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Case Studies Using a Combination of Multiple DiSC and Other Inscape Publishing Assessments

A Real Commitment to Authentic Improvement
The insights from the DiSC Classic Profile and a variety of other Inscape Publishing Assessments helped the company's managers become better leaders and the employees to have a greater sense of engagement, commitment, and purpose.

Capitalize on Natural Talents to Maximize Productivity
Barbara Stennes facilitated a Course in Creativity seminar that combined innovation and creative thinking techniques and the Team Dimensions Profile to a large manufacturing company.

Coaching Good People to Excellence
With the help of DiSC and other Inscape Publishing Assessments, an executive was transformed from having many interpersonal problems and negative behavior into an effective leader who communicates better and is more positive.

DiSC and Discovering Diversity Profiles Help Dog People Learn to Appreciate Cat People
An owner of an animal clinic had the areas of conflict and division among her 20 employees addressed through training using DiSC and other Inscape Publishing Products.

DiSC Helps and Other Inscape Publishing Profiles Boost Employee Morale
The impact of the training using DiSC and other Inscape Publishing Products was immediate!  The call center had their first full week in which no one called in sick or left early, and the rest of the customer service employees were begging to come to class!

Good Planning and Quick Thinking
With an Insurance Company undergoing major reconstructing, DiSC was embedded as the cornerstone of the solution along with the Time Mastery Profile and the Team Dimensions Profile.  The insights that DiSC provided were extraordinary.

Harnessing the Drive to Succeed
With training using the DiSC Classic Profile and the Team Dimensions Profile, an executive was able to learn about his behavioral style along with his co-workers' behavioral styles and regain his motivation to excel.

Introducing the Basics of Teamwork and Communication
The Team Dimensions Profile and other DiSC products from Inscape Publishing were introduced as the solution to a community action agency, whose funding sources had threatened to pull support unless the agency's staff could solve its internal problems and become productive.

New Ideas for Longtime Leaders
A training program was developed to help an insurance company's managers improve there communication skills using the DiSC PPSS (DiSC General Characteristics Report), Online DiSC Classic 2.0 Profile, and  the Team Dimensions Profile.

Serving a More Diverse Clientele
Discovering Diversity Profile Facilitator Kit exercises, the Discovering Diversity Profile, and the QuikDiSC Card Game were used with training a county Head Start program that wanted employees with different backgrounds to be comfortable working in a large group together.

Today's Managers, Tomorrow's Leaders
As a result of the revitalized work environment, from training using Inscape Products, a global transportation company saw increased productivity, lower turnover rates, and better morale from its workers. 

Training Dramatically Improves Communication
As a result of the training using, the Discovering Diversity Profile, the Team Dimensions Profile and DiSC Indra, a nonprofit organization’s workers achieved a breakthrough in communication.

Turning Complicated Programs into Simple Truths
The call center's goal of achieving the benchmarks of good customer service was met through training using a variety of profiles and DiSC Action Planners from Inscape Publishing.

DiSC Case Studies

Building a Spirit of Community
Training using the DiSC Classic Profile was a success in achieving the goal to create an environment to foster teamwork between a Midwestern chapter of a national philanthropic organization's various offices.

DiSC Helps Build Better Working Relationships and Improves Job Satisfaction
The DiSC Relationship Profile helped a local jeweler build employee relationships between his three stores.

Establishing Effective Communication Channels
DiSC Training and the DiSC Classic Online Profile were used in the uncovering of a breakdown of a multi-billion dollar manufacturing firm's senior staff.

Moving from the Professional to the Personal
Even thought the DiSC Indra is traditionally applied to the corporate world, this instrument helped a couple learn more about themselves and saved their relationship.

Everything DiSC Case Studies

Bringing Leadership Development Into a Large Organization With The Everything DiSC Facilitation System
The Everything DiSC Facilitation System supports innovative applications, and can easily create new versions of DiSC training courses to suit different needs.

Everything DiSC Facilitation System Case Study
The Everything DiSC Facilitation System is a DiSC training system that allows DiSC trainers to create new solutions quickly, with confidence, and adapt the materials to their goals.  This is a valuable tool for DiSC trainers who are looking for help in creating new DiSC curriculums they can put together quickly.   

Tapping Into The Everything DiSC Facilitation System to Deliver Powerful Sales Training – With Just Three Days to Prepare
With a 3 day turn around time, a trainer from a large company was able to create a finished sales training course using the Everything DiSC Facilitation System.

The Everything DiSC Facilitation System Helps DiSC Trainers Build Courses from Scratch
The Everything DiSC Facilitation System helped the client build a training course entirely from scratch and made it applicable across the entire organization.

