EVERYTHING DiSC® · THE LEADERSHIP APPLICATION
Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® gives each leader a personalized profile of how the leader crafts a Vision, builds Alignment and champions Execution, and where the leader's own tendencies help or hinder the leader at each step. One assessment per leader, and one model the whole leadership team can share.
THE APPLICATION
Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® is a 23-page personalized profile for leaders, and Wiley, the publisher, also offers a classroom program built around the profile. The publisher describes the application in one sentence: a classroom training and personalized learning experience that connects unique leadership styles to real-world demands.
The model is simple: leaders craft a Vision, build Alignment and champion Execution. Work of Leaders® treats leadership as a one-to-many relationship, as opposed to the one-to-one relationship of management, and the profile focuses on how each leader's tendencies influence the leader's success in specific leadership situations. The model is equally relevant for new, mid-level and senior leaders, and the same research is the basis of the book The Work of Leaders (Wiley, 2013).
Each leader completes the Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® online assessment and receives a personalized 23-page report as a downloadable PDF. The same report opens in MyEverythingDiSC®, where leaders compare their styles with colleagues. The DiSC® section of the profile is solid and shorter than the DiSC® section in some other Everything DiSC® profiles, because the Work of Leaders® profile spends most of its pages on how the leader's style plays out in Vision, Alignment and Execution.
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An introduction to Everything DiSC Work of Leaders®: how the Vision, Alignment and Execution model connects each leader's style to the real demands of leading.
If you only have a few minutes on this page, watch the video, then open the sample profile under “See it before you buy.”
Video provided by Wiley, the publisher of Everything DiSC®.
PICTURE THIS
Imagine you lead a company with a strong strategy on paper. Your leadership team agreed the plan in January. By April, two leaders are pulling in different directions, a third is waiting for clearer instructions, and the people who report to them are unsure which priority comes first. Elena, who runs product, keeps opening new possibilities in every meeting. Marcus, who runs operations, wants the options closed and a plan on the table.
The usual explanation is commitment: somebody on the team did not buy in. Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® gives you a different explanation. Each leader's profile shows how the leader approaches Vision, Alignment and Execution, and which behaviors come naturally to the leader and which behaviors take deliberate effort. Elena remains open and prioritizes the big picture, which is a strength when the team crafts a Vision and a problem when the team has to execute. Marcus provides a plan and analyzes in depth, which helps when the team executes and holds the team back when the team needs to explore. Both leaders are committed to the plan, and each leader is doing the part of the work that comes easily to that leader.
Elena reads that speaking out and remaining open are among her three strongest leadership behaviors, and that providing a plan and being receptive in dialogue are two of her three opportunities for improvement. For receptiveness, her profile gives her the tips: ask the person to say more about the concern, thank the person for the feedback even when she disagrees, and make sure her tone of voice shows she is receptive.
The Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® Group Report shows you the leadership team's combined approach to the three steps, so you can see where the team's instincts cluster and where the team leaves gaps across the three steps.
WHAT'S IN THE PROFILE
Each profile is generated from the leader's own assessment responses, so the profile describes that leader rather than a general style type. The report is written to the leader by name, in narrative language. Here is what the 23 pages cover, in four parts.
The profile opens with the leader's personal Everything DiSC® map: the dot that shows the leader's style, the shading that shows the leader's priorities, and a narrative on how the style shows up when the leader leads.
For each of the three steps, the three drivers behind the step, and for each of the nine drivers, where the leader sits on two behavioral continua. The leader sees which best practices come naturally and which take deliberate effort.
The profile describes the leader's three strongest areas in the process of Vision, Alignment and Execution, and what the leader's colleagues probably appreciate about each one. The profile treats playing to those strengths as the starting point for improvement.
The profile closes with the three behavioral continua where the leader has the greatest opportunity for improvement. Each one comes with tips, short examples from other leaders, and space for the leader's own action steps.
DiSC® AND THE PRIORITIES MAP
The Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® map shows the four DiSC® styles, D, i, S and C, with eight leadership priorities around the circle: the primary areas where leaders focus their energy. Each style sits next to three of the priorities, and the priorities on the borders belong to two styles. Every leader has at least three priorities, and some leaders have four or five. Choose a style below to see how leaders with that style tend to lead.
A D-style leader is ambitious and results-focused, initiates action, keeps the group moving, and is often the first to point out a flaw in someone else's argument. For leaders with this style, being receptive in dialogue and taking other people's feelings into account usually take more energy.
The Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® map, as it appears in the profile. Graphic from Wiley.WHERE IT LANDS
Organizations choose Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® for a business reason: a leadership team that is not aligned costs money. Strategy stays on paper, teams work on competing priorities, and capable people leave because they cannot see where the organization is going. Any leader and any team that has to set a direction and deliver on the direction can use the model, at any level of the organization.
THE EXECUTIVE TEAM
The executives agree on the strategy in the meeting and diverge the moment the meeting ends, and the people below them hear three versions of the same plan.
Each executive's profile shows how that executive crafts a Vision and builds Alignment, and the Group Report shows the team where its instincts cluster and where the team leaves gaps.
THE NEW LEADER
An engineer is promoted to lead the team and leads the way she worked: close to the detail and quick to close the options, and then surprised when the team does not follow.
The profile shows the new leader which parts of leading come easily to her and which parts need her attention, with tips and an action plan for the first months in the role.
THE PROJECT TEAM
A team comes together for one product launch, the members do not report to the team lead, and the team needs a shared direction and a plan within weeks.
The team lead cannot give instructions to people who do not report to the team lead, so the Alignment section of the profile, with its drivers of clarity, dialogue and inspiration, shows the team lead how to get every member to understand the direction and commit to the direction.
HOW IT IS DELIVERED
All three options start with the same personalized profile, and the difference between them is how much support comes with the profile. Each option has its own page with the full description and the pricing.
Each leader completes the assessment online and receives a 23-page profile. A good way to start is to order one or two profiles, read them, and then decide on a program for the whole leadership team.
$150 per leader · volume rates from 10 leaders, see the ladder below
The Work of Leaders® profile →
The Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® Facilitation Kit gives your facilitator five modules of 60 to 90 minutes each: Introduction, Vision, Alignment, Execution and Action Plan. Your facilitator can use the modules as they are, or customize the modules to fit your needs.
$1,495 per kit · yours to keep
The facilitation kit →
Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® delivered live to your own cohort of up to 10 leaders in five 90-minute online sessions, from each leader's style to a leadership action plan. Profiles and both team reports included.
$8,500 per cohort of up to 10 · +$230 per extra participant, up to 12
The workshop package →
CERTIFYING YOUR OWN FACILITATOR?
Any Everything DiSC® certified practitioner can facilitate every Everything DiSC® application, Work of Leaders® included. Everything DiSC® Certification is Wiley's live online course and credential, and the price includes the required Everything DiSC® on Catalyst™ Practitioner Experience, the facilitation library for the Catalyst™ experiences. A practitioner who already owns the Practitioner Experience takes the Certification Add-On.
$4,695 per named practitioner · Certification Add-On $2,495 · Practitioner Experience on its own $2,200
RUNNING THE PROGRAM YOURSELF?
For the administrator who runs the account and the practitioner who delivers the sessions. Bring the subject of your choice: the cohort that disengaged, the sponsor who wants numbers, the renewal coming up, or the picture of the team in the Group Report. Tell us what is happening in your program and leave with options you can act on this week. Each session runs 45 minutes, booked as 60, live on Zoom, and a written action plan can be added for $250.
$350 per session
AFTER THE SESSION
Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® comes with follow-up tools that leaders use with real colleagues, so the lessons from the workshop carry into the next planning cycle. The first three tools live in MyEverythingDiSC®, the learner portal included with the profile. The two Work of Leaders® reports are ordered separately, and both reports are listed on this page.
Bring the plan your leadership team is working on right now, and the session works on that plan.
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The sample profile, the two sample reports, the facilitator supplement, the brochures and the research behind the assessment, all unedited, so you can read what your leaders will receive before you order.
Sample Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® ProfileThe full 23-page profile a leader receivesPDF ↓
Sample Work of Leaders® Group ReportThe leadership team's combined approach, in one reportPDF ↓
Sample Work of Leaders® Facilitator ReportThe facilitator's view of a sample leadership groupPDF ↓
Sample Supplement for FacilitatorsThe extra pages a facilitator receives with each Work of Leaders® profilePDF ↓
Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® — profile brochureThe two-page brochure on the profile and the follow-up toolsPDF ↓
Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® — facilitation kit brochureWhat the five modules and the kit containPDF ↓
The Everything DiSC® DifferenceTwo pages on what sets Everything DiSC® apartPDF ↓
Theory & ResearchThe DiSC® model and the research behind the assessmentPDF ↓
Research ReportThe validity research for the Everything DiSC® assessmentPDF ↓
All Everything DiSC® resourcesEvery sample profile and report, in one libraryOpen →
Each leader completes the Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® online assessment and receives a personalized 23-page report as a downloadable PDF, with the same report available in MyEverythingDiSC®. The profile covers the leader's DiSC® style, the leader's approach to Vision, Alignment and Execution driver by driver, three leadership strengths, three leadership challenges with tips, and an action plan.
