Why We Click with Some and Clank with Others
(DiSC^® Styles for Leaders)

The foundation of effective leadership is grounded in understanding oneself, understanding others, and realizing the impact of behavior on one's coworkers. Team Builders Plus utilizes the DISC Model to reveal a profile of each leader's behavior. Beyond simply understanding behavioral styles, the session is based on guiding individuals to the realization that we tend to treat others the way we like to be treated, not the way they like to be treated. For example, if you like to receive a lot of details, you probably provide a lot of details. But what if you are communicating to a person who just wants the bottom-line?

Participants will interpret their individual profile and learn about the styles of others. Through dynamic interactive exercises, participants experience their styles as they play-out in a variety of situations, and have the opportunity to adjust behaviors to improve their own leadership skills. Through interactive discussions and exercises, participants discover that they are more likely to be an effective leader by treating others the way they like to be treated. This simple, but profound behavioral shift has the power to transform individual and team performance. The respect, teamwork, and trust fostered by this approach establish an environment in which leaders can thrive.

Participants will examine how styles are displayed in areas such as: Communication, listening, delegation, motivation, influence, time management, conflict management, stress management, and managing change.

The session empowers leaders to:

• Understand the behavioral styles of self and others
• Discover how one's own behavior impacts personal and group success
• Understand and value differences in others
• Identify ways to adapt behavior to the person and the situation
• Reduce conflict and stress
• Improve team communication and morale
• Create strategies to improve relationships and performance
  

What Others Think of Our Why We Click with Some and Clank with Others:

The team had a lot of fun, met people they don’t usually work with, and learned new strategies for communicating. Several of my co-workers took the time to tell me how much fun they had and that they learned a lot more than they expected. Carla and Dave kept the activities far more interactive than I imagined and there was a high level of energy throughout the day. It was a success all around.
Jenny V. Whitmer, Department of Homeland Security

Our team building event was a not only great learning experience but also fun for my entire team. I was impressed with the way our facilitator, Heather, handled my rather boisterous group. The exercises revealed a lack of communication due to everyone trying to talk at once. Heather made it fun, while she revealed what I think she already knew after being with us for ten minutes. We are an aggressive sales team all trying to talk at the same time. And loudly I might add! A great learning experience with surprises.
Jan Mesa, Word & Brown General Agency

We really enjoyed the activity “Why We Click With Some and Clank With Others”. By the end of the day not only were we all clicking but calling each other but the letter that identified us (i.e. D, I, S, or C). Dan was great and by adding his personal stories made everything relatable.
Ailyn Thurman, MetaCure (USA) Inc.

Your DISC presentation was extremely well done. You presented the content thoroughly, in a manner that made it relevant for the audience AND was enjoyable. There is an art to doing that and it is something that I greatly respect and appreciate. I have worked with the DiSC material with other groups. The element that I thought was a great upgrade to what I had seen previously was the use of the DiSC style to tailor and "sell" their message or concept to resonate with all.
Jackie Boatwright, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Thank you so much for the wonderful day! Everyone found the session incredibly helpful. It was pretty amazing, after we understood the different styles, it gave us the language to use so that no one got offended. All I keep thinking is "what a great result- finally we can talk and accept each other without feelings getting hurt." I think this result will be so significant to the success of our program.
Whitney. Fox Rothschild

Our team was impressed with the Team Builders Plus Why We Click with Some and Clank with Others program – it was entertaining and educational. The program provided us with beneficial insight of our colleagues and has put our team in a better position to tackle the future.
Kortney Riddle, Hemming Morse