Using the Everything DiSC Facilitation System to Create Multiple Solutions Within an Organization
The Everything DiSC Facilitation System addressed all the issues that the client was most interested in, including such vital concepts as team cohesion, interpersonal communication, and management effectiveness.

Dimensions of Leadership Case Study

Bridging the Leadership Gap
The Dimensions of Leadership Profile helped a board of a volunteer organization identify new methods of leadership.

Discovering Diversity Case Study

Seeking Pride, Not Prejudice
The Discovering Diversity Profile was chosen to help the participants at state government agency learn about the areas of diversity they needed to improve upon.

Personal Listening Case Studies 

The Personal Listening Profile Helps Develop Effective Communication Skills
With the Personal Listening Profile as a guide the managers and employees of a social service agency changed their perspectives on some of their interactions.

Speaking to Audience Preferences 
Through training using the Personal Listening Profile, participants discovered that people have different needs for information and that they needed to adapt to the preferences of an audience, both in their presentation style and in the way they packaged the material.

Team Dimensions Case Studies

Building Innovation Teams
The Online Team Dimensions Profile helped a large homebuilding company improve its organization’s innovation process and reduce the amount of time it took to build a home by half.

The Rebirth of the Team Concept
The insights that the Team Dimensions Profile provided were valuable for the international accounting firm's team members.  It increased their morale and their commitment to the training program’s goals.

University Uses Team Dimensions Profile to Break the Ice
The Team Dimensions Profile is a very effective tool that was used as an icebreaker in helping a university’s employee population get ready for strategic planning sessions.

Time Mastery Case Study

Tapping into the Motivation to Change With the Time Mastery Profile
With the combination of the Time Mastery's insights and the workers' dedication, an environment was created where innovation could prosper.

Work Expectations Case Studies

Improve Customer Service from the Inside Out With The Work Expectations Profile
The Work Expectations Profile was used in a three-part process to help an HR department's employees, who were spread throughout the state, enhance the relationships among their administrative coordinators and staff.

Inscape Publishing Work Expectation Profile Helps Increasing Employee Satisfaction
With the help of training using the Work Expectations Profile, a long term care facility in a one years time improved employee and resident/customer satisfaction, obtained more cooperation within and between departments and reduced employee and manager retention.

The Work Expectations Profile Takes Team From Awful to Awesome
The Work Expectations Profile helped a medical-equipment manufacturer increase its customer satisfaction rate from 38% to 99%.

Free Articles

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Are Personality Tests Effective?
Some personality tests are a valuable tool for improving your organization, while others are purely for entertainment. This article offers guidelines for distinguishing the two. View as a PDF. 

How to Manage Cross-Functional Teams
Cross-functional teams can be successful, but their diversity is both their main strength and their biggest weakness. For this reason, guiding a cross-functional team to success requires that the team leader be especially diligent. View as a PDF.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Web-based Learning 
The Internet has ushered in dramatic new learning styles and techniques, but are these as effective as traditional teaching methods? Web-based learning can be extraordinarily useful, but educators must adapt their techniques to take advantage of the new medium. View as a PDF.

How to Manage Group Dynamics
Conventional wisdom maintains that a team leader is the “boss,” but this belief is mistaken and shortsighted. Rather, the team leader’s role is to guide the process that the rest of the team follows, removing obstacles and enabling the team to flourish. View as a PDF.

How to Teamwork Your Way to the Top
Fostering a collaborative atmosphere will improve both morale and productivity in your organization. Managing a team effectively requires that the team leader draw on the skills and talents of all team members. View as a PDF.

Decision Making
Making decisions is critical to the success of an organization, but it is not always easy. This essay offers tips for overcoming procrastination and institutional inertia, so that you can become a more dynamic leader. View as a PDF.

The Typical Behavioral Styles that Define an Individual
Human behavior can be viewed in four areas: Dominance, influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness (a methodology known as DiSC). Understanding DiSC behaviors allows you to tailor your approach to a given person and a given situation. View as a PDF.

Importance of Effective Communication 
Effective communication is a skill that requires practice. These two rules will help you become a better communicator.  View as a PDF.

The Six Rules of Effective Communication
This article examines effective communication skills in more detail. Most communication problems result from a failure to follow these six rules.  View as a PDF.

How Different Roles Influence Your Personality
It is important to be aware of the different roles that you play vis-à-vis other people and the obligations and expectations that those roles entail. This awareness enables you to balance those commitments optimally. View as a PDF.