How DiSC Can Help
A recent article by US News reviewed survey results from 1,000 leaders in corporate America. Just over 20% stated they had fired a new hire within one week, 27% of leaders said they fired a new hire within a month. A recent article by the Wall Street Journal stated that 81% of leaders reported that their college grad hires are incapable of accepting constructive criticism or managing workplace conflict. As someone who interacts with many different organizations, leaders, and professionals, I can tell you with certainty that developing a career extends far beyond your technical acumen. How good you are at your job is massively influenced by how well you collaborate with co-workers, engage with leadership, and grow as an individual. Notice that the article said “constructive criticism” and not just criticism. This is important to keep in mind because it means a leader is trying to invest in a new hire to help them in their career, and the help is viewed as an attack.
You may be asking, “How can this happen?” There are a myriad reasons as to why, what this article is focused on is what you can do to be one of the 19% who appreciate constructive criticism, who can engage with co-workers they disagree with or don’t get along with, and who is capable of even forging relationships with individuals who otherwise would be seen as an enemy.
This is why I became an Authorized Partner with Everything DiSC. This is a tool to help you understand your tendencies, triggers, what motivates you, what intimidates you, and why did you react in that way in that particular situation. This is for every professional, from sales reps engaging with customers all day to programmers who may most of their time in front of monitor. You may watch a new movie on Amazon Prime, order Grub Hub, and text your friends, but at work you still need to interact with your co-workers. Your career is one of the few aspects of life where we can’t automate to avoid human interaction. By better understanding yourself you can recognize that your co-worker may not have intentionally tried to upset you. This helps to melt snowballs instead of allowing them to roll downhill, growing and growing as they go. Th
Upon completing DiSC, we work with you and walk through your results to help you understand how to implement this information to help boost your career. This is a great exercise for seasoned professionals who feel like their career is dragging, new grads looking to get off to a great start, and everyone in between. It is also beneficial to take the assessment every 5-7 years to see how you growing as an individual and how that can benefit your career. The workplace is more diverse than ever, it is important to understand ourselves in order to engage with our co-workers.
