Too often Leadership Development Programs are a process of turning out exact replicas of a certain personality type. Commanding, egocentric and persuasive leaders have, in the past, been seen as ideal. After the corporate scandals of the last two decades,...
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Are you a natural-born leader?
I’ll never forget the first time someone told me, “You’re a natural-born leader.” I resisted that notion because I had never managed or led anybody in my professional career. And yet, this group of strangers at the Enlightened Warrior Camp I was attending...
What to do when someone doesn’t want to deal with change
Dear DISC Wizard, "As I make a move this fall to another division, one of the difficult things is dealing with my friend and counterpart who is a high “S”. She does not like change, at all. I am moving to another division, not another country but she does not see it...
How to deal with someone who is critical and negative
How To Deal With A Person Who Is… CRITICAL | NEGATIVE | STERN The Critical person has many positive qualities. They are usually logical, factual, accurate and go by the book. They are continually looking for ways to make things more accurate and “perfect.” Although...
How to deal with someone who is non-emotional and hard-to-read
How To Deal With A Person Who Is… NON-EMOTIONAL | HARD-TO-READ The biggest challenge in recognizing the Non-Emotional type is that they are the hardest to read. They blend into the background, don’t speak up and generally keep to themselves. Surprisingly, they happen...
How to deal with someone who is emotional and over-reactive
How To Deal With A Person Who Is… EMOTIONAL | OVER-REACTIVE With every personality type, you have to take the good with the bad. The Emotional-Over-reactive person has a lot of positive qualities. The Emotional person is usually people-oriented and outgoing. When...
How to deal with someone who is controlling and angry
Just counting to 10 doesn’t work when you’re on the receiving end of someone’s anger. So how do you deal with an angry person?
How To Communicate With Difficult People
At the beginning of my business, I had a sales call with a High Dominant CEO. He shared with me that on his sales team, 13 out of 16 weren’t meeting quota. I joked with him that he had too many bottom performers on his sales team because he had “nice-guy syndrome.” He...
How to customize onboarding for DISC styles (Con’t)
Last time, we sent you some ideas on how to customize onboarding for DISC styles combined with 3 different sets of values-based motivators: Theoretical (knowledge and learning) Utilitarian (ROI and resourcefulness) Aesthetic (beauty and harmony) Below we...
How to customize onboarding for DISC styles
WHEN ONBOARDING EMPLOYEES… It’s helpful to remember that not everyone is the same. What works great for some employees is going to miss-the-mark with others. While there are some standard things you want to do with all employees, there are specific things our new...
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