Topic 9: DiSC for Work & Life
DiSC - 'The power of understanding personality'
The DiSC® model provides a common language that people can use to better understand themselves and to adapt their behaviors with others — within a work team, a leadership position, or other stakeholder relationships.
DiSC - 'The power of understanding personality'
The DiSC® model provides a common language that people can use to better understand themselves and to adapt their behaviors with others — within a work team, a leadership position, or other stakeholder relationships.
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Molly Roche - LinkedIn Profile
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Brian Little - TED Talk
Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality
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DiSC Website
DiSC® is the leading personal assessment tool used by over 1 million people every year to improve work productivity, teamwork and communication.
Topic Outcomes
By the end of this topic
you will be able to:
- Increase your
self-knowledge: how you respond to conflict, what motivates you, what causes
you stress, and how you solve problems
- Improve working relationships by recognizing the communication needs of team
members
- Facilitate better teamwork and teach productive conflict
- Improve stakeholder relationships by identifying and responding to
stakeholder styles
- Manage more effectively by understanding the dispositions and priorities of
employees and team members
Alignment with the PSC Framework
- Tailor communication to the audience (adept)
- Monitor own and others' non-verbal cues and adapt where necessary (adept)
- Show awareness of own strengths and areas for growth and develop and apply new skills (intermediate)
- Build co-operation and overcome barriers to information sharing and communication across teams/units (adept)
- Influence others with a fair and considered approach and sound arguments (adept)
Relevant job interview questions
- Tell us about a time when you had to adjust to a classmate’s or colleague’s working style in order to complete a project or achieve your objectives.
- Tell us about a time when you have had to approach several individuals for support or cooperation whom you considered quite different from one another. How did you approach these individuals?
- Give an example of a difficult relationship you have had to build and maintain over a period of time. How did you develop it and how have you maintained it?
- Can you describe a situation where you have had to dedicate particular attention to understanding someone in the workplace, either a colleague, subordinate or manager? What was the overall outcome and what did you learn from this situation?
Quick Links
- Topic 1: Growth Mindset and PSC Framework
- Topic 2: Organisational Awareness and Industry Knowledge
- Topic 3: Resilience and Positive Thinking
- Topic 4: Personal Management for Productivity
- Topic 5: Superannuation and Personal Budgeting
- Topic 6: Accountability
- Topic 7: Stakeholder Engagement
- Topic 8: Project Management
- Topic 10: Influencing & Negotiating
- Topic 11: Human Centered Design