Category: Blog
I wish I knew this before
One of most common phrases I hear when I lead DISC training programs or speak at a conference about the DISC styles is, “I wish I knew this before ________.” The blank is typically filled in with statements such as, “I wish I knew this before I got married, had kids,...
Systems and the DISC System
Each of the four DISC styles approaches the world in a different way. This means that we have varying needs for structure and order in our lives. To the Eagle’s and Parrot’s rules and systems are more like suggested guidelines. As long as they are close to following...
We Give What We Need the Most
There’s an interesting phenomenon in human behavior in which our actions reveal our needs. Essentially, the very same behaviors that we display to others reflect back to them how we want to be treated. Another way of saying this is that we want others to treat us the...
The DISC Quarterback
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)
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...
DISC Styles Therapy
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 and the DISC Model
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 Mutant
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?
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...
Meeting in Style
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...
