Orientation for DiSC 363 Project

DiSC® 363™ for Leaders

Orientation

Negative view of 360° Assessments?

Typical 360° Assessments

There’s a lot lacking

• Intimidating

• People can slam leaders anonymously

• A huge data dump

• Little or no context

• Rarely actionable

• None are tied to DiSC®

Everything DiSC 363

360° feedback combined with three personalized strategies

for improving leadership effectiveness.

The goal: A 360° that helps people clearly see what they need to do to be a more

effective leader!

1. It takes the sting out of 360 feedback

2. It’s easier to understand and use

3. It answers the “Now what?” question

DiSC® 363™ is Different!

Taking the sting out of 360

“Who said that?”

CommentSmart™

…to the Rescue! (Slide 26)

The #1 reaction to 360 assessments….

How is Everything DiSC® 363™ for Leaders different?

1. We took the sting out of 360 feedback

2. It’s easier to understand and use

3. It answers the “Now what?” question

What users are saying…

“Good mix of data and friendly feedback”

“The graphs are awesome. Very intuitive.”

“I really like this method. It allowed me to share what I really admire about my boss.”

“I like that you can choose comments. You don’t have to educate people about how to write constructive comments.”

How is Everything DiSC® 363™ for Leaders different?

1. We took the sting out of 360 feedback

2. It’s easier to understand and use

3. It answers the “Now what?” question

Coaching & Self Development

DiSC® 363™ Coaching Supplement Highlights expected and unexpected

strengths and challenges Compares your leadership behavior to norms Highlights your leadership requests ranking Ties your feedback to DiSC

The Model

The Model

8 Approaches 3 Practices for each

Approach DiSC® foundation “behind

the scenes”– Use for context, narrative– You do not have to be

DiSC-literate

To be a successful leader…

All eight approaches contribute to leadership success

While you don’t need to excel in every area, you need at least some level of competency in each to be a great leader

Leaders are most likely to have strengths in areas that reflect their own styles

Understanding yourself better is the first step to becoming more effective when leading others

The Assessment Experience

Who takes the assessment?

Leader Raters

– Manager– Peer– Direct Report– Other

Leader Experience

An access code is sent to the Leader– Part 1: DiSC® assessment - 79 items– About 10 minutes to complete

The Leader

Leader Experience

Part 2: Leadership Behaviors– 72 Behaviors– Rate how often you (Leader) do this– 7-point scale

The Leader

The Raters

Manager Direct reports Peers Other

Leaders can have an unlimited number of raters in the following categories:

The Raters

An access code is sent to Raters, asking them to respond, focusing on the Leader

Raters respond, providing feedback on the Leader

Rater Experience

Part 1: Leadership Behaviors– 72 Behaviors (same items as Leader)

Rate how often the Leader does this

7-point scale

The Rater

Part 1: 72 Leadership Behaviors

Rater Experience

Part 2: Leadership Requests– 24 behaviors, Do you want to see more/less

of this from the Leader?• Yes, a lot more• Yes, a little more• No

The Rater: Part 2

24 Leadership Requests, including CommentSmart™

Yes, a lot more or Yes, a

little more

Comments are presented for the rater to select from if the rater selected “Yes, a lot more” or Yes, a little more”

The Rater: Part 2

24 Leadership Requests, including CommentSmart™

No

Different comments are presented for the rater to select from if the rater selected “No”

Not Printed

The Report

The Profile: Leader Focused

The Profile

22+ pages all about the leader

Research-validated model

Intuitive and easy-to-read

Comprehensive listing of rater comments

Three strategies for improving effectiveness

Your Leadership Outlook

This page is based on the 79-item

Everything DiSC® questions, answered

by the Leader

Page 3

How Your Raters See You

Closer you are to the edge of the circle, the more often you exhibit that Behavioral Approach

Hash marks are at different intervals (from center to perimeter) to help us see variability at the mid- and upper-range

Page 5

Self vs. Raters

•The dotted-line shape is a reflection of the Leader’s responses to the 72 Leadership Behavior items

•Helps Leader see gaps between Self and Raters

Page 6

Detailed Feedback

8 Approaches (1 per page) 3 Practices for each Approach Compare self-perception to

others See level of agreement

amongst raters See which group rated you

highest Graph illustrates mean for

each group Gray bar represents range

–Minimum of 3 raters to have range included

Up to 3 CommentSmart comments selected by Raters–Additional comments in

Appendix

Page 8-15

The Leader’s Strengths

The Strengths are determined by the Raters

Page 16

3 Personalized Strategies

The Apply tips are written from the Leader’s DiSC® style

3 Strategies your raters said they want you to do more of (weighted)

Pages 17-19

Data Summary

•Allows you to see specific items for each Approach / Practice

•72 Leadership Behaviors

•24 Practices

•8 Approaches

•% of people who want to see more of each behavior (not weighted)

Pages 20-22

Comments for Leader

Raters can select more than 1 comment in each CommentSmart group; number of pages determined by

number of CommentSmart comments selected.

Pages 23+

The Process & Timeline

1. Set-up To be Completed by _______

2. Communication Internal messages supplemented with this presentation

3. Assessment Assign access codes to leaders and raters, follow-up to ensure

completion, and generate reports – Completed by ________ 4. Coaching

Meet with leaders to process feedback, create action plans, and schedule follow-up

5. Wrap-up Meet with project team to review program results, identify

opportunities for improvements, and plan next steps

Check with your project administrator for timeline dates

Review

You will receive an email message:

Subject line: Request for your input on [Leader’s Name]

Please complete the same day you receive the link

Expect to invest 20 minutes – two part assessment

72-item Leadership Behavior section

24-item Leadership Requests section with selectable comments

DiSC® 363™ for Leaders

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