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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It's not hard to picture a High I-Style person. They have boundless energy and enthusiasm, usually with lots of ideas and persuasion to go with it. But listening well may not be their strong suit. We've looked at how C-Style and S-Style folks tend to listen. In keeping with "working backwards" through the DISC Styles, this [...]
Last week, we looked at how a C-Style tends to listen. In keeping with "working backwards" through the DISC Styles, this week we'll review the S-Style's listening tendencies. Always, as this picture says, it is a good goal to "Speak Less, Listen More". But for a high S-Style, it is their deep conviction. Because the S-Style [...]
