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disc assessment i personality: Emotions Of Normal People Marston, William Moulton, 2013-08-21 This is Volume V of ten in a series on Physiological Psychology. Originally published in 1928, this is a study of the author’s work and research on emotion that are not concerned with normal, biologically efficient emotions, more fear, anger and deception whilst researching at Harvard and work with the U.S. Army. |
disc assessment i personality: The Work of Leaders Julie Straw, Barry Davis, Mark Scullard, Susie Kukkonen, 2013-04-15 The culmination of six years of research and development, The Work of Leaders presents a simple structure that neatly captures the complexity of contemporary leadership. The goal of this book is to make this wealth of leadership insight accessible to anyone who wants better results as a leader. The work that leaders do—the work that really matters—is boiled down to three areas: crafting a vision, building alignment, and championing execution. Vision, Alignment, and Execution are “magic words.” They strike a chord that turns the goal of leadership into tangible steps. With passion and insight, the authors draw from the best-known leadership authorities, while leveraging their unparalleled access to data from thousands of leaders and followers and their connections to hundreds of organizational development consultants. Interwoven with humor and drawing from real-world scenarios, The Work of Leaders distills leadership best practices into a simple, compelling process that helps leaders at all levels get immediate results. |
disc assessment i personality: Surrounded by Idiots Thomas Erikson, 2019-07-30 Do you ever think you're the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy? Or does your colleague's abrasive manner get your back up? You are not alone. After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was 'surrounded by idiots', communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with certain types of people. Originally published in Swedish in 2014 as Omgiven Av Idioter, Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots is already an international phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide, of which over 750,000 copies have been sold in Sweden alone. It offers a simple, yet ground-breaking method for assessing the personalities of people we communicate with - in and out of the office - based on four personality types (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow), and provides insights into how we can adjust the way(s) we speak and share information. Erikson will help you understand yourself better, hone communication and social skills, handle conflict with confidence, improve dynamics with your boss and team, and get the best out of the people you deal with and manage. He also shares simple tricks on body language, improving written communication and advice on when to back away or when to push on, and when to speak up or indeed shut up. Packed with 'aha!' and 'oh no!' moments, Surrounded by Idiots will help you understand and influence those around you, even people you currently think are beyond all comprehension. And with a bit of luck you can also be confident that the idiot out there isn't you! |
disc assessment i personality: Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Todd K. Shackelford, 2020-03-11 This Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of individual differences within the domain of personality, with major sub-topics including assessment and research design, taxonomy, biological factors, evolutionary evidence, motivation, cognition and emotion, as well as gender differences, cultural considerations, and personality disorders. It is an up-to-date reference for this increasingly important area and a key resource for those who study intelligence, personality, motivation, aptitude and their variations within members of a group. |
disc assessment i personality: Positive Personality Profiles Robert A Rohm Ph D, Robert A. Rohm, 2005-09 Using the easily-learned D-I-S-C system, Rohm's Positive Personality Profiles helps readers to understand themselves and others. The book describes key differences in basic personality types, give practical insights into how people, and explain methods for working better with others. |
disc assessment i personality: Predicting Personality Drew D'Agostino, Greg Skloot, 2019-11-12 The ultimate playbook for using artificial intelligence to communicate effectively, build teams, and win customers Not long ago, we imagined a hyper-connected world full of trust and openness—a world where effortless communication would bring about a new understanding between people everywhere. Judging from our current environment, this vision of the future may have been overly optimistic. With infinite channels and countless voices flooding them with messages, most people have become highly skeptical and guarded by necessity. As a result, communication is much harder than ever before. Despite the unprecedented connectivity enabled by modern technology, we are far less likely to trust and to invest the time needed to build strong relationships. How can we use technology to reverse this trend? A groundbreaking new branch of artificial intelligence—Personality AI—may be the answer. Combining traditional machine learning, data analytics, and behavioral psychology, Personality AI helps professional communicators tear down walls, establish trust with their audiences, and utilize data to build meaningful relationships, strengthen empathy, and win more customers. Predicting Personality is a practical, real-world playbook for any individual or business whose success hinges on the ability to communicate effectively and build teams. Authors Drew D’Agostino and Greg Skloot—CEO and President, respectively, of Crystal, the app that tells you anyone's personality—show you how businesses can leverage Personality AI and machine learning to grow faster and communicate more effectively than was previously possible. This reader-friendly guide teaches you what Personality AI is, how it works, and demonstrates its practical applications in both life and business. This book: ● Explains how to understand personality types in various contexts, including sales, recruiting, coaching ● Provides guidelines for using personality data to learn and execute ● Explores ethics and compliance considerations surrounding the use of Personality AI ● Offers valuable insights from a leader in the business applications of Personality AI Predicting Personality: Using AI to Understand People and Win More Business is a must-have guide for C-suite executives, sales and marketing professionals, coaches, recruiters, and business owners. |
