Taking Flight!: Master the DISC Styles to Transform Your Career, Your Relationships...Your Life, 1st edition
Published by FT Press (July 2, 2015) © 2012
- Merrick Rosenberg
- Daniel Silvert
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- Why you "click" with some people and "clank" with others
- What really drives your decisions and actions
- How to identify others' behavioral styles and choose the best ways to interact with them
- How to craft a personal plan for maximizing your strengths and minimizing your weaknesses
Use powerful, proven DISC techniques to build better personal relationships and dramatically improve your effectiveness.
- Understand all 4 human behavioral styles, deepen self-awareness, and become a better leader, team member, salesperson, parent, teacher, or student
- A fun-to-read fable and a practical framework: accessible, quick, and transformational
- Create your action plan for improvement
- Based on the authors' immense experience helping executives apply DISC to improve performance
Introduction    1
Part I: Taking Flight! The Fable    5
Chapter 1Â Home 7
Chapter 2 The Forest Grid    11
Chapter 3 The Council    15
Chapter 4 An Old Friend    25
Chapter 5 The Aftermath    35
Chapter 6 If a Tree Falls in the Forest…    39
Chapter 7 Reconnaissance    47
Chapter 8 The Four Styles    55
Chapter 9 Reflection    63
Chapter 10 The Awakening    71
Chapter 11 The Home Rule    77
Chapter 12 The Stakeout    93
Chapter 13 The Gathering    107
Epilogue The Power of DISC    113
Part II: The DISC Model    117
Go Online to Discover Your Style   120
The History and Mystery of the Four Styles    122
The Four Styles    123  Â
People Reading    127  Â
Seven Transformative DISC Principles    133
Part III: Applying the DISC Styles in Your Life    155
Steps for Reaching Your Highest Potential    157
DISC for Selecting an Educational and Career Path    165
DISC in the Work Environment    170
Tapping the Power of Style in Teams    174
DISC for Teaching and Coaching   185
Educating with DISCÂ Â Â 187
Better Parenting with DISCÂ Â Â Â 190
DISC Action Planning   198
DISC Mapping    203
Postscript    207
Appendix: Style Combinations    211
Daniel Silvert, B.A., is a sought-after keynote speaker and executive coach. Daniel has led training programs at every level on the DISC styles, leadership, teamwork, accountability, and transformational change. Daniel’s early background focused upon career development, coaching hundreds of executives through career transitions from both within and outside their organizations. Daniel has brought his unique perspective to hundreds of companies and government agencies, including Adidas, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Dell, Dow Jones, Home Depot, L’Oreal, L-3 Communications, Merck, SAP, Situs, W.L. Gore, and the Department of Homeland Security.
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