Managing Behavioral Styles

To broaden my understanding of people, I've spent time studying social styles and responses to conflict. I've also taken a great interest in Myers Briggs Personality Types. However, for the workplace, the DISC model might be one of the best tools for determining styles of behavior and how your employees work best.

Written byAnn Liu
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As a manager in the organization - have you ever experienced a situation when you try your best to motivate someone but he or she seems not care? Have you ever experienced a situation where no matter how hard you work; you find your management style seems only work with a few people but misses the mark with others?

Every employee has his or her own behavior and working style, how to handle the differences in among of them is a challenge.

To achieve your objective, the first thing you need to do is to know the fact and understand the reality - You really cannot motivate another person.

You perhaps can do something to get your employees get motivated in the short term, but to really get it works in the long term; employees need to change their own behavior and style, which can only come from within.

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