DiSC Profile Blog: Everything DiSC Spoken Here: DiSC WORKPLACE, DiSC MANAGEMENT, DiSC SALES, EPIC DiSC Online Profiles, IDX Ready, Adventures in Attitudes - now AiA Classic

Everything DiSC Spoken Here!

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FREE Everything WORKPLACE Profile

 Do you love a freebie?   Here's a great one for YOU! 

From now until July 31, Inscape Publishing is offering a FREE sample of the NEW - Everything DiSC WORKPLACE Profile - the newest addition to the DiSC Applications Library.

If you are a subscriber to Training Magazine, you will see this is a promotion that Inscape is offering in current issues.

Want to experience the WORKPLACE assessment for yourself? 

Go to  www.everythingdisc.com/training609 

This is a $50 value - offer expires July 31, 2009)

Click the link that says "need a code?"  You'll be asked to supply your name and email address, so Inscape can send you an access code within one business day.
 
You'll also be asked for your company name, and your Inscape Consultant's name.  Please type in my name:  (Janet Cortright)  Your information will be supplied to me so I can follow up with you.

I am offering a FREE 15 minute phone briefing of your DiSC WORKPLACE Profile.  

Want to know more about Everything DiSC WORKPLACE Facilitator Kit?

Click here for a preview of a sample assessment, video clips and facilitator's kits.

http://www.everythingdisc.com/ED_Workplace/

 

Kind regards,
 
Janet Cortright
www.profiles4u.com

Questions?    Call:   517-324-9937
 
PS:   Feel free to pass this information on to your professional colleagues.

Free Everything DiSC Management Profile

Do you love a freebie?   This is a great one! 
 
From now until July 31, Inscape Publishing is offering a free sample of the NEW Everything DiSC Management Profile - a recent addition to the DiSC Applications Library

If you are a subscriber to Training Magazine, you will see this is a promotion that Inscape is offering in current issues.  

Want to know more about Everything DiSC Management

Click here for a preview of the assessment, video clips and facilitator's kits.
http://www.everythingdisc.com/ED_Management/
 
Want to experience the assessment for yourself?  (This is an $80 value.)
Go to www.everythingdisc.com/training509  - (offer expires July 31, 2009)

Click the link that says "need a code?".  You'll be asked to supply your name and email address so Inscape can send you an access code within one business day.
 
You'll also be asked for your company name, and your Inscape Consultant's name.  Please type in my name.  This information will be supplied to me so I can follow up with you.

I am offering a FREE 15 minute phone briefing of your DiSC Management Profile.  

It's that simple!
 
Kind regards,
 
Janet Cortright
www.profiles4u.com

Questions?    Call:   517-324-9937
 
PS:   Feel free to pass this information on to your professional colleagues.

PSS:   Watch future posts for a FREE Everything DiSC WORKPLACE Profile.
 

Introducing Everything DiSC® WORKPLACE Profile™

Everything DiSC^® Workplace™helps build better relationships — one relationship at a time. It can be used with everyone in an organization, regardless of title or role, to improve the quality of the workplace.

Everything DiSC Workplace is a 3 hour classroom training that uses online pre-work and engaging facilitation with contemporary video and online follow-up to create a personalized learning experience.

Participants understand and appreciate the styles of the people they work with. The result is more effective and productive working relationships.

Everything DiSC Workplace focuses on:

• Discovering Your DiSC^® Style
• Understanding Other Styles
• Building More Effective Relationships
• Includes Optional People-Reading Module

To Preview a demo with a Sample Report, Facilitator Kit, Video and Handouts:

Go here:   EV DiSC Workplace Demo 

Facilitation materials are complete on a travel drive, and include easily customizable

• Leader’s script
• PowerPoint® with embedded video
• Participant handouts
  
  

The Everything DiSC Workplace Facilitation Kit is designed to be used with the Everything DiSC Workplace Profile.

For a FREE Personalized DiSC WORKPLACE Profile, send your request to  
www.information@profiles4u.com-
Include your Name, Organization, email and phone #.

or just call us at 517-324-9937.

Offer expires July 15, 2009

Everything DiSC Applications Library by Inscape

Presented by Inscape and www.profiles4u.com

Our newest solutions teach professionals to connect better with the people they work with in specific applications.

