Category: Blog
What DISC Can Teach Us about the 2016 Election
Have you noticed something different about the dialogue surrounding the 2016 presidential election? While candidates and pundits alike are talking about big-ticket issues, the focus on personality is bigger than ever. Not since the 1960’s first-ever TV debate, in...
The Key Benefits of a Taking Flight DISC Certification
Hesitant about taking yet another DISC certification course? Skeptical of whether it’s worth it? Forget what you know about traditional DISC training and immerse yourself in Take Flight Learning’s life-changing approach to teaching the DISC styles. More Learning in...
An Ancient Technique Breathes New Life into the DISC Model
Aesop’s Fables were written well over two millennia ago, but children and adults the world over can still recite at least a few tales by heart. Stories like “The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs” or “The Fox and the Crow” have appeared in countless translations and...
What Each Style Needs to Accept
We all look at the world through the lens of our own DISC style. This means that we may need to accept that others handle problems and approach the world differently than we would. And this means that we may need to accept that ‘my way is not the only way.’ Consider...
Two Species of Owl
Owls, or C’s in the DISC world, are known for their logic and accuracy. They like plans, systems, and order. You would think it would be easy to recognize an Owl by the pristine neatness of their office, since they are organizational gurus, right? Not always. You see,...
How Take Flight Learning’s DISC Training Program Truly Stands Apart
Innovation: this is something that is often the result of reinvention. If someone were to ask you what DISC style you are, you would most likely refer back to your previous workbook to see what letter you are. Would you say you are a “D”? Dominant and decisive. Once...
More Powerful vs. Less Powerful
Each DISC style has a different ability to influence the world, and this impacts how people with each style interact with the world. For example, Eagles typically feel that they are more powerful than their environment and have the capacity to shape outcomes through...
Opposites Attract
Ask just about anyone whether they would score very differently than their spouse or significant other on a personality test, and the answer will overwhelmingly be “Yes!” As the cliché goes, opposites attract. However, when I ask DISC training participants if they are...
DISC Style Email
The next time you start crafting an e-mail, think about the DISC styles of the sender (you) and the receiver (someone who you hope will actually read and digest what you have written.) If you’re writing to an Eagle, let brevity and clarity be your guiding lights....
What Drives Each Style
We all have different needs and desires that shape our behaviors. Given that how we think drives how we act, if we understand an individual’s needs, we can understand and possibly even predict how someone will act in given situations. The DISC System helps us to...
