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A Guide To DISC PROFILE For Any Position

The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

Release Date: 12/04/2022

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The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

Disagreements are inevitable—but conflict doesn’t have to be destructive. In this episode, you’ll learn how to handle tough conversations with calm, clarity, and confidence. This isn’t about avoiding conflict—it’s about navigating it with emotional intelligence and real leadership. The conversation covers practical steps to remain in control, de-escalate tension, and respond with intention instead of impulse. You’ll discover why so many managers struggle to lead in heated moments—and what you can do to become the voice of reason when emotions run high. Learn to pause, stay...

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The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

In this episode of The Business Mechanic Show, we unpack what it really takes to navigate difficult conversations without losing your cool. This isn’t about walking in with a perfect script or powering through on assumptions. It’s about letting go of the need to be right—and embracing the discipline to actually listen, lead, and respond with clarity. The episode walks through a proven framework to help leaders avoid emotional landmines, reduce resistance, and create lasting influence through productive dialogue. You’ll learn how to stay calm when emotions run high, how to set up...

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The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

If your team has gone quiet—less feedback, less engagement, less energy—it’s not a people problem, it’s a leadership issue. And it almost always comes back to one skill: listening. This episode flips the script on how most managers communicate. Too many are addicted to the sound of their own voice. Real leadership isn’t about telling. It’s about tuning in. When you learn to shut up and listen, you unlock buy-in, boost ownership, and crush difficult conversations without crushing your people. He reveals the subtle red flags your team throws when they don’t feel heard. You’ll...

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The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

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The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

Most people want to lead. Few are willing to go through what leadership truly demands. This episode lays down the truth: growth doesn't happen in comfort. It happens when you lean into discomfort, own your shortcomings, and take the reps that reshape who you are. Real leadership isn’t about feeling ready. It’s about showing up even when you’re not. Get ready to hear how elite leaders become who they are—through accountability, emotional grit, and relentless repetition. It’s not motivation—it’s transformation. From facing hard conversations to rewiring the habits that hold you...

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The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

This episode is a gut-check for every leader who wants to stop firefighting and start winning. If your team isn’t producing, if you’re spending more time chasing fixes than building success—this episode is the wake-up call. The truth? Your team’s performance is a direct reflection of your leadership. This no-fluff session walks through the real reasons teams underperform—foggy expectations, lack of tools, poor motivation, fear of failure, and broken communication—and how to turn every one of them around. It’s not just about fixing people. It’s about fixing your approach. From...

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The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

Communication isn’t just about talking—it’s about getting through. And if you’ve ever felt like your team just isn’t hearing you, this episode is the reset you need. This is a straight-talking breakdown of how high-level leaders use communication as their superpower. It’s not just feedback—it’s feedback that lands. It’s not just clarity—it’s expectations, so specific there's no room for misinterpretation. This episode dives into the deadly mistakes managers make when they avoid hard conversations or assume clarity where there is none. Then it arms you with a 3-pillar...

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"It's My Fault" The Three Most Important Words in Leadership

The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

Leadership transformation begins with one sentence: "It's my fault." In this high-impact episode, the conversation breaks down how radical ownership reshapes teams, builds trust, and ultimately turns average managers into respected, influential leaders. This isn't about blame. It's about empowerment. Through real-world examples and hard-hitting truths, listeners are challenged to confront their egos, recognize their blind spots, and learn how to use ownership to create a ripple effect of accountability throughout their organization. Packed with leadership insights and practical moves, this...

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The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon

What do you do with that one high performer who brings in results but burns bridges while doing it? The one who’s smart, essential even, but also impossible to coach, manage, or talk to? This episode tackles one of the most frustrating leadership challenges: managing the brilliant but toxic—and offers a real solution. This high-impact episode pulls back the curtain on what most leaders and executives avoid: addressing the destructive behaviors of their “uncoachable” top performers. It explores how difficult employees quietly drain morale, erode culture, and drive out great...

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Today's show got prompted by one of my attendees this week at a training session; she was in her second month or so of training with me and her team, and thank you, Navina, for prompting me to do this show today.

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She and I were talking about DISC, her DISC profile, and she asked, have you ever done a podcast on DISC? I wanna go back and listen to it. And I had to stop for a minute. In all these years, no, I haven't, I haven't done a show talking about DISC explaining DISC, the value of DISC, how DISC works, what it tells you, what it doesn't tell you.

And so today, this is gonna be a little longer podcast because I can get a little long-winded on this. But I'm gonna go into a fair level of detail on what. D I S C, the DISC profile is, and with that, let's get started. So DISC starts with people are different. However, they're predictably different. And with DISC, it helps you understand, based on the dominance, influence, stability, and compliance on those four scales, what your style is, where you fall, and what blend your DISC style is.

With that and with the knowledge you're going to get with today's show, you're also gonna be able to start recognizing the styles of others. And the real value of DISC is that once you know yourself and start recognizing these behaviors in others, you'll then understand how you might need to adapt a little bit to interact with others in the most beneficial way. I've provided this session today, either individually or in groups, probably north of a thousand times.  So I'm gonna say every time, the participants in the discussion walk out with a fairly new outlook on their coworkers, their boss, and themselves. And when we can start talking in DISC language within our teams, our employees, our bosses, and our peers. We can start thinking about and communicating using the disc, approach the DISC, and understand it changes the game.

I've seen this change, the dynamics, the inner workings of teams of all sizes, of all types. Non-profit, aerospace, industrial sales,  you name it, b2b, B to C, no matter the industry, the size, the type of company, this works with everybody. I'm a huge fan of it. And I'll get out there right now that I provide disc profiles and DISC assessments, and I'll put it in the show notes. If you have not gotten your own DISC profile, I'll put in the link. Non-profit, aerospace, industrial sales,  you name it, b2b, B to C, no matter the industry, the size, the type of company, this works with everybody. I'm a huge fan of it. And I'll get out there right now that I provide disc profiles and DISC assessments, and in fact, I'll put it in the show notes.

If you have not gotten your own disc profile, I'll put in the link.

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Hiring managers often judge candidates based on subjective rather than job-related criteria. This leads to less-than-stellar hires and all the baggage that comes with them. The Average Cost Of A Mis-Hire Is 200% Of the Annual Salary. Hire Smarter, Save Time and Frustration by using the DISC Skills Assessments. Make Unbiased Decisions on the Best Take the guesswork out of your screening process and hire people based on how they actually do the job. Structured Interviews, resume screenings, and Pre-interview calls are only part of the mastery of hiring the best people.  

Add in a DISC assessment, and your ability to predict job and culture fit soars.  This is because recruiters and hiring managers often judge candidates based on subjective rather than job-related criteria. Get Your Free DISC assessment. 

DISC Assessments are the same for everyone. Other assessment methods, like screening calls and unstructured interviews, can be unfair. Interviewers ask different questions to different candidates, and there’s no consensus on how to rate candidates’ answers. DISC, by contrast, is standardized and administered in the same way to all candidates. If they’re crafted according to strictly job-related criteria, they give everyone the same opportunity to succeed. DISC will save you time on interviews.

Assessing 20 traits during an interview would be time-consuming and exhausting for both candidates and interviewers. You can assess some of these traits through pre-employment testing instead. It’s best to assess job knowledge through tests to avoid losing time interviewing candidates who can’t do the job. You can also evaluate certain skills through tests like typing speed, written communication, or problem-solving. Evaluate candidates quickly and fairly

 

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