What are your criteria?

What are your criteria?

If you simply gather your team or pull people together to do an evaluation of some particular ministry event, people will give assessment: this was good, this wasn’t good. That is everyone coming at the issue from their own perceptions. Each person has their own...
DiSC: What have we learned?

DiSC: What have we learned?

This entry is the last of a blog series on the DiSC profile, which is one of the top tools that I’ve found to be helpful in building teams. (You can do a search on this blog for StrengthsFinder to find another.) DiSC looks at our behavioral style and tendencies...
Working with C’s

Working with C’s

This entry is part of a series on the DiSC profile. If you’d like to see the whole series, you can do a search for DiSC on this blog.  Remember the old TV show with the policeman who said in monotone, “Just the facts, ma’am.” That’s how to...
Working with S’s

Working with S’s

This entry is part of a series on the DiSC profile. If you’d like to see the whole series, you can do a search for DiSC on this blog. If you’re not an S, how can you learn to work with them more effectively? You will relate well to the S by being relational. Be...
Working with S’s

If you’re an S…

This entry is part of a series on the DiSC profile. If you’d like to see the whole series, you can do a search for DiSC on this blog. S’s are incredibly valuable people, because long after the D’s and i’s have moved on to other things, the S’s...
Working with “i”s

Working with “i”s

This entry is part of a series on the DiSC profile. If you’d like to see the whole series, you can do a search for DiSC on this blog. I was joking with a colleague about a mutual acquaintance of ours, who I’ll call Dan: “I’m one of Dan’s 5,000...
Working with “i”s

If you’re an “i”…

This entry is part of a series on the DiSC profile. If you’d like to see the whole series, you can do a search for DiSC on this blog. The i’s great strength is influencing people and motivating groups. They’re the ones that work the entire reoom, building...
If you’re a D …

If you’re a D …

This entry is part of a series on the DiSC profile. If you’d like to see the whole series, you can do a search for DiSC on this blog. If you’re a D, you’ll need to make certain adjustments when working with people who have different behavioral styles. Why...