Struggling to make a decision?

💛 Using the DiSC assessment, I'm an "i" style, what about you..?

🤩"The i in the DiSC model stands for influence. People with i styles present a high-spirited and lively demeanor. They are often optimistic, warm, and social. People with DiSC i styles are more likely than other styles to shape their environments by influencing or persuading others.

They are outgoing communicators, people-oriented, optimistic, and enthusiastic. They are creative problem solvers and are skilled at negotiating conflict. They want action and intention upfront and tend to strongly believe in their own ideas and dreams" 🥰

DiSC stands for: D for Dominance, i for Influence, S for Steadiness and C for Conscientiousness.

Everyone is a mixture of each style, but most people tend to fall into one or two main DiSC style quadrants. 

The blue "process" hat: What's the big picture?

📦Regardless of our preferred style, sometimes it helps for us to think outside the box and look at a situation from different perspectives.

My learning this week involved looking at tasks from different perspectives, by using "The 6 Thinking Hats Technique", to support making decisions, solving problems and creating better outcomes.

This is usually used as a team technique but as a solopreneur, I use it alone too. 

If you're struggling to make a decision, "put on" each hat in turn, and look at the problem from each perspective that the coloured hat represents:

🎨 Green hat:

Look at the idea or issue from the perspective of creativity

What new ideas are possible? 

How can this be changed or improved?

👍🏻Yellow benefits hat:

Look at the benefits

What are the positives? 

What is this a good idea? 

What are the advantages and benefits?

👎🏻 Black caution hat:

Look at the negatives

What problems could arise? 

What are the disadvantages?

❔White facts hat:

What facts are needed? 

What do I know? 

What do I need to find out? 

How will I get the information I need?

😍 Red feelings hat:

What is my intuition or instinct telling me? 

What am I feeling about the idea? 

What do I like about these feelings and what do I dislike?

📈 Blue process hat:

What's the big picture? 

What thinking is needed? 

Where are we now? 

What do we need to do next?

Let me know which of the DiSC styles is your preferred one, and which coloured hat you'd naturally wear 😄