We are able to provide DiSC Certification specifically for your organisation and deliver a training experience tailored for your organisation’s specific needs.

Most of our DiSC Certification is bespoke and delivered “in-house” where we provide certification training tailored for your organisation’s specific needs. As well as covering the requirements for all participants become DiSC Certified Trainers we ensure that the exercises, examples and materials are modified to provide the best result for your organisation.

We expect that once participants leave our in-house Certification they are competent at delivering the range of DiSC interventions that are best suited to your organisation. That means using any of the many Everything DiSC reports (see here for further information), debriefing one-on-one, using DiSC for coaching or running group workshops. We provide you with all the materials to get you started. Here are just some of the videos that are available.

Costs are fixed – there is a single price for the Certification for up to 10 people rather than a charge per participant. If you are interested in a quote please let us know.

Working with a Conscientious or someone with the C style

People with the C style place a high priority on Accuracy. Because they want to ensure superior results, they tend to analyze options rationally and separate emotions from facts. Depending of where you sit on the DiSC map you may find it hard to relate to their detached approach.  However, this rational approach allows them to be quite objective when it comes to negotiation or decision-making – you will find many Cs are willing to change their stance if they can see it leads to a better result

In addition, they also prioritize Stability. Since they tend to value follow-through and restraint, they’re uncomfortable with quick or risky decisions and prefer to take time to make an informed choice.  So all you snappy-fingered extroverts out there take heed!  Don’t expect the best outcome if you are asking a C to quickly change focus and provide something in a timeframe that puts them under pressure.

Furthermore, people with the C style also prioritize Challenge. In their quest to find the most streamlined or productive method of completing their tasks, they may openly question ideas and point out flaws that others may have missed.  Some other styles may see this questioning as critical  – but its not! Remember that Cs are typically emotionally detached from the facts so are simply trying to identify the best approach.  Their desire to Challenge and improve can lead to very creative answers and results!

Things to remember if you are C

75% of the world see it differently to you!

Goals for the Conscientious style: Accuracy, objective processes

Judges others by: Expertise, systematic processes

Someone with the Conscientious style influences others by: Logic, exacting standards

Overuses: Analysis, restraint

When a C is under pressure: Overwhelms others with logic, becomes rigid

Fears: Being wrong, strong displays of emotion

Would increase effectiveness through: Acknowledging others’ feelings, looking beyond data

Your Everything DiSC Workplace Profile (download a sample here) has pages on suggestion on how to work more effectively with the different styles.  Not only will it provide you with the means for more effective communication leading to a better outcome you will remove much of the frustration you can experience when working with someone different to you.

Read more on the different styles at http://www.DISCprofiles.co.nz

Everything DiSC Certification Wellington 24th February 2015

More and more organisations are recognising the power of understanding and influencing the impact of behaviour in successfully embedding change.  In simple terms, for “change” to take place, old actions, habits, responses and attitudes MUST be modified; if not then the status quo will remain or re-establish itself over time – and you will be back where you started. Sound familiar?

If you had a simple, dependable and easily accepted way of influencing people to change their habits, responses and attitudes, how much would that benefit your organisation? This is where the simplicity and power of DiSC® comes in. 

DiSC offers these direct benefits:

• Improved communication
• Effective introduction and acceptance of change
• More effective team dynamics
• Better understanding of individual motivators
• 
Avoidance of conflict
• 
Better sales conversations
• 
Greater cooperation

We’d like to make it easy for you to get the skills necessary to introduce DiSC to your organisation and enjoy these benefits! 

Our next DiSC Certification training takes place on Tuesday 24th February, 2015 in Wellington.  This intensive one-day certification training will give you the knowledge, skills, and resources to roll out DiSC effectively in your organisation. So if you are responsible for delivering change programmes to your organisation or clients, this is for you.

Register your interest here!

Interested in becoming an Everything DiSC Certified Trainer from New Zealand’s leading provider of Everything DiSC certification and Everything DiSC assessments?

Read more about becoming a DiSC Certified trainer here on these dates:

Dates for Train the Trainer DiSC certification:

February in Wellington  – Tuesday 24^th February from 9 a.m. until 4.30 p.m.

March in Christchurch – Monday March 16^th, again 9 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.

We have had some interest in providing certification in Auckland so we are looking at dates in April.  Register your interest in an Auckland certification or either of the February or March dates by clicking this link or calling Ross on 03 424-2807 or Cathy on 04 566-0053.

Dates for the rest of the year will be published closer to the time.  If you need more notice than this or wish to check a date for later in the year please let us know.

Because 75% of people see the world differently!

We’ve all experienced the unexpected or frustrating response from work colleagues and thought “Where did that come from?!”  At DISC NZ we have a passion for helping people understand behaviour – and equipping them to respond in ways that will deliver a better outcome in every conversation or interaction.

communication feeds through into better performance… which drives better results.

Everyone has a set of behavioural preferences – ways they react and respond which they are most comfortable with.  

This is the first in a series of insights which will lift the lid on behavioural differences.  We will introduce the concept of DiSC^® – the universal language of behaviour – and equip you to get better outcomes in every interaction you have in the future.  We hope you find them useful!

So what is DiSC?       

Everyone has a set of behavioural preferences – ways they react and respond which they are most comfortable with.  There are 4 core behavioural styles which each relate to a different set of responses, and they are:

Dominance: How we respond to problems and challenges in the workplace
Influence: How we influence people and contacts to our point of view
Steadiness: How we respond to pace and change in the workplace
Conscientiousness: How we react to policies and constraints put on us by others at work

We are all a mix of the 4 styles.  Armed with an understanding of each of the styles, we are able to understand our own behaviour, recognise the behaviour of others and adapt our behaviour to get more win-win outcomes.  With insight, it is truly as straight forward as that!

Is a “D” leading your meeting?

Quick Tip . . . They don’t like meetings!!!

Your meeting leader leans toward the “D” style if he or she focusses on:     

Structure: Concise agenda, includes tasks and assignments.  Starts on time with first agenda item, gets straight to the point.
Example: “Okay, it’s 8 a.m. Ross, you’re first – what’s the project status.”
Priorities: Short meeting with efficient, productive solutions to a few key issues, delegates the balance and ends on time.
Example: “Combining the two events? – Works for me. Jan, you do the analysis of the actual vs. projected savings and bring report to next week’s meeting. Meeting adjourned.”
Decision Making Process: Creates a sense of urgency and limits discussion.  Decision are often made unilaterally or by voting.
Example: “It’s been 15 minutes!  Enough!  All for option A? Option B?…Option A wins 6 to 4.”
 

If you are attending a meeting led by a “D”:        

Preparation: Anticipate their goals. Have solutions with outcomes. Be on time and bring the agenda!

During: Stay on topic. Keep up with the fast pace or you will look incompetent. Argue with facts, not feelings.  Keep in mind, they like to win and be in control. Be brief. Use “thinking” words, e.g. data, ROI, analysis, profit.  

Example: “According to our Q4 figures Ross, revenues are 5% higher than our #1 competitor, ABC Ltd.” 

For better, happier, more productive workplaces call us on 03 4242807 or email us at enquiries@discprofiles.co.nz – or for more details on our Everything DiSC Certification Training click here.

DISC NZ is a leading provider of Everything DiSC Certification training and Everything DiSC Assessments in New Zealand