Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2024: Building Team EffectivenessUnderstanding and Applying DISC at Work

Published: June 24, 2024, 5:50 p.m.

In this podcast recorded at Ogletree Deakins\u2019 national Workplace Strategies seminar, Director of Career Development Marcia Stokes, Ph.D., and Board Member Diana Nehro discuss how \u201cbehavioral styles\u201d can impact trust and communication in addition to how employees and managers can leverage their styles and those of their team to minimize conflict and misunderstanding. As the creator of the Building Team Effectiveness DISC workshop\u2014a behavioral assessment tool that is used to understand how our observable behaviors are being perceived by others, Marcia explains how DISC can be used to help teams communicate more effectively by intentionally tapping into the strengths of team members\u2019 communication styles. Diana (shareholder, New York/Boston) also explains how she has put these tools into practice as chair of the firm\u2019s\xa0Cross-Border Practice Group.