Depending on your personal style and experience, you may go one of three directions when handling difficult conversations.
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[DISC Tool] How do you handle conflict?
Let’s face it…most of us were never taught how to handle conflict well. So given our DISC style, we may confront, put up with or avoid conflict altogether. Find out how you handle naturally handle conflict in this article…
[Wizard Wisdom] Why the facts don’t matter when dealing with conflict
I know, I know. We like to think of ourselves as rational human beings. However, it turns out that MOST often we aren’t responding to the “facts” of the matter. It just so happens that there is something that happens between the event (which IS usually...
How satisfied are you with your work? Take this assessment to find out…
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....
Why many employee reward programs miss the boat!
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...
[Wizard Wisdom] Why DISC behaviors NEEDS motivators…
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...
[Wizard Wisdom] Can DISC predict performance?
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...
[Case Study] Dreading a performance review?
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...
The BIG Missing In Employee Engagement
These are just some of the headlines scrolling through our newsfeed in the last couple of weeks: Worldwide, 13% of Employees Are Engaged at Work The Worldwide Employee Engagement Crisis Employee Engagement at an All-Time Low In an attempt to validate this, we recently...
How a Manager took the wind out of my sails
You may have heard me tell the story of how when I started my business, with very little experience in selling my services and unable to pay my bills, I had to go get a part-time job bartending. A few articles ago, I shared how I got hired at a TGI Friday’s by a new...
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