DISC Styles

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Remember – Measure Twice, Cut Once, Dad! You’ve Got to Use My Proven System!

2022-02-21T13:57:25-07:00 February 22nd, 2022|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , |

As we go through the Adult-to-Child Series, the combination we will discuss this week is the High D Adult and the High C Child. As a reminder: High D- is the take charge, fast-paced, must be in control, decisive and authoritative, gets things done person High C - is precise, likes procedures, is the conscientious, systematic, [...]

Please Remember My Tender Heart and My Slower Pace!

2022-02-14T16:56:38-07:00 February 15th, 2022|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , |

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, [...]

Come on, Dad! Kids Just Want to Have FUN! Chores Can WAIT!!

2022-02-08T07:41:57-07:00 February 8th, 2022|Categories: Adult to Child|Tags: , |

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 I-Style Child. As a reminder: The High D is the take charge, must be in control, decisive and authoritative, and gets things done person The High I is the “party looking for [...]

Remember – I’m In Charge So Will You Stop Trying To Be In Charge?!

2022-01-31T20:14:59-07:00 February 1st, 2022|Categories: Adult to Child|Tags: , , , |

Hooray and Finally - Let’s BEGIN! As Dr. Charles Boyd states in his excellent book, Different Children, Different Needs [affiliate link], “outside of God’s Word, the insights I’ve gained through the DISC model are the most important body of information I possess.” So it was extremely exciting to get permission from the publisher of this book [...]

I Think I Would Understand You Better If You Were More Like Me!

2021-11-15T16:31:41-07:00 October 26th, 2021|Categories: Adult to Child|Tags: , |

When our children were growing up, we often referred to our family as having "too many chiefs". Too many of us wanted to be in charge, which often left to "interesting" interactions. As I've mentioned before, the DISC graphs for my husband and me are opposites of each other. Then the graphs for our three children [...]

YES! I’m Listening… It Just Sounds Like I’m Doing All the Talking

2021-10-11T11:11:55-06:00 October 12th, 2021|Categories: DISC and Communication|Tags: , , |

It is easy to spot a High D-Style person. Their take-charge approach, along with their strong decisive drive and energy get a lot accomplished. But similar to the I-Style folks, listening well may not be their strong suit. In fact, listening is often one of their biggest challenges. We've looked at how the C-Styles, S-Styles and [...]