Whether you are seeking to motivate a child, a spouse, or a member of your staff or a committee, or even yourself, the DISC System can give you specific guidelines and help.
We will spend the next few weeks looking at how each DISC Style is particularly motivated, getting an understanding of how the Styles are vastly different. I hope you will enjoy applying these insights to your motivation situations.
This week, let’s focus on the High D-Style. As a reminder, the High D-Style person tends to:
- Like to be in control
- Focus on tasks more than on people
- Have a “high speed motor”
- Be decisive – sometimes without researching the facts
- Get things done quickly
- Be authoritative
- Take charge in a situation
To best motivate this High D-Style, they prefer to be given:
- Specific goals
- Challenges
- Authority
- The chance to see bottom line results
- And yes, a Mountain to Climb – literally or figuratively
I like to start my workshops with the story of our High D-Style daughter when she was a teenager. We first gave her a job back in our orthodontic lab, sitting by herself, picking the bubbles off the models of people’s teeth. It about drove her crazy! But then we moved her to the front desk, inundated with people, challenges, and constant action. She loved it and thrived there! It offered the perfect set of motivations for her.
If you would like to learn more about your own DISC Styles, just click here for the Resources page of my website for more information on getting a DISC Assessment – an easy online process that will gain you lots of insight on your personal Styles.
QUESTION: Does the importance of knowing how best to motivate each Style resonate with you? I’d love to hear your thoughts and observations. Please share in the comment section below.
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