DISC For Leaders: Closing the Self-Awareness Gap That Undermines Most Leadership Development
Self-awareness is always identified as the one quality that sets a great leader apart and happens to be the very quality that many leaders overestimate about themselves. It is the gap between what the leaders think about themselves and how they really are where DISC for leaders can help out a lot, as it gives the leaders an objective insight into their natural behavior. For HR/L&D specialists in developing leadership training initiatives, DISC for Leaders provides an option that many soft-skills training approaches lack – a tangible and scientifically proven point to start from, rather than just general guidelines ("become a better collaborator"). The Data Behind the Self-Awareness Problem Two research findings make the case for DISC for leaders unusually clear. Start with the commonly referenced scientific study of self-awareness at work. It has been discovered that while around 95 percent of people assume that they are self-aware, the reality is that only 10-15 percent ...