Everything DiSC^® Application Library training programs are specialized, in-depth and easily customizable.

Click on the links below to preview a demo of each application including Facilitator Kit, video, powerpoints, and a sample profile.

Everything DiSC Workplace Profile

Everything DiSC Management Profile

Everything DiSC Sales Profile

To receive a FREE Personalized Everything DiSC WORKPLACE Profile or Everything DiSC Management Profile, place your request information@profiles4u.com - Include your Name, Organization, Email and Phone #.

or just call us at 517-324-9937

Everything DiSC Workplace - The Newest DiSC Resource from Inscape

Everything DiSC Workplace,the newest product in the DiSC Applications Library, was unveiled last week at the Inscape Publishing Conference held in Washington DC.

For those of you who have loved using Everything DiSC Sales and DiSC Everything Management, you will  be delighted with Everything DiSC Workplace which is currently being beta tested and is scheduled for release in Summer 2009.

Also on the drawing board is The Everything DiSC Comparison Report, designed to help you better understand and build more effective working relationships with others.

All this and much more coming from the DiSC Applications Library.

Watch for it here and on our website at www.profiles4u.com.

 

DiSC Management Profile helps with Team Building

A customer recently delivered their first Everything DiSC Management Seminar -

- read what they had to say about it.

"I have been focusing on team building for many years.  Just recently, I used the management profile for an executive management team.   As with DiSC Classic 2.0 online, one of the benefits of using the assessment is that each participant learns to understand themselves better, and then learns to understand others - this step alone builds the team.

Taking executive teams further through the process by using Everything DiSC Management  allows them to see how effective they are as managers, but it also made it is easy to extrapolate the effectiveness of the team.    

With a background in the DiSC system, many connections to the interactions of the group can be made.   As you engage participants in the experiential activities of the DiSC Management Seminar, the more their preferred styles will show up and give you opportunities to talk about their personal effectiveness in flexing/adapting and the like. 

One of the benefits of the DiSC Management Profile is that you are helping to create a management team that can rely on each other and use a common DiSC language.  Participants were able give and receive feedback and achieve a high level of openness about managing each other.  

Everyone found the "People Reading Tools" as a valuable job aids. 

We look forward to offering this same seminar to additional teams where we really expect to have the opportunity to see growth. "

View sample of Everything DiSC Management Profile.

Questions???   Call us at 517-324-9937

 

Everything DiSC Pulse:

Read the debut of the Everything DiSC Pulse, authored by Mark Scullard, PhD and Jeffrey Sugerman, PhD, President of Inscape Publishing.

The Everything DiSC Pulse is scheduled to publish every month in Training Magazine.

Everything DiSC Pulse: The Method Makes the Difference

 

 

Holiday Shopping in Style . . .

DiSC style that is . . . 

Add "People Reading" to your people watching while you're shopping this year.

Recognize the high "D" while shopping:

The High D will be fast, active and outgoing while shopping.  They will be goal oriented . . . they know what they want and will go for it - in an out of stores in record time.   Crowds, waiting in line, parking and traffic jams are not their cup of Christmas Cheer.   Gift certificates may be just the ticket for efficient D styles.

Recognize the high "i" while shopping:

The high "i" will make shopping an event . . . they will shop in herds . . . it's more fun that way.  The more the merrier.  They will want to meet friends at the food court for coffee and treats . . . and they will gather in spell bound alertness for glittering displays.  Their emotions will dictate their purchases . . . some impulse shopping may result in gifts for themselves as well as others.  The trendier the gift the better - bath items, candles and music top their list.

Recognize the high "S" while shopping:

The high "S" styles won't be as visible at the mall.   They got their shopping done last July.  Instead of fighting the crowds and the rush, they may sooner be home baking holiday treats for family and friends.   Their gifts will have been purchased from trusted stores during sale times.  Their gifts will be reliable favorites, not trendy in any way.

Recognize the high "C" while shopping:

The High "C" Will have done a lot of research and comparison shopping to insure they get the highest quality for the lowest price.   They may have done all their shopping online right after thanksgiving.  They will weigh the cost of extended warranties and future repairs.  You might see them in specialty shops gathering their last minute item.   They'll be back for after Christmas bargains too.

