In 1939, three researchers interested in personality training development, Lewin, Lippitt, and White, studied a group of school children and identified three major leadership styles – authoritarian, laissez-faire, and democratic. Interestingly, the style that might seem the most liberating and inspiring can actually be the most frustrating and constraining, as the three researchers discovered.
Forceful, authoritative, but productive leadership can be honed through rigorous personality enhancement training.
For most people, understanding personality types is essentially all about “what you see is what you get,” but this approach will only carry you so far in today’s competitive work environment. If your team has trouble interacting with each other, or with other departments in your organization, there’s a good chance that it is simply […]
Whew! Graduation day! We made it. No more all-night study sessions. No more exams. No more bullies – or so we thought. For many of us, the hardships of school life followed us to work. Yes, miraculously [and ironically], many of the same character-types that tormented us in school have materialized at our jobs. Unfortunately, there’s […]
Does your company actively engage in effective leadership development? Does the company think about how to support rising stars or plan for inevitable changes at the executive level? A recent report from Stanford University Graduate School of Business highlights challenges that many businesses face when creating a succession plan for executive leadership and when developing […]
DiSC® is not a personality test. I repeat – DiSC® is not a personality test. Personality tests are used to measure someone’s psychological makeup or character. DiSC® is often referred to as a personality test because the term “personality test” is familiar. To help you understand the DiSC® personality test, which is really an assessment […]
A DiSC® workshop can help boost self-awareness and build trust among team members “At the most basic level, the need to trust implies one fundamental fact: you’re vulnerable.” ~ David DeSteno, Ph.D. Deciding to participate in a DiSC® workshop to assess one’s personality is risky. However, successful leaders understand being vulnerable is necessary to learn […]
Recently we were asked to deliver our DiSC® Personality Discovery workshop for a team at English Dermatology in Phoenix, Arizona. The Director of Operations participated in the DiSC® program during graduate studies at Arizona State University and found great value in understanding where other people were coming from and why people’s actions and reactions are […]
Understanding barriers can help improve communication Barriers to communication abound in our ever changing world. Can personality tests really help improve communication? The DiSC® Model can. More than a personality test, DiSC® is an assessment tool that helps individuals understand their particular personality style. And with each personality style there are inherent dominate traits. Understanding […]
Profiling the temperament of staff is an excellent way to understand behavioral response. However, in order to use the DiSC® Profile effectively, managers and supervisors should understand what a person in a particular profile category seeks. In fact, that is the benefit of utilizing DiSC® as an assessment tool versus a personality test. It allows […]
