Abelson From A to Z

5 Key Factors to Team Member Location: In Person vs. Remote

There are key factors that determine whether team members should be in the same physical space or be remote. We share five key factors you can use ...

5 Ways To Bring On And Bring Out The Best Professionals To Your Brokerage In An Era Of Change

Change in the real estate industry is everywhere and increasing in speed. We have heard for decades that these changes will replace the professiona...

6 Things a DISC Certification Should Give You

Facilitating dozens of DISC Certifications with 100s of now DISC certified practitioners has taught me a number of things about what makes for a qu...

8 Key Elements to Be An Exceptional Coach

Anyone can call themselves a coach!  There are no legal licensing requirements or standards to be a coach. With 10,000s of people calling themselve...

94% Give Our DISC an A

Myths About D.I.S.C. Several years ago, I wrote a series of articles on myths regarding the D.I.S.C. behavioral assessment. I want to revisit just ...

A System For Winning The Super Bowl & At Life

How do great poker players win most of the time?  They have a system! How do great sports teams create a dynasty?  They have a ...

Behavioral Fit Coaching™

Are one or more of your coaching clients not making as much progress as you would like? Are you frustrated because you can’t get through to them? A...

Ben Franklin Was What?

Benjamin Franklin is out flying a kite again. This time with a key attached. He was waiting for a huge thunderstorm with lightening, thunder and ra...

Better Communicating With The Non-Communicable

Ever worked with a very intense “C” and tried to get them to understand there is a human side to the work?  How about if you are the intense “...

Certification Technique: How to Identify When A Person Is Experiencing Stress

Identifying whether or not someone is experiencing stress is one of over 100 techniques we discuss in our DISC & Motives Certification course. ...

Dealing with Dreaded Relatives at The Holidays – Part 1 of 4 – “D” DISC Style

It’s the holidays and you dread having to interact with Aunt Miranda or Uncle Freddie.  So much so, you are thinking of not going to the famil...

Dealing with Dreaded Relatives at The Holidays – Part 2 of 4 – “I” DISC Style

Oh my G-d!  It’s Cousin Jim and Cousin Oprah, and they are going at it again.  The argument from h _ _ _.  They are getting louder and louder as on...

Dealing with Dreaded Relatives at The Holidays Part 3 of 5 – The “S” DISC Style: Dealing With Your Siblings

Dealing With Your Siblings You have just arrived at the family holiday fest.  Coincidentally, you arrived at the exact same time as your ...

Dealing with Dreaded Relatives at The Holidays Part 4 of 5 – The “C” DISC Style

Oh, there’s Mom and Dad over at the buffet table.  I am sure they arrived at the exact agreed upon time to start the holiday dinner. ...

Dealing with Dreaded Relatives at The Holidays Part 5 of 5 – The Disaster – Blending DISC – Being A Team

It’s near the end of the holiday event.  Uncle Freddie and Aunt Miranda (our “D”s) are getting ready to leave.  Cousins Jim and...

Did You Know – You CAN Motivate Without Money

Yes, almost everyone is motivated by money, BUT everyone is also motivated by other things as well. In fact, some people are motivated much more by...

Did You Know?Which science is the easiest to change?

Many people will tell you your behavior doesn’t change over your lifetime.  That is ridiculous and totally wrong.  If you can’t change yo...

Did you know…? We have reports you can use to onboard new people

We have onboarding reports that include the most important sections from our DISC and/or Motivators report.  It puts two people on the same pa...

DISC and Motivators Certificate & EI/EQ Certificate: Understanding the Benefits.

In the fast and feverish workplace, understanding the human approach to acting and feeling is vital to progress. Two huge certifications that assis...

DISC assessments: Personality Training, Team Building, and Emotional Intelligence

The most important methods for bridging the gap between emotional intelligence and personality development are DISC assessments. Behavior and perso...

DISC Certification for Beginners: Everything You Should Know

The DISC certification has gained great popularity among professionals, educators, and leaders. DISC certification provides skills for beginners to...

DISC Certification Myths or Truth

You wouldn’t believe the lies I have heard told by others who believe they are telling the truth when teaching DISC. Because the information was in...

DISC Doesn’t Measure Personality and It Doesn’t Motivate!

Two people you know take our DISC and have almost identical DISC scores, but they are as different as night and day.  If DISC is a personality...

DISC Leadership Training: Enhancing Leadership Effectiveness with Behavioral Insights

Successful organizations need effective leadership in today’s fast-paced corporate world. DISC leadership training is one such technique that...

