DiSC Reinforcement Tips

Research conducted by Olivero, Bane, and Kopelman found that “Training increased productivity of 22.4%. In contrast, training plus coaching increased productivity by 88%”

As you can see in the statistic above, training alone is effective but when you add in additional coaching, the results are tremendous.  As a facilitator you may often think to yourself about the “what’s next” after a training session.  What can you do to ensure what you taught sticks with the attendees and they use it as a part of their work environment.  You want to keep people excited about DiSC and continuously see the benefits. 

Below you will find some suggestions that we would like to offer to you that you can use in your organization to reinforce DiSC long after the session has wrapped up.

Learning Events

·         Lunch and Learn Series

·         Refresher Series

·         Videos for People Reading or Communication

·         Panel Discussions

·         Game Shows – Team Challenges

·         Create a DiSC Trivia Game

·         Webinars

·         Team Meetings or Debriefings

·         Webinars and Online Learning Courses

DiSC Tools

·         Comparison Reports

·         Group Culture Reports

·         Quick DiSC Cards

·         DiSC In Depth Cards

·         Workplace Style Guides

·         Workplace Interaction Guides (also available to for Classic, Sales, and Management)

·         Team Maps – Focus on Priorities

·         Action Plans

·         DiSC Profiles

Miscellaneous Commitments

·         Appoint “DiSC Champions”

·         Create Learning Partners

·         Mentor – Mentee Programs

·         On-boarding

·         Celebrations – Roaming DiSC Reports complete with cameras

·         DiSC Bulletin Boards – Tips, Cartoons, “Spotlight” People or Teams

·         DiSC Detectives

·         Email Campaigns

·         Share Ideas and Tips

·         Share Challenges / Success Stories

·         Puzzles (www.puzzlemaker.com) and Wuzzles

·         “DiSC bytes”

·         Case Studies

·         Develop the “Use DiSC 10 minutes a day” philosophy

If you have any questions about how to integrate these suggestions into your organization or would like more information about the products suggested, please contact our office at 515.278.1292 or by email!

New Tutorial: Use the DiSC Role Behavior Analysis to Identify Job Fit

You can now view a movie tutorial about the DiSC Role Behavior Analysis on our website. Just click "DiSC Role Behavior Analysis Tutorial" at the top of the page.

By viewing the tutorial, you will learn:

• What is the DiSC Role Behavior Analysis Profile
• When to use the DiSC Role Behavior Analysis
• The What of the Job
• The How of the Job
• Explanation of the Button, Banner and Brochure ideal
• Conflicting Role Expectations
• How to use the DiSC Role Behavior Analysis
• Your Position and Roles Within
• Examples of Roles in a Position
• What you should do before responding
• After responding - what is learned
• Matching Style and Role Expectation
• Conflicting expectations
• Consensus Role Behavior Analysis Process

The DiSC Role Behavior Analysis was designed to identify role fit, identify training and development needs, and create a plan for stretching and redirecting for a better fit. This DiSC-based assessment is available in both online and paper formats. To compare results to the DiSC General Characteristics profile, the online format is required.

Questions? Call our DiSC Experts at 800.278.1292.

Choosing the DiSC Facilitator Report and/or DiSC Group Culture Report

Would you like to compile the DiSC results of your team?

Inscape Publishing has developed two DiSC Group Reports to help you analyze your team. These reports can be created after two or more people have completed the DiSC Classic 2.0 Online Report or the DiSC General Characteristics Online Report. Use the contents below to determine which report best suits the purpose of your upcoming DiSC session.

DiSC Group Culture Report

The DiSC Group Culture Report was developed to help you explore the DiSC style, or culture, of a group. Once you know the culture — its characteristics, advantages, and drawbacks — you're better prepared to open meaningful discussions with group members in a group setting or one-on-one.

The DiSC Group Culture Report provides a breakdown of your group members by DiSC style and Classical Pattern distribution, advantages and drawbacks of the culture in your group, and other issues to consider.

Unique Characteristics:

• The DiSC Group Culture Report was designed for beginner DiSC learners.
• This DiSC report does not include participant names, which allows for a safe jumping-off point to discuss your group’s culture.

DiSC Facilitator Report

The DiSC Facilitator Report is designed to help you better understand the diversity of interpersonal styles within your group so that you can help participants use their DiSC knowledge most effectively. The DiSC Facilitator Report provides a composite of your group's DiSC styles, allowing you to quickly and easily build customized group reports using data from DiSC Classic 2.0 or DiSC General Characteristics.

The DiSC Facilitator Report helps you identify the DiSC styles of both individual group members and the group itself.

Unique Characteristics:

• The DiSC Facilitator Report was designed with the DiSC Trainer in mind. Language style and report contents are written for someone who is more familiar with DiSC.
• This DiSC report includes names and each group members' DiSC Graph to help you facilitate your DiSC training session.
• This report allows you to compare your group distribution in the four styles against the general population.

When to Use DiSC Group Reports:

• When your focus is team development
• When you want to see the similarities and differences of group members' styles
• When you want to improve the group's understanding of each other, address conflicts in the group, or examine the group culture
• When you want to help group members understand how they fit into the culture of the group

Note: The DiSC Group Reports can include an unlimited number of participants.

DiSC Training Reinforcement

Using DiSC training tools after your participants have completed the DiSC Profile will help them remember the techniques you taught, and will reinforce DiSC learning in the organization.

One DiSC tool you can easily administer via email is the Reinforcing Your Understanding of Behavioral Styles Online Course. This DiSC-based course can be completed at the participant's own pace, and can be taken as frequently as necessary for 1 year.

Participants taking the online course will learn how to recognize DiSC behavioral styles by listening to the conversational style of others. For example, if the person asks a lot of "why" questions and takes time to think about what he is saying, most likely he has a high C behavioral style. Once you know the DiSC behavioral style, you can easily adapt your own behavior to more effectively communicate with others.

Participants will also learn to be aware of their behavioral style, and have strategies for adapting their DiSC behavioral style depending on the specific situation.

The course finishes by allowing participants to test their abilities. The participant will hear a person describing a situation. Her manner of speaking and the words that she chooses will indicate her behavioral style. Once the course participant chooses the correct behavioral style, he/she must choose the most appropriate way to deal with the situation.

View testimonials from our online course clients.