disc assessment i personality: Taking Flight! Merrick Rosenberg, Daniel Silvert, 2012-11-04 Use DISC to discover profound hidden patterns of human behavioral style, gain deeper self-awareness, maximize your personal strengths, and influence others more powerfully than ever before! Taking Flight illuminates the proven DISC four-style model of human behavior, and shows how to use it to become a far more effective leader, salesperson, or teacher; revitalize your career; build deeper personal relationships; fully leverage your natural gifts, and empower everyone around you. Drawing on their immense experience coaching executives and training world-class organizations, Merrick Rosenberg and Daniel Silvert introduce DISC through a fable that's quick, fun, and easy-to-understand. You'll discover why you click with some people and clank with others, and what really drives your decisions and actions. You'll learn exactly how to identify others' behavioral styles and choose the best ways to interact with them. You'll walk through creating a personal action plan for improvement -- and then systematically making the most of your strengths, working around your weaknesses, and supercharging your personal performance! If you're already familiar with DISC, this book will help you use it more effectively than ever before. If you're new to DISC, it will change your life -- just as it has for thousands before you! |
disc assessment i personality: Everything DiSC Manual Mark Scullard, Dabney Baum, 2015 HR and talent management professionals look to Everything DiSC to develop individuals in the areas of leadership, management training, sales training, and team building. The Everything DiSC Manual is the professional's comprehensive guide to the research that supports the Everything DiSC suite of assessments. With this complete reference tool, professionals can access the research and theory behind Everything DiSC. In addition to providing an in-depth overview of the DiSC model and the various applications associated with DiSC, the Everything DiSC Manual provides coverage on the following key topics: Research supporting the validity and reliability of the DiSC styles An overview of DiSC as it intersects with current psychological theory Case studies modeling the proper interpretation of the tool DiSC as it applies to gender, ethnicity, and education This manual is an essential reference tool for anyone facilitating Everything DiSC products. |
disc assessment i personality: Character Strengths and Virtues Christopher Peterson, Martin E. P. Seligman, 2004-04-08 Character has become a front-and-center topic in contemporary discourse, but this term does not have a fixed meaning. Character may be simply defined by what someone does not do, but a more active and thorough definition is necessary, one that addresses certain vital questions. Is character a singular characteristic of an individual, or is it composed of different aspects? Does character--however we define it--exist in degrees, or is it simply something one happens to have? How can character be developed? Can it be learned? Relatedly, can it be taught, and who might be the most effective teacher? What roles are played by family, schools, the media, religion, and the larger culture? This groundbreaking handbook of character strengths and virtues is the first progress report from a prestigious group of researchers who have undertaken the systematic classification and measurement of widely valued positive traits. They approach good character in terms of separate strengths-authenticity, persistence, kindness, gratitude, hope, humor, and so on-each of which exists in degrees. Character Strengths and Virtues classifies twenty-four specific strengths under six broad virtues that consistently emerge across history and culture: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence. Each strength is thoroughly examined in its own chapter, with special attention to its meaning, explanation, measurement, causes, correlates, consequences, and development across the life span, as well as to strategies for its deliberate cultivation. This book demands the attention of anyone interested in psychology and what it can teach about the good life. |
disc assessment i personality: Life Force Tony Robbins, Peter H. Diamandis, 2022-02-08 INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Transform your life or the life of someone you love with Life Force—the newest breakthroughs in health technology to help maximize your energy and strength, prevent disease, and extend your health span—from Tony Robbins, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Money: Master the Game. What if there were scientific solutions that could wipe out your deepest fears of falling ill, receiving a life-threatening diagnosis, or feeling the effects of aging? What if you had access to the same cutting-edge tools and technology used by peak performers and the world’s greatest athletes? In a world full of fear and uncertainty about our health, it can be difficult to know where to turn for actionable advice you can trust. Today, leading scientists and doctors in the field of regenerative medicine are developing diagnostic tools and safe and effective therapies that can free you from fear. In this book, Tony Robbins, the world’s #1 life and business strategist who has coached more than fifty million people, brings you more than 100 of the world’s top medical minds and the latest research, inspiring comeback stories, and amazing advancements in precision medicine that you can apply today to help extend the length and quality of your life. This book is the result of Robbins going on his own life-changing journey. After being told that his health challenges were irreversible, he experienced firsthand how new regenerative technology not only helped him heal but made him stronger than ever before. Life Force will show you how you can wake up every day with increased energy, a more bulletproof immune system, and the know-how to help turn back your biological clock. This is a book for everyone, from peak performance athletes, to the average person who wants to increase their energy and strength, to those looking for healing. Life Force provides answers that can transform and even save your life, or that of someone you love. |