DISC Team Success Story # 1

DISC Team Situation:A particular office had a history of repeatedly hiring poor performing administrative assistants. We did a DISC behavior team r...

Do DISC Scores Change Over Time?

One of the many myths I dispel in our DISC Certification course is that DISC scores do not change over time. Can a person’s DISC score change? Abso...

Doing More with the Team You Already Have

In today’s market, hiring isn’t always the solution—and quite frankly, sometimes it’s a distraction. The real win? Getting more out of the people y...

Emotional Intelligence Certification: Benefits in Personal and Professional Growth

Nowadays, people are busy and it is crucial to understand how feelings work and how to manage their work. This is one of the few skills that applie...

Fighting Back Against Manipulative Political Speak

Politicians love to ignite emotions.  Both Republicans and Democrats.  Why?  Because they know we buy from our emotional selves. &nb...

Here’s The Easy Way For You To STOP Wasting Time

“I never waste time!” It’s others who waste my time! How do I stop that? Here’s the BAD news! No matter the reason for wasting time, it’s YOUR resp...

Hiring 101: Sweet 16 Rules to Master the Interview – Part 1

Part 1: Rule For Pre-Interview Effectiveness On a scale from 1 to 10, how would you rank your success hiring staff? Be honest now. Most people beli...

Hiring 101: Sweet 16 Rules to Master the Interview – Part 2

Part 2: Rules for Interview Effectiveness It is time for the main event, the actual interview. Hopefully, your pre-interview tasks recommended in P...

How Can I Benefit from Emotional Intelligence – Part 3: Motivation

“My kid won’t study that class’s materials.  They CAN’T STAND the teacher and that demotivates them.” “John is a real pain in you know what!&n...

How Can I Benefit From Emotional Intelligence – Part 4: Social Awareness

Are you the type of person who people share all kinds of personal things with?   Are you able to read people from their non-verbal behavior an...

How Can I Benefit From Emotional Intelligence? – Part 1

Your manager has this “explosive” personality.  They have no problem at all blaming others when things go wrong.  Maybe it’s not your man...

How Can I Benefit From Emotional Intelligence? – Part 2

“I am not angry” screams the boss at a staff member.   “I don’t care what my best friend said about me on Facebook,” says the teary-eyed high ...

How Can I Benefit From Emotional Intelligence? Part 5: Social Regulation

Social Regulation Do people come to you to “make peace” between “waring” parties?  Or, would you like to have the capabilities to be that pers...

Job Interviewing Maladies & Their Cure

Like everything else; successful approaches to hiring people have changed. A recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article points out a number of maladi...

Mastering and Defeating The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team

Research and experience tells us effective teams are much better performers than are individuals.  When things are chaotic, in constant f...

Mastering Emotional Intelligence: Unlock Your Full Potential with Certification

Emotional intelligence (EI) is becoming more relevant and when someone is certified in it, great things can come out of it. From improving interper...

Mastering the DISC Model: A Deep Dive into Personality Insights

Did you ever wonder what makes some people born to be leaders while others are born just to obey those leaders? Or why do some individuals make has...

Motivating Without Money: The “Traditional” Way

Can you really motivate people without money?  Most people don’t use their imagination to motivate others.  They rely too much on motivat...

Onboarding. . . Made Easy – Part 3

Four Positive Outcomes of Onboarding Are people you know stressed because of a misunderstanding or conflict with others? Are they satisfied and com...

Onboarding. . . Made easy?

Has a new staff person just arrived and been assigned to work with you? What is she like? How do you communicate or motivate her? What value will s...

Onboarding. . . Made easy? – Part 2

Coaching is an incredibly competitive field with so many individuals offering consulting services, and organizations utilizing coaches to drive per...

Peanut Butter Raises: A Positive or Negative New Trend?

“Peanut butter raises,” where everyone gets the same even spread, or percentage raise, seems to be the new craze in HR departments.  That’s ac...

Resolving Team “Pressure Points”

There are many different types of teams; executive teams, administrative teams, project teams, taskforce teams, sales teams… Teams can be from many...

Smart Leaders Aren’t Just Managing People. They’re Aligning Them.

Let’s face it: this market demands more with less. And while it’s tempting to think that hiring someone new will solve your productivity problem, m...

Stop The Turnover Revolving Door by Using Reports from Abelson

Staff turnover is expensive!  A common “rule of thumb estimate” suggests it cost 25% to 200% of a leaving staff’s annual compensation each tim...

