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Just a quick update on some upcoming sessions for our popular Align to Thrive workshop and the career-changing 2-day DISC Certification program.

Two-Day CPBS DISC Certification Training
This intensive program gives you the opportunity to learn DISC from twice-named TTI International Trainer of the Year, Arthur Schoeck. The Advanced Experiential DISC Certification is a behaviorally-based communication workshop. Participants will learn how to communicate using the DISC language as a way of understanding themselves and others. The workshop incorporates a behavioral assessment to give a more complete understanding of what DISC is and how to use it to interact with others and to appreciate others’ behavioral styles.

Each class is limited to eight people to ensure personal attention and optimal participation and interaction.

Sessions: September 28th & 29th, October 27th & 28th

Location: Data Dome Conference Center, 1040 Lindridge Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA 30324

Find out more and register here: http://datadome.com/certification_workshop.php

Align to Thrive!
A special half-day workshop offered in conjunction with Alignment at Work, LLC. This session is designed for business leaders looking to ignite performance despite the economic storm by developing a culture capable of emerging stronger and ready for sustained growth.

Is Your Team Aligned to Pull Through the Economic Storm?

Available Session Date: September 30th
Location: The Georgian Club: 100 Galleria Parkway, Suite #1700, Atlanta, GA 30339

Find out more and register here: http://datadome.com/align2thrive.php

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Data Dome has created our very own LinkedIn group for alumni of our Advanced Experiential DISC Behavioral Certification class.

Over the years Art Schoeck has trained some of the best and brightest in the industry and we wanted to provide a forum for this elite community to share experiences, create dialogue around areas of professional interest, and work towards mutual growth in our understanding and application of DISC behavioral insights.

We’ve also created a reciprocal page on this website that we hope you will bookmark: http://datadome.com/linkedingroup.php. Here we will gather information relevant to our community and announce continuing education, refresher courses, tips and other resources relevant to our alumni.

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Art Schoeck was recently asked the following question via our Ask the Expert form:

“On the page that describes the two DISC charts, why are both the most (Adaptive) and least (Natural) scores presented? With today’s culture it seems to me that Most and Least really do not apply, especially with many people working from home, and other cultural issues blurring the line between home and work. Wouldn’t it be less confusing if only one score was presented?”

Art’s answer:

Actually for the very reasons you state it is more vital than ever to examine what adjustments individuals are making to survive/excel in this environment.

Although the two graphs may at first seem like a lot of information to take in, once you get comfortable reading the graphs you realize how useful they are in understanding any changes in behavior that are being caused by the demands of the environment – critical observations that provide important insights into everything from job placement and team fit to strategies for communication and remediation of undesirable behaviors.

These are hectic times that have changed the boundaries of the workplace, but working from home is still work and as such can require activities and modes of communication that are not necessarily part of our natural style. Analyzing our adaptive behaviors is required to see if the person assessed is adjusting as efficiently and appropriately as necessary to be successful, especially if the person does not have a boss and is having to self-manage. These critical comparisons could be severely hindered without the handy reference of both Adaptive and Natural behavioral profiles.

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Data Dome founder, Art Schoeck, often receives questions through our Ask the Expert form. We try to answer questions here on this blog that are representative of common questions regarding DISC and other assessment tools.

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A training manager recently asked the following question via our Ask the Expert form:

“I have some questions about the Employee-Manager profile version. For some reason, I have been receiving more and more questions about the Circle Graph on the back…must be having more C’s in the classes lately! At any rate, I want to know what the numbers mean around and inside the circle, as well as to have a better explanation of what the circle graph even means. Right now, I tell the participants that the closer together their star and their dot are on the circle graph, the less they are having to adapt/change between their natural and their adapted style.”

Art’s answer:

The Success Insights Wheel can be an intimidating diagram the first time you see it. The Style Insights assessment generates 384 different graphs and the Wheel showcases 60 of them (48 basic graphs with 12 exceptions).  The quadrant in which the graph appears is determined by the assessment taker’s individual high factor. To understand the Wheel it is important to identify its eight different spokes, which are:

• Relater Core I,S
• Supporter Core S
• Coordinator Core S,C
• Analyzer Core C
• Implementor Core D,C
• Conductor Core D
• Persuader Core D,I
• Promoter Core I

Each person has a Natural Style, Adapted Style and a preferred Work Environment. The Success Insights Wheel uses a star to indicate the subject’s adapted style and a circle to mark the natural style, so yes, if the circle and star are close together then the Natural and Adapted styles are closely aligned.

In addition, when profiling a team, the DISC practitioner can see the team’s behavioral composition and potential conflicts at a glance with the Wheel.

The word Cross or Flex often appear at the bottom of the Wheel Page. The definitions are as follows:

Cross: Two or three factors above the line, with the core factor’s opposite also above the line. This means that the person potentially has some type of Me-Me conflict. Numbers 57, 58, 59 & 60 are examples of potential Me-Me conflicts.

Flex: Three factors above the line, with the core factor’s opposite below the line. This means that the person is adaptable.

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Data Dome founder, Art Schoeck, often receives questions through our Ask the Expert form. We try to answer questions here on this blog that are representative of common questions regarding DISC and other assessment tools.

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Data Dome announces new dates for our a special two day Advanced Experiential DISC Certification workshop in Atlanta.

Once again, classes will be taught by Art Schoeck, Data Dome’s President and Chief Behavioral Style Strategist and recognized as TTI’s International Trainer of the Year. Register for this great opportunity to learn from the best – gain the skills and master the tools that can unlock individual performance and team productivity.

All participants will receive:

• Personal Behavioral Style Assessment
• Personal Job Analysis Assessment
• CPBS Exam

The 2-day class will be conducted on January 19th & 20th, then again on February 23rd & 24th, and March 24th & 25th at Data Dome Conference Center, 1040 Lindridge Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA 30324.  For more information please visit http://www.datadome.com/certification_workshop.php.

Effective leaders and trainers won’t want to miss this opportunity to rapidly gain the skills to maximize the potential of your people.

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Art Schoeck, Data Dome’s President and Chief Behavioral Style Strategist will be presenting a special two day Advanced Experiential DISC Certification workshop at Belmont University. This is a great opportunity to learn the skills and tools that can unlock individual performance and team productivity.

All participants will receive:

• Personal Behavioral Style Assessment
• Personal Job Analysis Assessment
• CPBS Exam

The class will be conducted on December 15th and 16th at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit http://www.datadome.com/certification_workshop.php.

If you are an effective leader or trainer you won’t want to miss this opportunity to rapidly gain the skills to maximize the potential of your people.

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