As we go through the Adult to Child series, the combination we will discuss this week is the High D-Style Adult with the High S-Style Child. As a reminder: The High D is the take charge, fast-paced, must be in control, decisive and authoritative, gets things done person The High S is the dependable, persistent, slower-paced, [...]
Have you ever had an experience that so surprised you - and gave you such valuable insight about yourself - that it was a pivotal moment in your life? This last week revealed one of those days for me. We were in Estes Park, Colorado. A member of my extended family, who is an Ironman Competitor, [...]
In a wonderful musical that has stood the test of time, "Sound of Music" focuses on a very high energy, enthusiastic young woman who is full of new ideas as a governess for her 7 charges. As the movie reveals, the main challenge with motivating this High I-Style is harnessing all that enthusiasm and getting it [...]
In all honesty, living or working with a High D can be both extremely challenging and extremely rewarding. On one hand, they are amazing at taking charge and getting things done, but can also be difficult to work with in the process of the doing... So first, a Review of D-Style Basics: Decisive Takes Charge Gets [...]
Let's set the scene: You have a busy office, a full day of patients, possibly a family waiting for your time and attention when you get home. But you also need to hire a new staff person... desperately! As tempting as it is to just throw an ad together and get the extra "hands on deck", [...]
In our family, we tend to have very strong personalities. So my first response to learning about the DISC was that people were mostly just one Style; so if I got to know those four Basic Styles, I could understand most folks. However, "flash of truth" - people are a LOT more complicated than that!! As [...]