disc assessment i personality: The Power of People Skills Trevor Throness, 2017-08-21 The Power of People Skills is the eye-opening, invaluable, definitive guide to achieving success in your organization. Excellent! —Marshall Goldsmith People are the problem. They're always the problem. If a business person goes home frustrated, if they talk with their significant other about it, if they lay awake at night stewing about it, inevitably the problem is some person at work—a colleague, subordinate, or boss. Handling people issues is every leader's major headache. It's what takes up the majority of their time and—more important—the bulk of their head space. Every leader can and must develop this most important of all management skills. The Power of People Skills will teach you that there's one primary difference between a great culture and a poor one: a great culture insists on having star players in every key seat, and a poor culture tolerates under performers. In this powerful book, you will learn how to: Make the people decisions that can double your results, relieve your stress, and cause team morale to soar. Attract and retain the very best talent. Deal with difficult people problems in an objective and kind way. Overcome the reluctance we all share to confront under performers. Permanently solve the problems causing most of your stress. |
disc assessment i personality: Who Are You, Really? Brian R. Little, 2017-08-15 This fun, smart read for anyone eager to better understand (and improve) themselves argues that personality is driven not by nature nor nurture—but instead by the projects we pursue, which ultimately shape the people we become. Traditionally, scientists have emphasized what they call the first and second natures of personality—genes and culture, respectively. But today the field of personality science has moved well beyond the nature vs. nurture debate. In Who Are You, Really? Dr. Brian Little presents a distinctive view of how personality shapes our lives—and why this matters. Little makes the case for a third nature to the human condition—the pursuit of personal projects, idealistic dreams, and creative ventures that shape both people’s lives and their personalities. Little uncovers what personality science has been discovering about the role of personal projects, revealing how this new concept can help people better understand themselves and shape their lives. In this important work, Little argues that it is essential to devote energy and resources to creative endeavors in a highly focused fashion, even if it takes away from other components of our well-being. This does not mean that we cannot shift from one core project to another in the days of our lives. In fact, it is precisely that ability to flexibly craft projects that is the greatest source of sustainability. Like learning to walk, forcing ourselves out of balance as we step is the only way in which we can move forward. And it is the only way that human flourishing can be enhanced. The well-lived life is based on the sustainable pursuit of core projects in our lives. Ultimately, Who Are You, Really? provides a deeply personal itinerary for exploring our personalities, our lives, and the human condition. |
disc assessment i personality: Grit Angela Duckworth, 2016-05-05 UNLOCK THE KEY TO SUCCESS In this must-read for anyone seeking to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth takes us on an eye-opening journey to discover the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement. Winningly personal, insightful and powerful, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that - not talent or luck - makes all the difference. 'Impressively fresh and original' Susan Cain |
disc assessment i personality: The Essential Disc Training Workbook Jason Hedge, 2012-12-28 In order to understand your relationships with other people, you must first understand yourself. Achievers throughout history have one thing in common-they know themselves. This means they don't underestimate what they can do, they don't sell themselves short and they know their own limitations. More importantly, by understanding themselves, they are able to develop plans to overcome their shortcomings and take full advantage of their strengths to improve their communication and effectiveness with others. The DISC Assessment measures observable behavior. Behaviors are the how of your life and are apparent in the things you do and how you act. Whether you know it or not, these behaviors are so predictable that to react differently requires conscious effort and focused attention. This workbook will not only walk you through the values of the four primary behavioral types, but will also introduce your Leadership Aptitudes. These Aptitudes highlight the strengths inherent in each dimension of your behavioral style. After completing this workbook, you will have a better understanding of yourself and the value others can add to your life. Includes a FREE mini-assessment that will introduce you to your DISC style. To maximize the learning process, the DISC Assessment for the Workplace (sold separately) is available at www.DISC-U.org and is recommended. This workbook includes over 100 pages of helpful information and activations to engage you in the learning process. Workbook Sections include: - DISC Fact Sheets to better understand your Primary Type and what value the other three types bring - Insight Sections to connect the information with people you already know to begin to understand them better - Leadership Aptitude section to identify your leadership style - DISC Team Wheel to plot your team's primary style together |
