct or...

We all know that mistakes are a part of life, but not everyone deals with mistakes in the same way. In fact, our DISC style has an impact on how willing we are to make mistakes and how we respond after we’ve made them. People with the take charge, direct and confident...

While on tour in the 1980s Van Halen instructed stage crews, via a clause embedded in their tour contract, that a bowl full of M&Ms be placed backstage with all brown M&Ms removed. At the time people thought that the band members were acting like frivolous...