Last week, I introduced just the tip of the iceberg regarding the DISC Styles. Let’s get to know these Styles a bit better this week.
I think we would all agree – each person is unique. But somehow when it comes to hiring and placing people in our staff positions in our office, we think if someone is relatively bright, has some degree of energy and looks well-kept, they can work for us in any position. But through many years of trial and error, we have found this to be absolutely FALSE!
Enter the Game Changer of the DISC System. Once we started using the DISC to both hire and then place people in our office, we suddenly had staff who were excited to come to work because they were functioning in the areas of their strengths. They weren’t being forced to do a role that went against how they were uniquely designed.
Last week’s blogpost, “If There is One Magic Key, What Does It Unlock?” , laid the foundation of the four DISC Styles. If you missed it, just click on the link in the previous sentence to quickly review it.
To expand on that foundation:
D-Style: Gets things done, is decisive and authoritative, focused on the task at hand
I-Style: Is enthusiastic, outgoing, positive and persuasive; a true people-person
S-Style: Is steady, dependable, cooperative and patient; a great team player
C-Style: Likes procedures, is systematic, precise and conscientious; outstanding with details
Can you get a glimpse of how understanding someone’s style would make an enormous difference in what role they had in the office? Can you see how a fun-loving, enthusiastic High-I person is the best one to greet patients as they come into our office? Or how the detailed, systematic, precise High-C person is perfect for making retainers in the lab? But switch these two folks and you have DISASTER – both for them and for the office.
In future posts, we will go into much greater detail and delve into the lower parts of the DISC Iceberg:
- DISC Graph Combinations
- DISC and Office Roles
- Beth’s No-Fail-Disaster-Proof Hiring Process
- DISC and Stress
- DISC and Office Communication
- DISC and Office Motivation
But for now, I made an infographic for you depicting the basics of the four DISC Styles. I hope it will give you something to refer to as we proceed through more of the DISC System components. Please see the form below to access it. I think it will be an extremely helpful tool that each future book section and blogpost will use.
QUESTION: Do any of these DISC descriptions resonate with you as part of your unique design? Can you see how placing people strategically in the office would make an enormous difference? I’d love to hear your thoughts and observations. Please share with me in the comment section below.
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