disc assessment i personality: Principles Ray Dalio, 2018-08-07 #1 New York Times Bestseller “Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” —The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater’s exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as “an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical transparency.” It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio—who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood—that he believes are the reason behind his success. In Principles, Dalio shares what he’s learned over the course of his remarkable career. He argues that life, management, economics, and investing can all be systemized into rules and understood like machines. The book’s hundreds of practical lessons, which are built around his cornerstones of “radical truth” and “radical transparency,” include Dalio laying out the most effective ways for individuals and organizations to make decisions, approach challenges, and build strong teams. He also describes the innovative tools the firm uses to bring an idea meritocracy to life, such as creating “baseball cards” for all employees that distill their strengths and weaknesses, and employing computerized decision-making systems to make believability-weighted decisions. While the book brims with novel ideas for organizations and institutions, Principles also offers a clear, straightforward approach to decision-making that Dalio believes anyone can apply, no matter what they’re seeking to achieve. Here, from a man who has been called both “the Steve Jobs of investing” and “the philosopher king of the financial universe” (CIO magazine), is a rare opportunity to gain proven advice unlike anything you’ll find in the conventional business press. |
disc assessment i personality: Stop Squatting With Your Spurs On Angel Tucker, 2010-11-01 Designed to give the reader “people reading power” Stop Squatting With Your Spurs On makes it easy to identify different personality types by spelling out their compelling differences and giving you the tips and tricks needed to become bilingual in personalities. Angel Tucker's writing style is informative, yet entertaining and you’ll see yourself or someone you know in every page! The reader will never again experience trouble communicating if they apply the easy principles taught in Stop Squatting With Your Spurs On. |
disc assessment i personality: HOW TO WIN FRIENDS & INFLUENCE PEOPLE Dale Carnegie, 2023-11-26 Dale Carnegie's 'How to Win Friends & Influence People' is a timeless self-help classic that explores the art of building successful relationships through effective communication. Written in a straightforward and engaging style, Carnegie's book provides practical advice on how to enhance social skills, improve leadership qualities, and achieve personal and professional success. The book is a must-read for anyone looking to navigate social dynamics and connect with others in a meaningful way, making it a valuable resource in today's interconnected world. With anecdotal examples and actionable tips, Carnegie's work resonates with readers of all ages and backgrounds, making it a popular choice for personal development and growth. Carnegie's ability to distill complex social principles into simple, actionable steps sets this book apart as a timeless guide for building lasting relationships and influencing others positively. Readers will benefit from Carnegie's wisdom and insight, gaining valuable tools to navigate social interactions and achieve success in their personal and professional lives. |
disc assessment i personality: Unshakeable Anthony Robbins, Tony Robbins, Peter Mallouk, 2017-02-28 After interviewing fifty of the world's greatest financial minds and penning the #1 New York Times bestseller Money: Master the Game, Tony Robbins returns with a step-by-step playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom. No matter your salary, your stage of life, or when you started, this book will provide the tools to help you achieve your financial goals more rapidly than you ever thought possible. Robbins, who has coached more than fifty million people from 100 countries, is the world's #1 life and business strategist. In this book, he teams up with Peter Mallouk, the only man in history to be ranked the #1 financial advisor in the US for three consecutive years by Barron's. Together they reveal how to become unshakeable--someone who can not only maintain true peace of mind in a world of immense uncertainty, economic volatility, and unprecedented change, but who can profit from the fear that immobilizes so many. In these pages, through plain English and inspiring stories, you'll discover... -How to put together a simple, actionable plan that can deliver true financial freedom. -Strategies from the world's top investors on how to protect yourself and your family and maximize profit from the inevitable crashes and corrections to come. -How a few simple steps can add a decade or more of additional retirement income by discovering what your 401(k) provider doesn't want you to know. -The core four principles that most of the world's greatest financial minds utilize so that you can maximize upside and minimize downside. -The fastest way to put money back in your pocket: uncover the hidden fees and half truths of Wall Street--how the biggest firms keep you overpaying for underperformance. -Master the mindset of true wealth and experience the fulfillment you deserve today. |
disc assessment i personality: The Platinum Rule Tony Alessandra, Michael J. O'Connor, 2008-12-14 In this entertaining and thought-provoking book, Tony Alessandra and Michael O'Connor argue that the Golden Rule is not always the best way to approach people. Rather, they propose the Platinum Rule: Do unto others as they'd like done unto them. In other words, find out what makes people tick and go from there. |
