by Nancy Roberts | Aug 14, 2018 | Blog Posts
Extrinsic motivation occurs when we are motivated to perform a behavior in order to earn a reward or avoid punishment. Intrinsic motivation involves engaging in a behavior because it is personally rewarding; essentially, performing an activity for its own sake....
by Nancy Roberts | Aug 7, 2018 | Blog Posts
Dear DISC Wizard, My HR Manager and I can’t get on the same page as to how to recognize our employees. She is much more “people-oriented” and of the mind that people like public recognition. I am of the mindset that it is more meaningful for people to hear from their...
by Nancy Roberts | Aug 1, 2018 | Blog Posts
As the DISC Wizard, of course, I think DISC is an amazing tool. (It’d be pretty sad if I didn’t.) But even I have to admit that DISC has its limitations. That’s why I always combine the 4 DISC Behaviors model with a 6 Motivators model. When you combine the 4 DISC...
by Nancy Roberts | Jul 24, 2018 | Blog Posts
Everyone loves DISC! It’s fun, simple and easy to learn. Perhaps that is why DISC is in the top 10 trainings requested by companies year after year. Yet DISC alone is an incomplete picture of someone’s performance potential. DISC measures a person’s observable...
by Nancy Roberts | Jul 19, 2018 | Blog Posts
The SITUATION: A client reached out to me one day with a dilemma. “I’m heading into a performance review later this week with a great employee who was given a significant pay raise last year. If she expects the same raise this year, it will put her above the pay grade...
