{"id":15468,"date":"2021-02-24T10:27:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T15:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=15468"},"modified":"2022-09-22T14:27:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T18:27:56","slug":"opd-course-spotlight-everything-disc-behavioral-styles-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=15468","title":{"rendered":"OPD Course Spotlight &#8211; Everything DiSC\u00ae: Behavioral Styles at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEye-opening\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInspiring and fun\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrue game changer\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything DiSC\u00ae, a popular virtual training and personalized learning experience from HR Organization and Professional Development (OPD), has earned rave reviews from participants and is currently open for registration in the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ebs.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">EBS Portal<\/a>\u00a0for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/courses\/personal-development\/everything-disc.html\" target=\"_blank\">October 20, 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DiSC\u00ae program provides you with a pre-course, individual assessment \u2014 a tool powered by more than 40 years of research \u2014 which is then analyzed to deliver detailed information regarding your preferences and tendencies. The live, online portion of the course, led by OPD\u2019s knowledgeable and experienced DiSC\u00ae facilitators, offers an opportunity to learn more about relating to others and how to utilize actionable strategies to help you improve your interactions and, ultimately, your performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this OPD course, you will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Gain insights into your own behaviors and those of others.<\/li><li>Understand and appreciate the work styles of others.<\/li><li>Learn how to communicate and persuade more effectively.<\/li><li>Create strategies for overcoming challenges when working with people of different DiSC\u00ae styles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverything DiSC\u00ae can benefit everyone in an organization,\u201d explains Carrie Galdes, MSU HR Senior Learning and Organization Development Specialist and DiSC\u00ae facilitator. \u201cThe program teaches participants to understand themselves and others while learning to appreciate the different priorities and values each person brings to the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DiSC\u00ae participants have cited everything from decreased stress to increased productivity to an improved work environment as examples of the program\u2019s positive results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angela Levack Michael, Associate Director for MSU Recreational Sports and Fitness Services, notes, \u201cDiSC\u00ae training helped me see my colleagues from a different point of view.&nbsp;Understanding their personality styles allowed me to assess my communication style and gear interactions towards their strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DiSC\u00ae&nbsp;for Teams<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPD also hosts unit-specific<em> <\/em><em>DiSC<\/em><em>\u00ae<\/em>&nbsp;sessions, which can improve engagement, collaboration, and overall quality of a team and organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lisa Duffey, Executive Staff Assistant and Graduate Program Assistant in MSU\u2019s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, shares, \u201cOur team took advantage of the work-from-home situation to do some professional development and team building by taking the DiSC\u00ae assessment and having OPD help us understand the results.&nbsp;We learned about our own behavioral tendencies and those of our coworkers as well as ideas about how to facilitate teamwork and approach each other when things are awkward.&nbsp;It was an excellent opportunity for growth as individuals and as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in learning more? Register for an upcoming <em>Everything DiSC <\/em>session in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ebs.msu.edu\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/ebs.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">EBS Portal<\/a>, or complete an <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/professional-development\/custom-dept-programs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online OPD Work Request Form<\/a> to schedule a DiSC\u00ae program for your department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEye-opening\u201d \u201cInspiring and fun\u201d \u201cTrue game changer\u201d Everything DiSC\u00ae, a popular virtual training and personalized learning experience from HR Organization and Professional Development (OPD), has earned rave reviews from participants and is currently open for&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=15468\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> OPD Course Spotlight &#8211; Everything DiSC\u00ae: Behavioral Styles at Work<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[29,554,552,86],"class_list":["post-15468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development-and-training","tag-courses","tag-everything-disc","tag-productivity","tag-professional-development"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/everything-disc-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1174&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-41u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15468"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16937,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15468\/revisions\/16937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}