disc assessment i personality: Dare to Lead Brené Brown, 2018-10-11 In her #1 NYT bestsellers, Brené Brown taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable for recognising the potential in people and ideas, and developing that potential. This is a book for everyone who is ready to choose courage over comfort, make a difference and lead. When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don't see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it and work to align authority and accountability. We don't avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into the vulnerability that’s necessary to do good work. But daring leadership in a culture that's defined by scarcity, fear and uncertainty requires building courage skills, which are uniquely human. The irony is that we're choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the same time we're scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines can't do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection and courage to start. Brené Brown spent the past two decades researching the emotions that give meaning to our lives. Over the past seven years, she found that leaders in organisations ranging from small entrepreneurial start-ups and family-owned businesses to non-profits, civic organisations and Fortune 50 companies, are asking the same questions: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders? And, how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? Dare to Lead answers these questions and gives us actionable strategies and real examples from her new research-based, courage-building programme. Brené writes, ‘One of the most important findings of my career is that courage can be taught, developed and measured. Courage is a collection of four skill sets supported by twenty-eight behaviours. All it requires is a commitment to doing bold work, having tough conversations and showing up with our whole hearts. Easy? No. Choosing courage over comfort is not easy. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and work. It's why we're here.’ |
disc assessment i personality: Wired That Way Companion Workbook Marita Littauer, Florence Littauer, 2011-09-01 Do you want to better understand yourself, maximize your strengths, and improve your relationships? Understanding how we are wired can enrich our lives and our relationships, helping to overcome differences that can seem irreconcilable. Instead of terminating jobs, friendships, or marriage on grounds of incompatibility, it is possible to turn these relationships from dying to growing. For more than 25 years, Marita Littauer, with her mother, Florence Littauer, has helped thousands of men and women with their personal and professional relationships. In Wired That Way, Marita brings together in one book a comprehensive overview of the personality types that speaks to anyone who wants to understand and to be understood. |
disc assessment i personality: Which Bird Are You? Merrick Rosenberg, 2021-08-11 For more than three decades, author, speaker, and entrepreneur Merrick Rosenberg has taught America’s leading corporations how to embrace the power of personality. By replacing the alphabet soup found in personality assessments with four birds – the Eagle, Parrot, Dove, and Owl – Rosenberg has helped people understand themselves and transform their relationships with colleagues, friends, and family members. Parents and teachers have long asked: Can you teach the birds to our children? From the author of Personality Wins, The Chameleon, and Taking Flight! comes the long-awaited book for children: Which Bird Are You? Young readers join 5th graders of Galen Elementary School at Camp Discovery for adventures (and misadventures) under the guidance of their teachers, Ms. Allport and Mr. Marston. By day, the students try to overcome their personality differences to complete Ms. Allport’s team building challenges. By night, Mr. Marston tells The Bird Tale, a fantasy adventure that follows four emissaries from the Eagle, Parrot, Dove, and Owl kingdoms of Aviara. Their world faces disaster, but they are unsure of how to work together against their collective threats. The emissaries seek out the wise Chameleon Ambassador in hopes that she can teach them how to unite and save their people. Through a wild ride in Aviara and Camp Discovery, Which Bird Are You? prepares children for the lifelong journey of interacting with different personalities. Young readers learn to understand their bird style, its strengths and challenges, and the risks of overusing their personality. They also discover how to identify the bird styles of others and treat people the way they want to be treated. Will the emissaries save Aviara? Will the students learn to work together? If they can master the four questions of the Chameleon Code, they might just save the day and win it all. |
disc assessment i personality: Adapt Jarrod Davis, 2016-05-09 Nobody succeeds alone...EVER! If you are to succeed in life, you need to recognize that your level of success, satisfaction, and happiness will often depend on your ability to get along with people. So wouldn't it make sense to learn how to better build relationships with them? By taking responsibility for your actions and learning to lead people how they want to be led, you can connect with people who will eventually help you find success in your life. You will need to recognize how people communicate best, learn to give feedback, and adopt a mindset that everybody has value. By using the principles and tools outlined in this book, you will be well on your way to creating relationships that will support you in living a happy and fulfilled life. It isn't what happens to us that affects our behavior but rather, how we interpret what happens to us. If you can change how you think about your interactions with others, you are on a path to significant change and creating more effective habits. By adopting the ideas in this book, you can make your entire family stronger, your interactions with strangers more rewarding, and your relationships with co-workers better. That can lead to a happier and more productive work and home environment. Today is the day that you begin to live a life on purpose. Today is the day you start living a happier, purpose-driven, and more fulfilling life. |
