What makes you tick?
Why do some situations make you squirm with discomfort, while you breeze through others with no problem?
How is it that you can say the same thing to three different people and get three entirely different interpretations of what you intended?
It all boils down to personalities and preferences. You think and act one way, and your colleagues, friends, or family behave in their own distinct ways.
Well, I’ve got a short, fun exercise (PDF download) to help you understand yourself better and gain a little insight into the people around you. It gives you a few prompts and then asks you to “guess” your DiSC® style. You can do this on your own, or give it to your team and let everyone discuss where they think their teammates fall.
The DiSC® model provides a common language that we can use to better understand ourselves and each other, and helps us to adapt our behaviors to improve communication and effectiveness at work.
In our next post, we’ll look at how to communicate with the different styles.
Download your copy of the DiSC® exercise, here.