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 ...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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 page an...

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 Team Success Story # 1

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

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...

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...

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? – Part 1

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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 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...

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?

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 Days,” or in the “Dal...

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” ...

Why Teams Work – Part 1

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...

Why Teams Work – Part 2

If you want read “Why Teams Work – Part 1“ click here Fosters Different Ideas, Creativity, & Innovation  When people have different ...