disc assessment i personality: Great Leaders Have No Rules Kevin Kruse, 2019-04-02 As a serial entrepreneur, Kevin Kruse has seen time and again that the leadership practices that actually work are the opposite of what is commonly taught and implemented. Close Your Open Door Policy shows how a contrarian approach can be a better, faster, and easier way to succeed as a leader. Chapter by chapter, Kruse focuses on a piece of popular wisdom, then shows with real-world case studies and quantitative research that the opposite approach will lead to better results, encouraging leaders to play favorites, stay out of meetings, and, of course, close their open doors. |
disc assessment i personality: From Bud to Boss Kevin Eikenberry, Guy Harris, 2011-01-07 Practical advice for making the shift to your first leadership position The number of people who will become first-time supervisors will likely grow in the next 10 years, as Baby Boomers retire. Perhaps the most challenging leadership experience anyone will face isn't one at the top, but their first promotion to leadership. They must deal with the change and uncertainty that comes with a new job, requiring new skills, and they've been promoted from peer to leader. While the book addresses the needs of any manager, supervisor, or leader, it pulls from the best leadership and management thinking, and puts the focus on the difficulties that new leaders experience. Includes practical information for new managers who must supervise friends and former peers Authors are expert consultants who work with leaders at all levels Shows how to adopt the mindset of a leader, including: communicating change, giving feedback, coaching employees, leading productive teams, and achieving goals This much-needed book can help new leaders get beyond the stress and fear to focus on becoming the most effective leader they can be-starting right now. |
disc assessment i personality: Supportive Accountability Sylvia Melena, 2018-07-02 INSPIRE EMPLOYEES AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE WITH SUPPORTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY LEADERSHIP: Some leaders are too harsh. Some are too lenient. Others are completely disengaged from employee performance management. Striking a delicate balance between supportive leadership and accountability is the key to ensuring employees are as effective and productive as possible.Sylvia Melena is the architect of the Supportive Accountability Leadership¿ Model, a simple but powerful framework that helps leaders create a motivating work environment while promoting accountability and improving performance. Through a mix of stories, actionable tips, and tools, you'll learn how to:¿Master the art of supportive leadership¿Inspire employees to advance your organization's vision¿Monitor performance and customer service efficiently¿Lead effective performance improvement conversations¿Pinpoint critical support factors to unleash performance¿Wield the power of employee recognition¿Boost performance through progressive discipline¿Document skillfully You'll also receive free access to the Performance Documentation Toolkit to help you ease the burden of employee performance documentation. |
disc assessment i personality: People Styles at Work and Beyond Robert Bolton, Dorothy Grover Bolton, 2009-05-28 As cofounders of the leadership coaching and training firm Ridge Associates, authors Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover teach that good interpersonal communication is essential to getting things done. In this comprehensive and practical guide, they offer a proven method for understanding the key behavioral styles of those around you (including your own) and explain how you can leverage the strengths and weaknesses of each to relate to others more winsomely. People Styles at Work . . . and Beyond teaches you how to: recognize how they come across to other coworkers; read others' body language and behavior to identify the best ways to work with them; make small adjustments that will dramatically increase the quality and productivity of their interactions; find common ground with different people while retaining their individuality; relate less defensively and more effectively no matter how others act. At work, at home, and even while you’re out running errands, your ability to relate to others affects how well you get things done. This book provides a self-assessment to determine which style you are and then uses that information to gauge how you should interact with others. Now including all new material on personal relationships, parenting, and more, People Styles at Work . . . and Beyond is the ultimate how-to guide that can help you avoid conflicts and enhance important relationships. |
disc assessment i personality: The DISC Personality System - Revised and Expanded Edition The Institute for Motivational Living, 2008-02 |
disc assessment i personality: What Makes People Tick Des Hunt, 2014-09-15 This is Australia’s quiet best-selling book and practical guide to self-discovery and personal growth. In it you will discover: • Your own personality style and the style of those you live and work with • How to see yourself as others see you • The strengths, shortcomings and hidden talents of the different styles • What style is best suited to what job • How to pick another’s style within 30 seconds of meeting them. • How to relate better with others • How to avoid personality clashes • How to enrich your relationships What Makes People Tick contains a unique, quick and easy-to-complete questionnaire to discover personality types as well as a Job Compatibility Indicator to pinpoint the most suitable personality type for each occupation. What Makes People Tick is ‘must know’ information for people who have to deal with, live with, sell to, and generally get on with other people. |
disc assessment i personality: The True Competitive Advantage: A Practical Guide to Achieving Extraordinary Success Through Deep Relationships Dan Silvert, 2017-11-28 |
disc assessment i personality: Personality Plus Florence Littauer, 1992-07-01 A revealing personality profile self-test and Littauer's insightful advice help readers better understand themselves and others. A bestseller. |
