DISC Coaching and Training - Charlotte Crowe Consulting

DISC Coaching and Training

The phrase ’psychometric profiling’ can evoke strong reactions from many – the good, the bad and the ugly! But when used as a launchpad for individual reflection and team discussion, it can provide an insightful evidence base to facilitate learning and development.

Before choosing to become a certified DISC practitioner with The Coaching Academy, I spoke to many existing and potential clients about their experiences with various psychometric tools, and found that many had done the same tests on multiple occasions with varying results. Organisational Psychologist, Adam Grant, summarises his experiences here.

In contrast, the breadth and flexibility of the DISC Personality System captures a broader range of behaviours under four simple areas. This enables teams to look beyond the tool itself and how it can help them improve their performance and wellbeing.

Example DISC Coaching and Training

These three workshops can take place over one full day (in-person or over a video platform of your choice) or split into a weekly workshop series to build in time for additional reflection time and individual profile coaching.

Workshop 1 - Introduction to DISC (2 hours)

This first workshop enables the team to air any preconceived ideas, hopes and concerns over psychometric profiling and its role in developing greater individual and team awareness and performance.

A full introduction to DISC will then enable participants to make predictions about their profile before completing their individual assessment.

Workshop 2 - Developing Awareness (2 hours)

This second workshop takes place after team members have completed their DISC assessments, and subsequent individual and team reports are generated and reviewed.

There is an opportunity to reflect back at predictions made (regarding DISC profiles) in Workshop 1 before sharing and reflecting on the DISC reports and identifying behaviours that are under and over-represented across the team.

Workshop 3 - Taking Action (2 hours)

This third workshop enables the team to put their awareness (from Workshop 2) into action by reviewing some work-based scenarios to consider what they (individually and at a team level) need to ‘dial up’ and ‘dial down’ based on their DISC profiles.

Following on from this, the team explore how to take their learning forward for ongoing team development.