DISC Teambuilding Master Practitioner – Credentials attained through the International Coaching Association (ICA)
For coaches and team leaders, DISCflex Reports are one of the best (and most widely used) profiling vehicles to assess a team member’s overall behavioral tendencies, revealing the elevations of four DISCflex Factors – Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Compliance. When the distinctive elevations of an entire functioning team are charted in one Team Behavior Report, patterns emerge displaying a comprehensive picture of a Team’s Governing Behaviors as a business unit.
What you’ll learn
- Individual Scores: This section shows each Team Member’s DISC score, Pattern, Bar Graph, and Pie Chart and explains how to read and coach through each..
- Team Leader’s Strengths: Highlights the Team Leader’s strengths and explains how to use these to benefit the team. Coaches use this section to change behaviors..
- The Team Leader’s potential challenges: Details behaviors they might face in leading the team. Bewares caution about potential stressors and provide Tips..
- Overview: Quick reference about the team’s macro-level makeup. Learn to cross reference with the Individual Scores chart to see team members’ preferences..
- Affinity Diagram: Discover how each dot in this graph represents unique scores and read the diagram to provide behavioral coaching..
- Behavior Clusters: Clusters of dots close together allow insight on how the team will tend to act in a group setting. Gaps also represent team challenges..
Course Content
- Certification Knowledge –> 6 lectures • 59min.
- Teambuilding Report Certification Final Exam –> 4 lectures • 1min.
Requirements
For coaches and team leaders, DISCflex Reports are one of the best (and most widely used) profiling vehicles to assess a team member’s overall behavioral tendencies, revealing the elevations of four DISCflex Factors – Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Compliance. When the distinctive elevations of an entire functioning team are charted in one Team Behavior Report, patterns emerge displaying a comprehensive picture of a Team’s Governing Behaviors as a business unit.
Understanding the Team’s Governing Behaviors (or behavioral preferences) in the context of a business atmosphere, allows a coach or team leader to understand the behavioral forces at play in that team. This course takes you through the DISCflex Team Behavior Report and upon passing the final exam, will certify that the Master Level 3 Practitioner is competent to administer and coach through the DISCflex Team Behavior Report. The report provides behavioral insights that unlock the Team’s Governing Behavior patterns. Are they governed by Dominance -which makes them drive ahead, but not listen to each other? Are they steered by Influence, making them talk a lot but accomplish little on time – and in the process frustrating leadership? Do they have the behavioral tendency to think deeply and solve problems, but their execution is off? Are they rules-driven, making them stubborn about changing outdated policies? Knowing the Team’s Governing Behaviors is game-changing for coaches and team leaders.
DISCflex designed the Team Behavior Report to allow a coach or team leader to pick and choose which members of your organization you would like to include in the team analysis. Once you have selected your team, designate the team leader and the system will generate a comprehensive Team DISC Report. You will find your team’s individual DISC scores, information on your team leader’s potential strengths and challenges, and information on the 9 steps of a successful team mapped out with the useful DISC factors for each step. The report focuses on both the team leader’s and the overall team’s Governing Behaviors that will typically be observed when clusters of driving tendencies exist. When a team has a cluster of individuals with the same high or medium-high levels, the team will be governed by those behaviors. These are called behavioral clusters. Clusters of factors provide insight on how to deal with and coach through the team’s governing behavior. The report provides tips to work with, rather than against the governing factors displayed within the team. People often become stressed when they are asked to suppress (dial down) their natural behavioral tendencies.
The knowledge in the Team Behaviors Report will enhance every person’s team experience. When a coach or team leader knows the general behavioral tendencies of each team member, they can adjust the team’s behaviors, perhaps helping the leader’s or team members’ influencing and communication approaches. People who understand the behavior preferences of their team members can deliver messages that resonate appropriately. The leader will also better understand where the other person is coming from when that person responds. Additionally, the team leader will be aware of how that team member prefers to carry out their responsibilities. This is particularly important if the leader and team member are polar opposites in terms of behavior or if the team member has a typical behavioral tendency that would inhibit their compliance with the team goals which could severely impact team functions and dynamics. As an example, High S types prefer having time to respond thoughtfully before commenting, whereas many High Is like to verbalize their thoughts aloud as they work through them. High Ds speak in shorter, bullet point-like sentences, while High Cs will ask questions about established rules and guidelines. Expecting all team members to be the same in communication styles isn’t a reality. Matching and understanding the message to the receiver just makes sense. Team leaders (with the advantage of having the team members’ behavior profiles at their fingertips) can enhance communication by situationally adjusting their verbiage toward each team member’s behavioral pattern.