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Adult D-Style and Teen I-Style: Keep the Relationship a Top Priority

2025-02-10T10:00:15-07:00 February 11th, 2025|Categories: Adult to Teen, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , , , |

You, as an adult, know the importance of taking care of responsibilities and getting things done. Enter your fun-loving teen whose tendency for disorganization and carefree approach to life is driving you crazy. Remember – People are More Important Than Things! As we go through the Adult to Teen Series, the combination we will discuss this [...]

With Laughter – How a High I-Style Person Wants Others to Communicate with Them

2024-08-26T09:56:48-06:00 August 27th, 2024|Categories: DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , |

As we go through this life of ours, I hope it is important to you to communicate well with others – to hear their thoughts and ideas and share yours as well. Then to understand each other. These blogposts on how each DISC Style prefers to communicate are meant to be a key to those goals. [...]

How is it Better if I Talk WITH, Instead of Talking TO?

2023-06-12T11:54:12-06:00 June 13th, 2023|Categories: DISC and Communication|Tags: , |

As we focus on great communication, whether in our office or anywhere - there is an important distinction I want to point out. This one adjustment will significantly improve your communication. Years ago, I was sitting in a movie theatre watching "Bicentennial Man", a 1999 show starring Robin Williams. He was desperate for conversation with a [...]

How a Conversation Needs to be Like Playing a Game of Tennis

2023-05-31T09:47:59-06:00 June 6th, 2023|Categories: DISC and Communication|Tags: , |

Before we launch into how each DISC Style prefers to communicate, there are a couple overarching goals that I want to share. As you seek to communicate well with your family and friends, or staff and patients, here is an important perspective to consider- Perhaps a conversation should be more like playing a game of tennis. [...]

How a Systems-Focused Adult can Best Relate with a Detail-Loving Teen

2022-12-05T19:53:09-07:00 December 6th, 2022|Categories: Adult to Teen, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , , , |

Have you ever had or worked with a Teen or an Adult who was absolutely fascinated with details and completely focused on the system to use to apply those details? As we finish the Adult to Teen DISC Series this week, the combination we will discuss is the High C-Style Adult and the High C-Style Teen. [...]

How a Detail-Loving Adult can Best Relate With a Tender-Hearted Teen

2022-11-28T16:33:12-07:00 November 29th, 2022|Categories: Adult to Teen, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , , , , |

Have you ever had a teen who was so tenderhearted that just “the look” would bring them to tears? Or perhaps this teen was a patient who completely shut down and got very quiet under a reprimand that they needed to do a much better job of wearing their headgear or elastics? As we go through [...]