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...