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] 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...

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...