Jan Whitmore, MET Director writes:
For some years now I have been using the tool called DISC, informally and formally, to help individuals and groups discover the uniqueness of how God has made them. What are your strengths and weaknesses? What motivates you? What demotivates you? How are you likely to handle pressure? What is your most effective work environment?
These are good questions for missionaries to be asking themselves.
By the simple completion of an online personal profile I can help you gain insight into your strengths, the charateristics of your preferred working environment, your weaknesses, where you need others, and strategies for effectiveness.
- I issue to you an with an online address and unique DISC code. You go online and complete the personal profile.
- Once completed the profile is sent back to me by email for analysis.
- Once analysed I will be able to send you your own DISC report based entirely on the answers you gave on your online personal profile.
- In the case of helping a team, each person of the team would complete their own personal profile and all completed profiles will be sent back to me. I would then complete both a personal and team report which could then form the basis of a healthy group discussion.
SPECIAL PRICE FOR MISSIONARIES: £40/ $65 per person
If you would like me to help you please email Jan Whitmore. Email: METDisc@aol.com
For more than 30 years, DISC has helped people improve performance, deal more effectively with conflict, and value differences. DISC recognises that the first step toward change is understanding why we act the way we do.
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MORE ABOUT DISC
DISC can be used in a variety of contexts to help deliver insights and benefits. The tool is fequently used to help individuals and groups
- Understand their preferences, strengths, and growth areas
- Appreciate personal diversity
- Develop a common language to discuss personal styles
- Create a dialogue about personal preferences, frustrations, and differences
- Relate to those around them
It is an excellent tool for both missionaries and missions to employ on and off the field.
MISSION TEAMS
For mission teams it is important for you not only to understand your own uniqueness, but also appreciate the uniqueness of others you are working with. Groups or teams tend to develop their own unique styles or culture. This culture is an informal combination of behaviours, values, and attitudes. DISC helps you understand many important needs, goals, fears, emotions, and behaviours within your group culture. It is not simply an average of all the people in your group. A number of different factors determine group culture, such as:
- The style of the group leaders
- The most pronounced styles within the group
- The type of work that the group does
- The historical culture of the group
- The cohesion or tension within the group
- The goals and mission that the group faces
People are not the same. A strategy that works effectively with one person may be disastrous with another. By understanding another's preferences you can develop an effective plan for creating positive team relationships.