disc assessment i personality: Personality Assessment Robert P. Archer, Steven R. Smith, 2011-05-20 Personality Assessment provides an overview of the most popular self-report and performance-based personality assessment instruments. Designed with graduate-level clinical and counseling psychology programs in mind, the book serves as an instructional text for courses in objective or projective personality assessment. It provides coverage of eight of the most popular assessment instruments used in the United States—from authors key in creating, or developing the research base for these test instruments. The uniquely informed perspective of these leading researchers, as well as chapters on clinical interviewing, test feedback, and integrating test results into a comprehensive report, will offer students and clinicians a level of depth and complexity not available in other texts. |
disc assessment i personality: StrengthsFinder 2.0 Tom Rath, 2007-02 A new & upgraded edition of the online test from Gallup's Now, discover your strengths--Jacket. |
disc assessment i personality: The Four Tendencies Gretchen Rubin, 2017-09-12 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Are you an Upholder, a Questioner, an Obliger, or a Rebel? From the author of Better Than Before and The Happiness Project comes a groundbreaking analysis of personality type that “will immediately improve every area of your life” (Melissa Urban, co-founder of the Whole30). During her multibook investigation into human nature, Gretchen Rubin realized that by asking the seemingly dry question “How do I respond to expectations?” we gain explosive self-knowledge. She discovered that based on their answer, people fit into Four Tendencies: • Upholders meet outer and inner expectations readily. “Discipline is my freedom.” • Questioners meet inner expectations, but meet outer expectations only if they make sense. “If you convince me why, I’ll comply.” • Obligers (the largest Tendency) meet outer expectations, but struggle to meet inner expectations—therefore, they need outer accountability to meet inner expectations. “You can count on me, and I’m counting on you to count on me.” • Rebels (the smallest group) resist all expectations, outer and inner alike. They do what they choose to do, when they choose to do it, and typically they don’t tell themselves what to do. “You can’t make me, and neither can I.” Our Tendency shapes every aspect of our behavior, so using this framework allows us to make better decisions, meet deadlines, suffer less stress, and engage more effectively. It’s far easier to succeed when you know what works for you. With sharp insight, compelling research, and hilarious examples, The Four Tendencies will help you get happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative. |
disc assessment i personality: Psychometric Tests (the Ultimate Guide) Richard McMunn, 2010-11 |
disc assessment i personality: The Personality Code Travis Bradberry, 2007-04-19 A revolutionary approach to success and fulfillment-already being used by hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations-now available for the first time in an accessible, practical book. T he Personality Code clearly and persuasively demonstrates how personality determines why we do what we do and how we can maximize our strengths, work smarter with others, and profit from better relationships in our careers. Based on the IDISC(tm) Personality Profile-an updated and rigorously validated proprietary version of DISC, the world's most popular form of personality testing-the book provides insights and strategies for individuals and organizations that promote self-awareness and foster excellence. Readers will have free access to the online IDISC(tm) Personality Profile (each book will include a unique code number), which will reveal their own profiles from among the fourteen personality types that have been refined and defined through the author's six-year international study involving more than five hundred thousand participants. Travis Bradberry shows readers how to discern the fixed characteristics that explain three-quarters of human behavior. Most important, they will learn how to leverage these traits in order to capitalize on their strengths and sidestep weaknesses in themselves as well as in other people. |
disc assessment i personality: The Book of Personality Tests Haulwen Nicholas, 2020-09-15 The Book of Personality Tests is a comprehensive collection of classic and modern personality tests put into everyday language for everyone to enjoy. Including Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and many others, this book is jam-packed with 25 engaging quizzes to find out more about who we are and what makes us tick! |
disc assessment i personality: Employee Engagement 2.0 Kevin Kruse, 2012-03 This step-by-step guide that will teach you: what employee engagement is (it does not mean happy or satisfied) ; how engagement directly drives sales, profits, and eve stock price ; the secret recipes for making anyone feel engaged ; 7 questions to ask that will identify your engagement weakness ; how to make your strategic vision memorable and sticky ; how to implement a complete engagement plan in only 8 weeks!). |
disc assessment i personality: Snapshot Business Planning Linda McLean, 2017-07 Any business without a well-thought-out plan is like a ship without a rudder - you'll get somewhere, certainly, but not likely where you want to. With helpful worksheets throughout, and a summary of next steps this book is all you'll need to craft a practical, workable plan for your business, and put into action immediately! |
disc assessment i personality: Your Life's Path Diane M. Ewing, Diane M. Ewing MS, 2007-05-01 Ewing encourages and inspires readers to unleash their full potential and realize their destiny. She shares the secrets of unlocking hidden potential and discovering a more rewarding life. |
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DiSC® is a scientifically validated personality assessment tool that identifies behavioral insights to improve communication and productivity in the workplace.