And while you're playing Santa . . . a DiSC Profile might fit the bill for that special someone.

Order DiSC 2.0 at www.profiles4u.com

We're happy to give a 15 minute telephone debrief and a FREE People Reader with your DiSC purchase.

Call us at 517-324-9937.

DiSC Profiles

Organizations worldwide have embraced the language of DiSC®, pioneered by Inscape Publishing over 30 years ago. Millions of people have gained insight about themselves and others through our DiSC-based learning instruments. The DiSC model provides nonjudgmental language for exploring behavioral issues across four primary dimensions:

    •  Dominance: Direct and Decisive.
       D’s are strong-willed, strong-minded people who like accepting
       challenges, taking action, and getting immediate results.

    •  Influence: Optimistic and Outgoing.
       I’s are “people people” who like participating on teams, 
       sharing ideas, and energizing and entertaining others.

    • Steadiness: Sympathetic and Cooperative.
       S’s are helpful people who like working behind the scenes, 
       performing in consistent and predictable ways, and being good listeners. 

    •  Conscientiousness: Concerned and Correct. 
       C’s are sticklers for quality and like planning ahead, 
       employing systematic approaches, and checking and re-checking for accuracy.

Every day, organizations use DiSC®,  to establish a common language, paving the way for successful training and coaching applications. Detailed, personalized information helps people apply DiSC learning to specific business situations, including sales, leadership development, customer service, and conflict resolution.

Inscape’s ongoing research has resulted in exciting new reports and applications, including:     

    • the DiSC Classic 2.0 report, which harnesses the power of electronic delivery to provide more
       user-friendly, narrative-driven feedback

    • the DiSC Group Culture Report, which provides a powerful look at the influence of DiSC Styles
      on groups or organizations of any size.

When combined with our new Everything DiSC Facilitation System, the latest generation of DiSC reports provides the easiest to use, most complete and proven solutions available in the industry.

Visit us at www.profiles4u.com for all your DiSC Needs . . .

or call us at:  517-324-9937

Team Building Activity: Do you have an "I' problem?

There's no "I" in Team!

A colleague was working with a team of people to solve a problem.   When the manager came in and asked what ideas they had, one of the people said, "I was thinking . . . I'm certain that . . . I think this will work etc."  -  as if he had been the only one working on the problem, and he had figured it out all by himself.

It can be demoralizing for an entire team when someone doesn't realize there's no "I" in team.  And, we've all heard many times that people are tuned to the station WIIFM - What's in it for ME?  

I recall writing a letter for an English class, and having he English teacher circle every "I" that was included in the page-and-a-half letter.   There were a number of red circles . . . how embarrassing.

When someone is totally absorbed with self, it can be a major distraction to a work team.   Have you ever thought of how many interpersonal conflict situations have a  direct link to EGO?   And who doesn't have an EGO in the game?  Often EGO takes over quite unconsciously, and gets in the way of effective team work.  Getting conscious really matters.  

One way to become more conscious is to  take a look at how YOUR ego works - and works against you - is to pick up Eckhart Tolle's best-seller, A New Earth:  Awakening to Your Life Purpose.   Some things might be hard to read, but the upside is you will be more conscious and aware of opportunities for interpersonal harmony when you see how letting the little "me" of EGO gets in the way of much greater purpose and a powerful and energizing "WE."

In the mean time, here's a great little five-minute team activity for dealing with your "I" problems.  It's called an "I" Down!

Have team members pair up with a partner:

They are to have a simple two way conversation,without using any personal pronouns:  (I, ME, MY, MINE, MYSELF, WE or US)  Either partner can start the conversation, (on any topic) and they cannot be silent for more than 5 seconds.   When one of the partners uses the forbidden words, they must sit down, and the remaining person looks for another partner who is still standing.  It helps to have an observer wandering around to notice when one of the partners uses personal pronouns. Continue the activity until there are only two remaining conversationalists.  Have them demonstrate the process in front of the entire group.  This activity brings lots of laughter and insight.  An award such as a Marathon Bar makes a fun addition to the activity.

Here's to greater team effectiveness!

Use DiSC and Team Dimensions for greater conscious awareness among your team members.

Janet Cortright

www.profiles4u.com

We're happy to answer your questions.

517-324-9937