How Catalyst Helps

From the main menu, go to the Your colleagues section and look them up to get tips on how to work better together. If they are not in Catalyst, estimate their style and use the Building Better Relationships area of Catalyst to gain insight and ideas.

From the main menu, go to the Workplace section and click on the What Drives You link. The bottom part of the page provides three specific strategies that can help you improve your results.

From the main menu, go to the Your colleagues section Catalyst to begin learning about your new teammates.

From the main menu, go to the Your colleagues section. Take a look at the mix of styles in your team. Are people with different viewpoints able to offer them? Is there time for processing information before decisions? Have we created a psychologically safe place to each fully participate in the meetings? Where do the meetings tap into people's stressors and risk shutting people down?

From the main menu, go to the Your colleagues section. Use your styles in building ground rules for the team up front to ensure the team functions smoothly. A good understanding of the Stressors and Motivators of the group members as well as Priorities of each team member can be helpful. Another great resource is in Building Better Relationships with the section on When Problems Need to Be Solved.

From the main menu, go to the Workplace section. Use the You and Other Styles and the Building Better Relationships areas of Catalyst to develop your skills for identifying others' style and learning to adapt to improve relationships with your clients.

From the main menu, go to the DiSC-ology section. Become familiar with the two dimensions of DiSC, then use your early interactions with prospects to estimate where they land. For example, are they more Accepting or more Skeptical? Are they more Active or more Reflective? Once you estimate where they are on these two spectrums, you can estimate their DiSC style. Then scroll down to the four styles area and use the information provided to learn how to adjust your communication practices to better align with each prospects' preferences.

From the main menu, go to the DiSC-ology section. Think about the prospect or client you will be presenting to, and use the two dimensions of DiSC to estimate where they land. Are they more Accepting or more Skeptical? Are they more Active or more Reflective? Once you estimate where they are on these two spectrums, you can estimate their DiSC style. Then scroll down to the four styles area for tips on what kind of information you should emphasize in your presentation (for example, more details or more big picture; more facts and data or more anecdotes of other clients' success)?

From the main menu, go to the Your colleagues section and look them up. Go to the area near the bottom that outlines how to better build buy-in with each other including benefits, roadblocks and tips.

From the main menu, go to the Workplace section. Review the different styles that make up the group in the Building Better Relationships section and review When You Need To Be More Effective for ideas on how to improve your approach in the future.

From the main menu, go to the Workplace section. Then go to What Drives You to understand your Priorities and how they might be influencing your decision making.