The DiSC Styles - DiSC Profile
The DiSC acronym stands for the four main personality types outlined in the DiSC model. D: Dominance, i: Influence, S: Steadiness, and C: Conscientiousness.
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DiSC is the best-selling, non-judgmental personality and behavioral assessment used by more than one million people every year to improve teamwork, communication, and productivity. Learn …
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Everything DiSC® is the best-selling personality assessment that's transforming workplaces everywhere. Everything DiSC assessments can help you and your teams: Improve self …
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Do you have the DiSC D personality type? If so, how does your unique personality differ from the typical D type? Taking a DiSC assessment is the first step toward meeting many personal …
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DiSC is the best-selling, non-judgmental personality and behavioral assessment used by more than one million people every year to improve teamwork, communication, and productivity. Learn …
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DiSC Classic is the original 28-question test and blue paper booklet (Personality Profile System 2800) that requires a pencil and not much else. It's ideal for situations where an online …
Everything DiSC Workplace® - Discprofile.com
DiSC is the best-selling, non-judgmental personality and behavioral assessment used by more than one million people every year to improve teamwork, communication, and productivity. Learn …
Blog - DiSC Profile
DiSC® is a personal assessment tool used to improve work productivity, teamwork, leadership, sales, and communication. Learn about the DiSC model and what makes up a DiSC profile. Read …
DiSC Profile Definition
Dec 28, 2011 · Discover the DiSC personality assessment, a powerful tool designed to enhance work productivity, teamwork, leadership, and communication. DiSC measures behavioral styles …
What is the DiSC assessment? - DiSC Profile
DiSC® is a scientifically validated personality assessment tool that identifies behavioral insights to improve communication and productivity in the workplace.
The DiSC Styles - DiSC Profile
The DiSC acronym stands for the four main personality types outlined in the DiSC model. D: Dominance, i: Influence, S: Steadiness, and C: Conscientiousness.
How DiSC profiles work - DiSC Profile
DiSC is the best-selling, non-judgmental personality and behavioral assessment used by more than one million people every year to improve teamwork, communication, and productivity. …
DiSCprofile.com - DiSC Profile
Everything DiSC® is the best-selling personality assessment that's transforming workplaces everywhere. Everything DiSC assessments can help you and your teams: Improve self …
DiSC D styles - DiSC Profile
Do you have the DiSC D personality type? If so, how does your unique personality differ from the typical D type? Taking a DiSC assessment is the first step toward meeting many personal …
Science behind DiSC® - Discprofile.com
DiSC is the best-selling, non-judgmental personality and behavioral assessment used by more than one million people every year to improve teamwork, communication, and productivity. …
DiSC ® Classic - Discprofile.com
DiSC Classic is the original 28-question test and blue paper booklet (Personality Profile System 2800) that requires a pencil and not much else. It's ideal for situations where an online …
Everything DiSC Workplace® - Discprofile.com
DiSC is the best-selling, non-judgmental personality and behavioral assessment used by more than one million people every year to improve teamwork, communication, and productivity. …
Blog - DiSC Profile
DiSC® is a personal assessment tool used to improve work productivity, teamwork, leadership, sales, and communication. Learn about the DiSC model and what makes up a DiSC profile. …
DiSC Profile Definition
Dec 28, 2011 · Discover the DiSC personality assessment, a powerful tool designed to enhance work productivity, teamwork, leadership, and communication. DiSC measures behavioral …