Writing
Writing on behavioral assessment. Argument, not content marketing.
Pieces worth the time of somebody who already knows this field — practitioners, L&D leads, and buyers who have been disappointed before.
The editorial line
Workplace behavior articles: three rules we write to
Say something a competitor could disagree with. A piece nobody could argue with is a piece nobody needed. If it would sit unchanged on any vendor's site, it does not go on ours.
Write for people who already know. The audience is practitioners and L&D professionals with years behind them. "What is DISC" content is written for search engines, and it reads that way to everyone else.
Be willing to concede. Including where our own instrument is limited, where the evidence is thin, and where a competitor does something well. It is the only thing that makes the rest credible.
Planned
What we intend to write
Why everyone recognizes themselves and nothing changes
The gap between insight and application, and why it is a design problem rather than a motivation problem.
What you can and cannot re-measure after twelve months
Behavioral style is stable. Emotional intelligence is not. Getting that wrong is how development programs end up reporting noise as progress.
The five minutes before a difficult conversation
Where behavior actually changes, and why almost no development product is present for it.
What a certification is worth after the certificate
On day rates, deliverables, and the weeks of unpaid design work nobody quotes for.
Reading a psychometric claim properly
What reliability coefficients mean, what they do not, and the questions to ask any vendor including us.
Emotional intelligence assessment
DISC and Emotional Intelligence Assessment for Leaders
A DISC and emotional intelligence assessment gives organizations a more complete picture of how people work. Behavioral frameworks like DISC have helped teams understand communication styles and workplace behavior for years, but combining DISC with emotional intelligence creates deeper insight into how people manage themselves and relate to others under pressure. But behavior is only part of […]
DISC assessment
What Is a DISC Assessment? A Complete Guide for HR Leaders
A DISC assessment is a simple, practical tool that measures how an individual prefers to behave using the four‑style DISC model. The DISC model itself is a behavioral framework that groups observable behavior into four core styles—Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Compliance, while the DISC assessment turns that framework into a personalized report leaders and HR […]
personality assessments
Why Traditional Team Personality Assessments Fall Short in Today’s Workplace
Team personality assessments have long played a role in leadership development and organizational learning. For decades, organizations have used these tools to help individuals understand communication styles, explore working preferences, and build stronger relationships within teams. In many organizations, personality assessments are introduced through leadership programs, team workshops, or executive coaching initiatives. The goal is […]
effective communication
Why Teams Struggle With Communication
Communication challenges are among the most common issues organizations try to solve. They invest in effective communication training, communication workshops, and broader leadership development programs. Teams may experience misunderstandings in meetings, friction between colleagues with different working styles, or ongoing tension around how decisions are made, which is often labeled simply as “communication problems.” However, […]
Emotional Intelligence Training
Emotional Intelligence Training for Leaders Needs More Than Self-Awareness
Emotional intelligence training for leaders is often built on self-awareness, because understanding your own patterns is central to building your emotional intelligence skills. Many leadership development programs use tools like DISC profiles to help leaders understand their behavior, communication style, and strengths. These tools highlight how leaders communicate, make decisions, and respond under pressure, which […]
Behavioural Intelligence in the Workplace
Behavioral Intelligence in the Modern Workplace
Modern workplaces are more connected, fast-moving, and collaborative than ever. Teams work across functions, time zones, and communication styles, often under pressure and with little room for misunderstanding. That creates a new challenge for leaders. It is no longer enough to know what people do at work. Leaders also need to understand how people respond, […]
Behavioral Assessments
The Future of Behavioral Assessments in the Workplace
Behavioral assessments have long supported leadership development and organizational growth. Today, new employee behavioral assessment tools go beyond personality insights to build behavioral intelligence, a clearer view of how people communicate, collaborate, and make decisions at work. These frameworks help teams identify how different communication styles and behavioral patterns affect performance and cohesion. Used across […]
Team & Leadership Development
DISC Assessments for Teams: A Practical Guide for L&D
If you work in L&D, you’re not short of models, frameworks or tools. What often makes the difference is something that helps real people have better conversations, navigate tensions and grow in the flow of work. DISC assessment for teams can support exactly that. Research on the DISC assessment shows it’s widely used to improve […]
DISC Assessments & Tools
How To Manage Different DISC Personality Types At Work?
Ever wondered why one teammate wants results immediately and another wants to brainstorm it over a cup of coffee? Why does one prefer steady routines and why is it necessary for the other to have every detail double-checked? Welcome to DISC. Get to know the magical four letters that explain it all and also the […]
DISC & Emotional Intelligence
How Accurate Is The DISC Assessment?
The DISC assessment is a widely used behavioral assessment that helps people understand how they naturally act, communicate, and respond to others. Instead of measuring intelligence or aptitude, it focuses on observable behavioral tendencies that show up in real situations.
Behavioural Intelligence in the Workplace
AI in the Workplace: The Conversation Leaders Are Having and the One Employees Aren’t
Conversations about AI in the workplace are becoming unavoidable. Leadership teams are energised by the potential for speed, efficiency, and scale. At the same time, many employees are quietly asking a very different question: “Am I still going to have a job in two years?” At Discflow, we see this pattern repeatedly. AI is discussed openly at senior levels, while […]
DISC & Emotional Intelligence
Q&A: Andrew Stirrup on DISC, Emotional Intelligence, and Behavior Change at Work
Andrew Stirrup works with leadership teams, boards, and business owners to shape workplace cultures that drive performance. For over 15 years, he has helped clients across elite sport, SMEs, and corporate environments close the gap between intention and action. Alongside his consulting work, Andrew delivers the Discflow Certification Course, supporting practitioners to apply DISC and […]
The honest alternative
If this is not resourced, do not launch it
A blog with five posts and a date eighteen months old says more about a company than no blog at all — and it is the first thing a careful buyer checks.
Two pieces a quarter that people forward is a better program than twelve nobody finishes. If the cadence cannot be sustained, this page should be held back and the effort put into the evidence summary and the case studies, which do more work per hour spent.
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