Either option works. The Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® Facilitation Kit gives your own facilitator five modules with video, discussions and activities, and the kit is yours to keep. If you would rather have an experienced practitioner run the program, the Work of Leaders® Workshop Package on this page delivers the program live in five 90-minute online sessions, with the profiles and both team reports included.
The kit has five modules of 60 to 90 minutes each: Introduction, Vision, Alignment, Execution and Action Plan. The kit is designed to be customized, so your facilitator can use the modules as they are or adjust them to fit the time available. The Symphony 100 package runs the five modules as five live sessions of 90 minutes, seven and a half hours in total, with reading between the sessions.
The Group Report brings the leaders' profiles together into one picture of the team's approach to Vision, Alignment and Execution, with the group's overall strengths and challenges. The Facilitator Report is built for the facilitator and shows how leadership behaviors align, or misalign, across the group. The two reports are sold separately at $150 each, and the Catalyst™ Practitioner Experience does not include them. Both reports are included in the Work of Leaders® Workshop Package.
No. Everything DiSC® is a development tool and should never be used for hiring, selection or evaluation. Other products on the market serve that purpose; Everything DiSC® is not one of them.
Priced per leader · a personalized 23-page report, delivered as a downloadable PDF after the online assessment; the Work of Leaders® Group Report and Facilitator Report are sold separately at $150 each
LEADERS
LEADERSHIP · CLASSIC PROFILE
One assessment, returned as an extensive, narrative-style report keyed to the leader's primary DiSC® style and how the style plays through Vision, Alignment and Execution, with the specific drivers behind each step.
$150 per leader
$150 per leader for up to 9 leaders. From 10 leaders, the volume rate applies to every leader in the order.
Price per person on a single purchase. Your volume rate is set by the quantity on one order and cannot be combined across orders. If you administer the program from your own account, each profile uses 25 credits. Prices are in US dollars; sales tax, where applicable, is calculated at checkout.
Authorized Partner
DOWNLOADABLE KIT · WORK OF LEADERS®
The Work of Leaders® kit runs as five training modules, with leadership-focused video, partner and group discussions, and experiential learning activities.
$1,495 per kit · English (US)
Authorized Partner
FACILITATED BY SYMPHONY 100
Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® delivered live to your leadership cohort: vision, alignment and execution, worked through in online sessions. Profiles included.
$8,500 per cohort of up to 10 · +$230 per extra participant
Authorized Partner
COMPANION REPORT
Puts a leadership team's profiles side by side: where the team's instincts cluster and where they leave gaps.
$150 per report
Authorized Partner
COMPANION REPORT
The session leader's view: what to emphasize, where the conversation will need care.
$150 per report
PROGRAM SUPPORT
For the administrator who runs the account and the practitioner who delivers the sessions: bring the subject of your choice and leave with options you can act on this week. A 45-minute session booked as 60, live on Zoom.
$350 per session
COACHING · ONE-ON-ONE
For your facilitator, a leader, or any member of the team: a 45-minute session booked as 60, live on Zoom. Packages of 4, 8 and 12 sessions cost less per session.
$350 per session
FACILITATION PREPARATION
The same working time, for a team: planning the session, reading the group's profiles together, agreeing the follow-up.
$500 per session
INSIGHT SESSION · ONE-ON-ONE
What your profile says, what it doesn’t, and what to do with it: a 45-minute session booked as 60, preparation included.
$395 per session
INSIGHT SESSION · WITH THE LEADER
The team report read with the leader before the team sees it: 75 minutes booked as 90, preparation included.
$795 per session
INSIGHT SESSION · WHOLE TEAM
The whole team works the report together and leaves with an action plan: a 90-minute session booked as 2 hours.
$1,095 per session
BEFORE YOU DECIDE
Book a 20-minute Everything DiSC® intro call with Frank November. Bring your leadership team, your goals, and your timeline, and leave knowing which option fits.
ONCE YOU HAVE CHOSEN
Someone has to issue the assessments and send the access codes, and someone has to run the session. Each decision has its own page, and if you would rather not run the session yourself, Symphony 100 will run the session for you.
The administrator experienceYour own EPIC account, credits, access codes, learner groups, and the reports your facilitator needs before the session.Manage Assessments →
The practitioner experienceCertification, the Catalyst™ facilitation library, and single-program kits like the Work of Leaders® kit for facilitating online and in person.Deliver Training →
Workshops run by Symphony 100Live, online workshop packages for Everything DiSC® and The Five Behaviors®, profiles included. The Work of Leaders® package is on this page.Workshop packages →
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