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Use A DiSC® Personality Test To Recognize Employee Potential

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It has become quite widespread for companies to use a DiSC Personality Test together with the interview.  These personality assessments help companies determine who could be great leaders and who could be people that might have challenges that are difficult to overcome.

Companies use DiSC Personality Tests to measure different factors and collect insights to determine what type of behavior and personality a potential employee tends to exhibit.  It is important to take into account that different people usually behave differently when confronted with a specific situation so you want to have as many different styles as possible.

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The DiSC® Profile and The Essential Elements of Teamwork

The DiSC Profile and TeamworkThe DiSC Profile & The Importance of Teamwork

We all know how important teamwork is and that it is essential to the successful operations of any organization. However, the definition of team work is something that not everybody agrees with. After all, it is more than just working together, because people have their own roles, skills and special talents and it isn’t just about doing each person’s job. There are a few key items that you must get right in order to have effective team work. Focus on these, and you will find your company becoming more productive and efficient and your staff becoming more engaged. To help you focus you can use The DiSC Profile to discover more about yourself, your team, and the elements of creating team success.

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Why Leaders Should Emphasize Teamwork In Any Organization

Team Circle MapTeamwork is one of those buzzwords that fly about whenever you hear anything about organizational processes. In fact, you would be hard pushed to find a resume that doesn’t include the fact that the applicant is “an excellent team player” somewhere in there. Similarly, any time there is a vacancy, the requirement for team work will be firmly noted on there as well. Unfortunately, it has become so much of a buzzword that people have stopped thinking about what it actually means. Sure, it is about working together, but what does that entail exactly? And why is it so important within an organization to have teamwork? Isn’t it a case that everybody has their own job?

Individual Control

For a long time, businesses operated on a process of “individual control.” This means that one person covered the reception desk, one person did the photocopying, one person did the finances and so on. This works to a degree, particularly in a very small organization, because it makes it clear who does what. However, it stops individual employees from feeling like they are part of the whole. Besides this, if anybody is ever off sick or takes a vacation, all of the operations stop. Transitioning into an environment of team work can be a difficult process, but it is one that must be achieved.

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