We recently welcomed three new team members to Focus HR. Like most organisations, our onboarding includes introducing our new colleagues to our systems, processes, and the work we do. But we also like to do something a little different – spending time talking about how we work, not just what we do.
Let’s be honest, starting a new job usually involves a bit of guesswork.
Who prefers detail?
Who likes things fast-paced?
Who needs time to think things through?
Introducing our colleagues to DiSC early in their journey with us is such a fantastic way to start real conversations, instead of spending months figuring this stuff out.
Learning about communication styles, preferences, motivations and frustrations – and what each person needs to do their best work – gives them and the existing team a head start. Because when someone joins your team, they’re not just bringing in a skillset, they’re bringing in a whole person.
What was interesting in our session was that some of the team had done DiSC (or something similar) before. But like a lot of these tools, it had been a one-off exercise — something they did at a point in time and then… moved on from. It didn’t really stick.
By embedding DiSC into an organisation’s culture – and revisiting it regularly – a shared, common language starts to develop.
It shifts the conversation from:
“They’re hard to work with” to “They probably need more context before making a decision”
Or from:
“They’re too direct” to “They like to get to the point quickly”
It sounds simple, but it changes everything.
It removes the guesswork and the judgement and replaces it with awareness and understanding.
Good onboarding helps people understand their job. Great onboarding helps people understand each other.
When you create that understanding early, everything else becomes easier — communication, trust, performance. And that’s where tools like DiSC really come into their own.
Want to make DiSC more than a one-off in your organisation?
We can help you embed it in a way that actually sticks — from onboarding through to leadership and team development.