Monthly Archives: November 2018

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Soft Skills Training and Emotional Intelligence

Soft SkillsTimes Have Changed Regarding Getting A Good Job.

Once upon a time, getting a good job was about having the relevant education and wearing proper business attire.  However, times have changed a lot since then and since HR managers have started to pay attention to so-called “soft skills” the things they are looking for in applications are now completely different.  The scientific terms of soft skills are EQ – Emotional Intelligence Quotient – and this is an attribute that is hard to measure and takes work to master.  However, it seems to be more important to businesses than qualifications, experience or what someone wears.  Unsurprisingly, soft skills training is becoming increasingly popular.

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Productive Conflict

DiSC Training To Understand Human Behavior

human behaviorOverview of Human Behavior as it relates to DiSC.

From the moment that history started to be recorded until now, we have endeavored to understand why human beings behave the way they do.  We want to be able to understand and describe what people do, as well as how and why they do it.  There are numerous societies around the world that have looked into quantifying and describing these specific observations, such as the Hindus, the Greeks, the Romans, Native Americans and Africans.

Ancient civilizations created models to described behavior that are still being used today.  In fact, some of these models are being relied on, such as the “Humours” description of Hippocrates or the body fluids analogy of Galen.  Other methods, such as astrology and numerology, are perhaps not as popular anymore today, but they are still being followed by some.

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Understanding The DiSC Assessment Part 2 of 2

The DiSC Assessment Styles

DiSC Assessment Styles provide powerful methods for understanding more about yourself and others. The DiSC Styles are increasingly popular and are based on theories developed by the Harvard educated psychologist, Dr. William Moulton Marston. His DiSC original theory recognizes four basic, predictable behavior patterns in human beings as reflected in their everyday observable behavior.

D i S C is an acronym for the four behavioral styles of Dominance, influence, Steadiness and Conscientiousness. DiSC Assessment Styles suggest that all people possess these four basic behavioral tendencies to differing degrees.

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