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Chances are, you’re familiar with at least one personality test. Myers Briggs, Enneagram, Personal Style Indicator (PSI) or, the focus of this episode, DISC profiles.
Are these tools actually helpful? In my opinion, they have a time and place. But the truth is they’re kinda useless if you don’t actually apply the information you get from them.
Otherwise, people just use them as an excuse to behave a certain way.
That’s why today’s guest has become so popular in the world of small business and leadership. Thomas Erikson’s bestselling book Surrounded By Idiots is less about labeling yourself and others as red, yellow, green or blue and more about bringing awareness to your behavioral tendencies to more effectively lead and interact with others.
Instead of saying “I’m a red, so I can’t help being brash,” the book encourages you to say “My tendency to be brash may be pushing people away—what can I do to change that?”
In other words, how to stop feeling like you’re surrounded by idiots just because the people around you don’t act the same way you do.
Episode Highlights:
00:00-Intro
02:15-Where does "behavior" come from?
04:24-Overview of the 4 DISC personality types
10:28-Distribution of color profiles in society
13:06-Why is this framework useful in running a business?
21:26-Correlation between personality types and roles
28:01-Benji's pushback on personality profiles - can they do more harm than good?
37:33-What motivates the different colors?
43:46-How to use knowledge of the colors to level up as a leader
49:29-About energy vampires
53:48-Closing advice for leaders trying to get the most out of their people
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On May 6, attend our free web class to learn the proven hiring framework top contractors use to attract and retain A players during a labor shortage. Register here: https://trybta.com/CE-HIRING-M25
To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/EP211
Chances are, you’re familiar with at least one personality test. Myers Briggs, Enneagram, Personal Style Indicator (PSI) or, the focus of this episode, DISC profiles.
Are these tools actually helpful? In my opinion, they have a time and place. But the truth is they’re kinda useless if you don’t actually apply the information you get from them.
Otherwise, people just use them as an excuse to behave a certain way.
That’s why today’s guest has become so popular in the world of small business and leadership. Thomas Erikson’s bestselling book Surrounded By Idiots is less about labeling yourself and others as red, yellow, green or blue and more about bringing awareness to your behavioral tendencies to more effectively lead and interact with others.
Instead of saying “I’m a red, so I can’t help being brash,” the book encourages you to say “My tendency to be brash may be pushing people away—what can I do to change that?”
In other words, how to stop feeling like you’re surrounded by idiots just because the people around you don’t act the same way you do.
Episode Highlights:
00:00-Intro
02:15-Where does "behavior" come from?
04:24-Overview of the 4 DISC personality types
10:28-Distribution of color profiles in society
13:06-Why is this framework useful in running a business?
21:26-Correlation between personality types and roles
28:01-Benji's pushback on personality profiles - can they do more harm than good?
37:33-What motivates the different colors?
43:46-How to use knowledge of the colors to level up as a leader
49:29-About energy vampires
53:48-Closing advice for leaders trying to get the most out of their people
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