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Taking Flight!: Master the 4 Behavioral Styles and Transform Your Career, Your Relationships...Your Life, CourseSmart eTextbook


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Taking Flight reveals profound hidden patterns of human behavioral style, offers a blueprint for deeper self-awareness, helps you maximize your own personal strengths, and shows how to influence others more powerfully than ever. You'll learn how to use the proven DISC four-style model of behavior to become a far more effective leader, salesperson, or teacher... revitalize any career... build better relationships... fully leverage your natural gifts, as you empower those around you. If you haven't yet been introduced to DISC, it will change your life -- just as it has for thousands before you. Discover: Why you "click" with some people and "clank" with others What really drives your decisions and actions How to identify others' behavioral styles and choose the best ways to interact with them How to craft a personal plan for maximizing your strengths and minimizing your weaknesses Drawing on their immense experience coaching executives and training world-class organizations, Merrick Rosenberg and Daniel Silvert introduce DISC through a fable that's quick, fun, and easy-to-understand. Once you've mastered the basic concepts, they help you put DISC to work in all your own personal interactions and relationships. You'll walk through creating a personal action plan for improvement -- and then systematically supercharging your personal performance!

Table of Contents:
About the Authors     x Introduction     1 Part I: Taking Flight! The Fable     5 Chapter 1  Home 7 Chapter 2  The Forest Grid     11 Chapter 3  The Council     15 Chapter 4  An Old Friend     25 Chapter 5  The Aftermath     35 Chapter 6  If a Tree Falls in the Forest…     39 Chapter 7  Reconnaissance     47 Chapter 8  The Four Styles     55 Chapter 9  Reflection     63 Chapter 10  The Awakening     71 Chapter 11  The Home Rule     77 Chapter 12  The Stakeout     93 Chapter 13  The Gathering     107 Epilogue  The Power of DISC     113 Part II: The DISC Model     117 Go Online to Discover Your Style    120 The History and Mystery of the Four Styles     122 The Four Styles     123     People Reading     127     Seven Transformative DISC Principles     133 Part III: Applying the DISC Styles in Your Life     155 Steps for Reaching Your Highest Potential     157 DISC for Selecting an Educational and Career Path     165 DISC in the Work Environment     170 Tapping the Power of Style in Teams     174 DISC for Teaching and Coaching    185 Educating with DISC    187 Better Parenting with DISC     190 DISC Action Planning    198 DISC Mapping     203 Postscript     207 Appendix: Style Combinations     211

About the Author :
Merrick Rosenberg, M.B.A., is an accomplished entrepreneur and keynote speaker. In 1991, he co-founded Team Builders Plus, the most recognized team-building company in the United States. Merrick has led team and leadership development training programs around the world for more than two decades. Drexel University honored Merrick as the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year, and NJ Biz selected him as one of the New Jersey Executives of the Year. Under Merrick’s leadership, Team Builders Plus was recognized as the New Jersey Business of the Year by NJ Biz; one of the Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. by Inc. magazine; and on numerous occasions, as one of the Fastest Growing Companies and Best Places to Work in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Daniel Silvert, B.A., is a sought-after keynote speaker and executive coach. Daniel has led training programs at every level on the DISC styles, leadership, teamwork, accountability, and transformational change. Daniel’s early background focused upon career development, coaching hundreds of executives through career transitions from both within and outside their organizations. Daniel has brought his unique perspective to hundreds of companies and government agencies, including Adidas, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Dell, Dow Jones, Home Depot, L’Oreal, L-3 Communications, Merck, SAP, Situs, W.L. Gore, and the Department of Homeland Security.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780133121346
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Financial TImes Prentice Hall
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0133121348
  • Publisher Date: 02 Nov 2012
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Sub Title: Master the 4 Behavioral Styles and Transform Your Career, Your Relationships...Your Life, CourseSmart eTextbook


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