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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
As a High S-Style parent, I couldn’t wait for my “After School Talk Time” with my children, especially when they became teens and were involved in many activities. But along with this goal, I had to learn an important lesson - that I will share a bit later in this blogpost. It reinforced my deep conviction [...]
