by Nancy Roberts | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog Posts
One of the main jobs of a manager is to have frequent performance discussions with their employees. It sounds so basic and that is probably why it’s the most overlooked behavior or skill of good managers. Simply put, you must talk to your people. You may be thinking...
by Nancy Roberts | Nov 8, 2018 | Blog Posts
Dear DISC Wizard, You recently did training with our leadership team and I was impressed by the E+R=O formula. It made so much sense to me when I learned it and I was really excited about applying it when I got back to work. Turns out, it’s much harder than I thought....
by Nancy Roberts | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog Posts
Depending on your personal style and experience, you may go one of three directions when handling difficult conversations. On one side of the spectrum we have silence, on the other side violence, and when we strike a balance between the two, we have dialogue. Take the...
by Nancy Roberts | Oct 27, 2018 | Blog Posts
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… You can see from these tendencies that we may...
by Nancy Roberts | Sep 27, 2018 | Blog Posts
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 fact-based) and...
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....
