2. I want to contribute to the win.
What counts as a win?
• Getting through a crisis.
• Creating an actionable strategy.
• Teaching a skill.
• Fixing a problem.
• Watching traffic, signups and sales grow.
• Uncovering a need and a way to meet it.
• Working as a cohesive team.
3. My DiSC style: CD
You’ll notice that I
• Holds high expectations of self and others
• Am straightforward and often blunt
• Faces challenges head-on
Am motivated by
• Improving upon ideas of others
• Solving problems
• Emphasizing quality
• Achieving results
4. Strengths, according to Strengths Finder
• Strategic
• I tend to sort through the
clutter and find the best
route or solution.
• Intellection
• I like to ponder, reflect, think
and consider.
• Input
• I’m inquisitive.
• Learner
• I’m energized by a steady and
deliberate journey from
ignorance to competence or
competence to expertise.
• Achiever
• I need to achieve something
tangible every day.
5. Things for which I’m grateful
• My relationships with family,
friends, clients and
colleagues
• Great English and other
teachers I’ve had.
• Plants that thrive despite
the deer, weather and pests.
• The children of my family
and friends.
• I’ll never look as silly as most
chickens.
• Seasons and seasonings.
• I don’t have to make my
living through music. I’m
almost tone deaf.
• New experiences.
• Traditions I can modify.
6. Give me more
• Information, data, analysis
• Stories about you
• Cowboy boots
• Wool and silk
• Baby goats
• Iris, peonies and daffodils
• Meaning
• Time before another
deployment for my husband
• Sci-fi and fantasy graphic
novels
• User-oriented design
• Salvador Dali
• Curiosity
7. Give me less (or fewer)
• Cynicism
• Selling
• Blaming
• Cilantro
• Meetings without a purpose
• Dust
• Lines or queues
• Power and other cords
• Bureaucracy
• Celebrities as experts