Super Bowl DISC Predictions Part 1

We decided to have some fun since it was Super Bowl time.  We asked a popular AI program to tell us about Patrick Mahomes’ and Jalen Hurts’ DISC st...

Super Bowl DISC Predictions Part 2

We asked a popular AI program to tell us about Patrick Mahomes’ and Jalen Hurts’ DISC style AND how to stop each from being successful on the field...

Superbowl DISC Predictions Part 3

It’s AMAZING how useful DISC can be!  It’s also AMAZING how accurate DISC can be! Last week we wrote two articles using DISC to analyze t...

The Biggest Misunderstanding of Why People Leave

The biggest misunderstanding of why people leave is that money will solve the problem. It’s a myth that paying people more is THE answer to retaini...

The Folly of Rewarding With Money While Hoping For Loyalty

Money rarely creates loyalty. Just think about it. People leave one organization to go to another organization for more money all the time. Sometim...

The Power of Personality: Using Motivators to Motivate Without Money™: Motivating an Individualistic

Goal setting!  Key performance indicators (KPIs)! Accountability!  Organizations are screaming for staff to do more with less.  They...

The Selflessness in “Social”

Party, Party, Party! That might be the “call” when some hear the word “social.” But in our case, “social” means giving to others or society. The ma...

The Silent Majority: What It Really Means When Agents Don’t Close a Deal

Let’s talk about something most broker-owners, recruiters, and team leaders know but rarely address out loud: a staggering number of licensed real ...

Use the “1/3, 1/3, 1/3 Rule” When Hiring

USING Abelson AI

AI is the craze and everyone is jumping in.  But no one has jumped into using AI for DISC like The Abelson Group.  Most DISC companies fo...

Using Abelson Ai™- Time Gone & Opportunities Lost?

Have you ever said, “if I knew then what I know now …” Or maybe, “I can’t believe I did that.  WHAT was I thinking?” OR “I can’t believe I did...

Using Abelson Reports – Comparison Report: What is it and what does it do?

Ever want to have a report that focuses on how two different people can work better together?  Or ever want to measure how much the same perso...

Using Abelson Reports – Ideal Environment Page

The Ideal Environment page appears in every DISC report.  It may be at different locations within the report, but it is in every DISC report. When ...

Using DISC to conquer stress

We all experience and handle stress in different ways. “Stress, it’s just a state of mind. I have it under control” (says the confident “D” style)....

Using Graphs to Master Understanding, Connecting, & Motivating

Hiring staff? How do you know the candidate has the right behaviors? Coaches, want to better connect, motivate, & manage your clients? Managers...

Using Motivators to Motivate Without Money: Motivating a Theoretical

A Question? Does your spouse only do things for you if you pay them? Does your best friend only do things for you because you pay them? Do YOU only...

Value to the Organization – Suggested Uses & Recommended Ways to Use Reports

Do you want to know the strengths of someone?  Do you want to know what they can’t do well?  Why not get them to volunteer for those task...

What is Cate Blanchett?

She has played Queen Elizabeth (twice), Princess Galadriel in The Lord of the Ring movies, and the Russian villain in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom...

What is George Clooney?

Clooney has a reputation as a practical joker, wise guy, and well- liked villain actor. He has been nominated for a number of awards and received t...

What is Matthew McConaughey?

Matthew McConaughey Whether it’s lunch with Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street,” Kate Hudson’s “challenge” in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 D...

What is Reese Witherspoon?

The Legally Blonde 1 & 2 beauty queen (She has won at least a dozen child and then celebrity beauty honors.) is much more then “just another pr...

What is Taylor Swift?

When I first started to learn about Taylor Swift I thought, here we have a superstar who is a huge “I” DISC behavior style with an even larger “D” ...

What Makes Teams Effective in Times of Uncertainty – LIKE NOW?

United States tariffs are increased on countries worldwide and then decreased!  Stock markets and bond markets go up and down and up agai...

When Nothing Gets Done: The Hidden Cost of Hiring the Wrong People

For over 50 years, I have been involved in how to effectively interview and hire.  I have done it many times myself and have taught minio...

Why Smart Teams Use DISC & Motivators to Perform at a Higher Level

Over the last 45+ years working with leaders and organizations across the globe, I’ve seen a common thread in underperforming teams: they have the ...

Why Teams Work

Everywhere we look, in the media and at work, we hear “teams.” Microsoft has even developed an entire teams platform and has an intense advertising...

World Cup Chaos? Who is Folarin Balogun?

If I asked you two weeks ago “who is Folarin Balogun?” you would have probably looked at me like “a deer in headlights,” shook your head or shrugge...