Nothing Compares to the NEW Comparison Report Batch Function!

I couldn’t resist with the title! If you read my latest blog entry about the EPIC batch function feature, you’re going to love my new post about the batch function for Comparison Reports! If you don’t know what Comparison Reports are, don’t worry, I’ll explain it all!

The Everything DiSC Application Library is a new group of products based on the DiSC theory:

• Everything DiSC Workplace – Workplace is seen as a more personalized and user-friendly upgrade to the original DiSC Classic 2.0 Profile. Workplace provides 350x more personalization and a circular model.
• Everything DiSC Sales – This report gives you (or your sales team) insight on your selling style and how to adapt to various buying styles. It also includes a FREE Customer Interaction Map.
• Everything DiSC Management – This gives you an idea of your management style and how it affects both direct reports and superiors.
• Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders – NEW! DiSC's version of a 360 Report. It provides personalized, approachable 360 degree feedback and 3 personalized strategies to carry forward.

You lost me at Comparison Report…

Comparison Reports are FREE 11-page, research-validated follow-up reports that can be generated for any two participants who have taken any of the above listed profiles. These reports help to illustrate the similarities and differences between two people, across 6 behavioral traits. You can create a comparison report for each person, so that they will have a personalized report based on their perspective working with the other person.

These reports are great to use as a follow-up to training, or to help with conflict resolution between two employees. A few months ago, my colleague and I (both iS’s) ran a Comparison Report for ourselves. What’s interesting is that although we had the same style, we were still far apart from each other on some of the scales. It just goes to show that even if two employees are similar in style, there is still much to learn using the Comparison Reports!

So, what’s so great about the new Comparison Report batch function?
Before the batch function, you would have to manually select each Comparison Report to generate, at a time. Could you imagine if you wanted to run comparison reports for your entire group? Now, you can generate multiple reports at once! And, you can even choose to run reports based on one person’s perspective, or choose to have all participants compared to one another. Excellent feature!

While you will be able to view, save and print these reports in a matter of minutes, they will also be automatically saved in your EPIC account for you.

Already have your Comparison Reports ready to go? Just use the original Batch Generation function to view all of them at the same time.

Overall, just like the original Batch Function, this new addition really makes creating and viewing Comparison Reports a very easy process! The Comparison Reports are such a neat addition to the Everything DiSC Application Library, I hope this increases the likelihood of using them… did I mention they’re free?

Need Clarification? Interested in learning more? Email us at learn@corexcel.com or call us at 1-888-658-6641, during the hours of 9am – 5:30pm Eastern Time, Monday-Friday.

Get Certified to Present DiSC Training Sessions in 2010

Interested in using DiSC to improve communication, develop employee engagement, increase productivity or just to help your staff understand one another better? New training dates are updated here: DiSC Certification Dates
Certification prepares trainers to get the most out of the DiSC Model. You will learn about the history, theory and interpretation of DiSC. Participants review the training materials available to conduct DiSC training sessions, including the Everything DiSC Workplace Facilitation System and the complete line of DiSC reports. You also get hands-on-practice crafting a wide range of DiSC solutions. By the end of the two days you will be able to:

• Create effective DiSC-based training sessions
• Learn which DiSC tool works best for the desired outcome
• Discover how to combine DiSC resources for better results
• Customize DiSC-based training sessions to meet a variety of client situations

Learn more about the Everything DiSC Training Certification

Exploring Everything DiSC® Workplace

The Everything DiSC Workplace is the latest DiSC-based profile and facilitation system to hit the market. The profile utilizes a 79 question online survey to generate a 20 page report built around improving relationships in the workplace. People who complete the survey will discover their DiSC behavioral style and learn about the characteristics of other behavioral styles. This helps employees build more effective relationships through improved communications. This is an exciting release because the results are not specific to a single department or job function. Every organization can benefit through improved employee relations. Satisfied employees are typically engaged employees and engaged employees are the most productive, by far. In addition to the profile, there’s a comprehensive set of facilitation materials. Organizations that implement the Everything DiSC Workplace profile can use their in-house trainers to deliver professional training sessions built around the concepts discussed in the profile. Of course, organizations also have the option of hiring an outside expert to provide Everything DiSC Workplace training sessions. The facilitation materials include high quality video segments which are menu driven and extremely easy to use. Since the application library is not department specific, trainers can easily add their own twists and examples if they wish to tailor the program to meet organizational objectives. The Everything DiSC Workplace facilitation materials include:

• Leader’s guide with scripted seminar
• PowerPoint presentation with embedded video
• Stand-alone, menu-driven video
• Participant handouts in Microsoft Word for easy duplication
• Templates and images
• A Sample Everything DiSC Management Profile
• Resource and research information to demonstrate the validity behind the model

More on Everything DiSC Workplace

Putting DiSC Management to Work

Everything DiSC Management is a well-tested, proven training system; there is no question about that. But how do end users make it work? The process starts with managers learning what their own style is. Once they get a handle on how they like to interact and work, the next step is figuring out their employees’ styles then adapting their own style to meet the other person’s needs and get the work done. Based on extensive and ongoing research, Everything DiSC Management uses online pre-work to create a personalized report for every manager. The six, one-hour training sessions include video, activities, and guided discussion are easy to use and make it convenient for organizations of any size to help managers recognize and address their employees' diverse personality styles. “By learning a straight-forward process, managers can develop skills to bring out the best in their employees,” said Jeff Sugerman, CEO of Inscape Publishing. “Participants learn the skills they need to increase employee engagement: directing and delegating, motivating, developing others, and how to work with their own managers.” The robust program and the multi-modal approach to training makes it easy for anyone to deliver training that meets each user’s behavioral style. And it makes it easy for managers and supervisors to learn how to use DiSC quickly and effectively. “Managing is one of the hardest things people can do,” says Sue Bowlby, President of Corexcel and a Diamond Distributor for Inscape Publishing. “Everything DiSC Management is the only product focused on managers, assessing their skills then working on their teams and their organizations.” Inscape Publishing describes Everything DiSC Management as, “...classroom training that uses online pre-work, engaging facilitation and contemporary video to create a personalized learning experience” that focuses on five areas: Read Full Article

The Concept Behind DiSC

What manager hasn’t said to himself, at least once in his professional life, that his job would be so much easier if it weren’t for all the people he had to deal with? Odds are there isn’t one person who manages employees who hasn’t uttered that phrase. But getting work done through other people is what most managers are paid to do. What if you could get everything you need to understand, manage and motivate your team and your customers in one small box? What if the key to harnessing human nature was in a package the size of a disposable lighter? Never going to happen? Well, it has. It is called DiSC and it sounds more like the magic decoder ring you used to get out of a box of breakfast cereal or something you would wear on your wrist than a powerful management tool that can change the culture and productivity of a company. Read the full article The Concept Behind DiSC - You do the Math