Are you a Persuading Leader?

We are talking about DISC and how the various DISC styles show up in your leadership and on your team. There are eight behavioral segments that we are going over one-by-one each week. Use the following information to give your team members a clear understanding and appreciation of the diverse individuals on your team.

What is the PERSUADER Behavioral Segment?

Persuaders (D/I) tend to convince others by appealing to reason, understanding, or emotion. They make up 12.68% of the population.

These individuals bring great value to your team, including:

• Being cordially enterprising
• Being innovative
• Accomplishing goals through people

Persuaders are right in the middle between task-oriented and people-oriented and they tend to move at a faster, not a slower pace.

Some Words that Work for Persuaders are:

• Amazing
• Unprecedented
• Extraordinary

And, some Words that Don’t Work for Persuaders are:

• Standardized
• Structured
• Uniform

Is this you? Who do you have on your team who behaves this way? Do you have a clear understanding and appreciation of team members like this? Are these characteristics present or missing from your team? Do they or would they benefit the team? Are you as the leader doing things that energize or create unnecessary friction for these members of your team?