by Cheri Alguire

Have you ever felt like your management techniques are not cutting it, and are not producing the results you keep hoping for? The best way to manage others is to understand yourself first. If you can understand your strengths and weaknesses in communication, management, and delegation, you will also understand how better to turn these qualities up and down when you need them the most. Additionally, if you can understand the strengths and weaknesses of your employees, you will better manage them and lead them to reaching the company’s goals better. The best way that I have found in managing my own employees is the ‘Strategies for Managing,’ one of the many extremely valuable reports generated by the DiSC Classic 2 Plus. This report examines how those in positions of authority over others, such as real estate brokers, managers, executives and small business owners, can most effectively and efficiently manage the various respondents to the DiSC Profile assessments under their supervision. By having yourself and your employees take the DiSC Classic 2 Plus behavioral assessment, various parts of how you and your employees act in a work environment will be highlighted. By learning your own tendencies as well as those of your employees with the DiSC assessment, you can base your management techniques on the best ways that their behavior responds. The ‘Strategies for Managing’ report is a supplemental report that is included in the DiSC Classic 2 Plus assessment. This informs you as to the best methods to manage each individual employee. It will shed light upon their conflict areas, their weaknesses, and their strengths. This report will teach you how to communicate best with each employee and how to best delegate to each employee. For instance, some people’s profiles might show that they can be communicated to directly, whereas other people’s profiles might show that they need a more indirect manner of communication. No matter what, if you use the ‘Strategies for Managing’ report to mold your management skills with each individual employee, your results will be remarkable.   Real Estate, Business and Life Coach Cheri Alguire has partnered with hundreds of Real Estate Professionals and Small Business Owners to help them become more successful in business and in life. Coach Cheri specializes in Group Coaching for Small Business Owners, Working Mothers, Real Estate Agents and Managers. Learn more at www.NextLevelServices.net or www.DiSCforSmallBusiness.com