Dennis Kriel

Starting a new job: how to read your new team

Starting a new job? How to read your new team in the first few weeks: spotting the four DISC styles, adapting how you communicate, and settling in faster.

New year goals that fit your style

A little self-discovery before you set new year goals: how the Direct, Inspiring, Steady and Careful styles set and keep goals, and how to make yours stick.

How each style recharges: self-care that fits your personality

Self-care by personality: how the Direct, Inspiring, Steady and Careful styles each recharge, the signs your battery is low, and simple ideas for each style.

Holiday plans as a couple: the planner and the free spirit

Couples communication for holiday planning: why one partner wants a spreadsheet and the other wants to wing it, and how to plan a trip you both enjoy.

Family gatherings when everyone's wired differently

Why family personality differences come out at festive gatherings, how each DISC style experiences a big family day, and simple ways to help it go well.

Introvert vs extrovert: what the difference really is, and what DISC adds

Introvert vs extrovert explained: what each really means, why most people sit in between, and how DISC adds a second question about tasks and people.

Year-end team review: questions that get honest answers

Team building questions for a year-end review that get honest answers: what went well, what was hard, how you work together and what to change next year.

How to give feedback to each DISC style, so it actually lands

How to give feedback people can hear: the basics that work for everyone, and how to adapt praise and criticism for Direct, Inspiring, Steady and Careful people.

How to read DISC results: what your scores really mean

How to read DISC results: what the 0–100 scores mean, primary and secondary styles, blends, flexible results, work versus home shifts and common misreadings.

DISC assessment cost in South Africa: what you pay and what you get

What a DISC assessment costs in South Africa, from free tests to full reports and certification, what you get for the money, and how DISC Test is priced.

How to communicate with your partner when you're wired differently

Everyday style differences between partners, from pace and decisions to conflict and planning, plus communication exercises and questions to ask your partner.

Are you a people pleaser? Signs, reasons and how to say no kindly

What being a people pleaser looks like day to day, why the Steady and Inspiring DISC styles can drift there, and kind ways to say no and set boundaries.

Type A personality: what it really means, and how it maps to DISC

What a type A personality really is, where the term came from, how it overlaps with the Direct and Careful DISC styles, and how to work well as or with one.

What is self-awareness? Meaning, types and how to build it

What self-awareness means, why it matters, the difference between internal and external self-awareness, and practical ways to build it, including with DISC.

Leadership styles: how each DISC style leads, and how to lead people unlike you

How Direct, Inspiring, Steady and Careful leaders lead, the strengths and blind spots of each, and practical ways to lead people whose style differs from yours.

Conflict styles: how each DISC style handles disagreement, and what helps

How each DISC style tends to handle conflict, why Direct–Steady, Inspiring–Careful and Direct–Careful pairs clash, and practical ways to disagree better.

The four communication styles, and how to adapt your message to each

Learn the four DISC communication styles, how to spot each one, how to adapt the same message for all four, and where passive and assertive styles fit in.

Icebreaker questions for work: 44 team building questions that get people talking

44 icebreaker questions for work and team building, grouped by purpose: quick warm-ups, working styles, deeper team questions and remote meetings.