Why use DiSC?
Everything DiSC profiles help build stronger, more effective working relationships.
WORKPLACE CULTURE
Utilizing DiSC permits employees to understand each other better regardless of their unique identities, allowing for respect in the workplace. Individuals have an opportunity to understand themselves better and play to team member strengths while supporting each other’s limitations.
CULTURE | COMMUNICATION | RELATIONSHIP BUILDING | RETENTION
TEAM BUILDING
Understanding team dynamics, needs, and motivators takes time and effort. The DiSC assessment assists building an effective team by defining the personality style of each team member, capitalizing on individual and team strengths, and ensuring alignment with team performance goals.
COLLABORATION | ENGAGEMENT | PERFORMANCE | PRODUCTIVITY
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
DiSC will help a leader understand their abilities, tendencies, and prefer-ences so they can lead more effectively. Self-awareness is an essential trait of successful leaders as it enables them to identify their strengths and weaknesses, and develop their skills and team accordingly.
VISION | STRATEGIC | COMPASSION | CREATIVE | STRUCTURE
MANAGEMENT TRAINING
DiSC will help manage more effectively by understanding what motivators and stressors of team members. Management addresses the different learning styles of employees, resulting in improvement to onboarding, retention, performance, and strategies to inspire team interactions.
DIRECTING | DELEGATING | DEVELOPING TEAMS | MOTIVATING
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
DiSC profiles provide a picture of behavioral traits and emotional intelligence with an understanding of behavior in different situations. The DiSC style traits can help with professional development, while building life skills benefiting personal and professional relationships.
SELF – AWARENESS | GROWTH | EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
WHAT DOES DiSC MEAN?
DiSC is an acronym reflective of the four main personality profiles describe in the DiSC model:
Dominance:
individuals tend to be more confident and place an emphasis on accomplishing bottom-line results.
Influence:
Steadiness:
Conscientiousness:
KAREN BROWN
,MBA, FACHE, SPHR, SHRM-SCP| Karen Brown has held a number of senior executive positions in healthcare and human resources. She is currently the director of human re-sources at Highland Community College, Freeport, IL. Prior to joining Highland, she served as Vice President, Operations, at OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford, IL. Over her ca-reer, she has worked in healthcare, higher education, social services, manufacturing, and retail.
Karen has a Master of Business Administration degree from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. She holds professional certifications: through the American College of Healthcare Executives, she is Fellow (FACHE); Society for Human Resource Management as a Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP); Human Resource Certification Institute as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR); and Everything DiSC Certified.
Karen volunteers time on several community and professional association boards. She is chair of the board of the Friends of the Coronado; immediate past chair and Human Resource committee chair of the board for The Workforce Connection of Boone, Winnebago and Stephenson Counties; and chair of the board of the YWCA of Northwestern Illinois. She has volunteered for Transform Rockford and the Golden Apple Teacher Foundation. Karen has served in several human resource leadership positions on a local and statewide level and teaches human resource certification preparation classes through Northern Illinois University.
She has been honored with recognitions such as the YWCA Women of Achievement, 2016 Business Award, Crusader Community Health, 2015 Spirit of Caring Award, 2015 ACHE Senior Regent Award, and Rockford Chamber of Commerce, 2014 People You Should Know Award.
