EVERYTHING DiSC WORK OF LEADERS®
Three sentences leaders say when a team is working hard and going nowhere.
“We don't agree on our goals.”
“Our team lacks clear communication.”
“We can't seem to turn plans into results.”
START HERE
Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® connects each leader's style to the real demands of leading. The model is simple: leaders craft a Vision, build Alignment and champion Execution. Wiley built the model on best practices from 300 experts in more than 150 organizations, the work of prominent scholars, and over four years of additional research and development. Each leader receives a personal 23-page profile with detailed feedback on all three steps.
The Workshop Package takes your leaders through the profile in five live, online sessions for your own cohort of up to 10. The first session sets the foundation, the next three sessions work through Vision, Alignment and Execution, and the last session turns the insights into an action plan. The profiles, both team reports and the follow-up tools are all included in the price.
Watch Wiley's introduction to Everything DiSC Work of Leaders®. Download the Work of Leaders® brochure (PDF)
Leaders imagine an improved future that the group will make a reality through its work.
Leaders get to the point where everyone in the group understands the direction and is committed to it.
Leaders make sure the conditions are present for the imagined future to become a reality.
A different platform. Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® is not on the Catalyst™ platform. Participants use MyEverythingDiSC®, the interactive learning portal for this application: see how the portal works.
DiSC® AND THE PRIORITIES MAP
Every Work of Leaders® profile opens with the leader's own Everything DiSC® map: a dot that shows the leader's DiSC® style, and shading that shows the leader's priorities. The eight priorities around the Work of Leaders® map are the primary areas where leaders focus their energy. Every leader has at least three priorities, and some leaders have four or five.
The DiSC® section of the Work of Leaders® profile is solid and shorter than the DiSC® section in some other Everything DiSC® profiles. The Work of Leaders® profile spends most of its pages on how the leader's style plays out in Vision, Alignment and Execution.
The Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® map. Each leader's profile shows a personal map with the leader's own dot and shading.
For each of the nine drivers, the Work of Leaders® profile shows the leader on two behavioral continua. Try the example below: see where two leaders naturally sit, choose a task, then drag each leader to the best practice for the task.
Neither end of a continuum is the "good" end in general. Remaining open is the best practice when a leader crafts a Vision. When the same leader has to execute, the opposite behavior is required: the leader closes the options and provides a plan. One end almost always comes more easily and more naturally to a given leader.
iLeader ACLeader BIllustrative example. Each leader's position on each continuum comes from the leader's own Work of Leaders® assessment, and a DiSC® style does not fix a leader's position.
THE RESEARCH AND THE BOOK
Work of Leaders® comes from the same Wiley team that developed Everything DiSC®. The team began by analyzing and distilling the work of leadership researchers from the last three decades. With the help of 300 subject matter experts from more than 150 organizations, the team identified a specific set of leadership best practices. The development effort took four years.
The same research is the basis of the book The Work of Leaders: How Vision, Alignment, and Execution Will Change the Way You Lead, by Julie Straw, Mark Scullard, Susie Kukkonen and Barry Davis (Wiley, 2013). The workshop takes the model from the book and applies the model to each leader's own profile and to your team's real work.
“From my perspective, Work of Leaders® is the most practical, valuable and ready-to-use leadership content available. The model is elegant in its sophistication, and a leader does not need to be an industrial psychologist to fully understand the model and put it to work.”FRANK NOVEMBER, FOUNDER & CEO, SYMPHONY 100
WHY ORGANIZATIONS BOOK THE WORKSHOP
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.
When leaders struggle to turn bold ideas into plans people can act on, teams feel adrift. Misalignment creates confusion, lowers morale and stalls progress. Over time, the lack of clarity erodes trust, weakens engagement and leads to higher turnover.
Leaders define and communicate a Vision that motivates the people who have to deliver it.
Leaders build trust and commitment, so alignment and understanding replace confusion and conflict.
Leaders champion Execution with clarity and structure, so strategy becomes meaningful results.
The whole leadership team uses the same model and the same words, which makes the next hard conversation shorter.
PURPOSE AND KEY OBJECTIVES
Organizations book this workshop 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.
The purpose of the Workshop Package is to help your leaders close the gap between the plan and the results, so more of the organization's time and energy goes into the outcomes it is measured on: growth, productivity, retention and, in the end, profitability.
Each leader understands their own leadership style and how their tendencies help or hinder them in specific leadership situations.
Leaders practice exploration, boldness and testing assumptions to set a clear and motivating direction.
Leaders use clarity, dialogue and inspiration to win understanding and buy-in from the people who do the work.
Leaders create momentum, structure and feedback, and leave with a personal action plan.
Your objectives may differ. Symphony 100 discusses these objectives with you up front. If your leadership team has different priorities, the objectives and the emphasis of the sessions are adjusted to match. Results vary with each team's culture, participation and follow-through: results disclaimer.
THE APPROACH
The five sessions are one designed journey. Each session builds on the session before it and works step by step through Vision, Alignment and Execution, so leaders gain the knowledge and also practice the skills that make a change last.
The journey begins with each leader's own style, seen through the Everything DiSC® model. Leaders uncover their natural tendencies, strengths and blind spots, and gain the self-awareness that leading other people requires.
Leaders take part in exercises, team discussions and reflection activities. The sessions are active and high-energy: leaders practice each principle as they learn it, and the team builds a shared language.
Each leader keeps a personal profile and a MyEverythingDiSC® account, so leaders can revisit and refine their leadership practices as new challenges arise.
WHY A WORKSHOP
Imagine every leader on your team has read their 23-page profile. Each leader now knows whether they lean toward bold ideas or careful testing, toward speaking up or listening. Monday's leadership meeting still runs exactly as before, because nobody has compared notes on how the team as a whole crafts a Vision, builds Alignment and champions Execution.
WHO FACILITATES
The Work of Leaders® Workshop Package is facilitated by Frank November, Founder & CEO of Symphony 100, and by other highly experienced Everything DiSC® practitioners who have focused on Everything DiSC Work of Leaders®. Each facilitator knows the Vision, Alignment and Execution model in depth and has worked with leaders and leadership teams. From time to time, a producer assists the facilitator to keep the delivery smooth and professional.
Some organizations prefer to certify their own facilitator or to share the delivery. Our guide to choosing and developing facilitators compares internal, external and hybrid delivery. If you would rather deliver the program in-house, see the Work of Leaders® Facilitation Kit and Everything DiSC® Certification.
WHO IT IS FOR
Work of Leaders® treats leadership as work that people do: crafting a Vision, building Alignment and championing Execution. 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.
An executive teamImagine you are a CEO whose executives each describe the strategy differently. The team uses the Vision and Alignment sessions to agree on one direction and one way of explaining the direction.
Department and middle managersImagine you manage managers. Your managers receive the direction from above and have to win buy-in below. The Alignment session gives your managers practice in explaining the rationale and inviting questions.
First-time and emerging leadersImagine you were promoted for your technical work. The profile shows you which parts of leading come naturally to you and which parts need deliberate effort.
A project or launch teamImagine you lead a team formed for one product launch. The team will work together for nine months, so the team needs a shared Vision and a plan quickly.
A task force or committeeImagine you chair a cross-functional group with one mandate. The members do not report to you, so Alignment through clarity and dialogue is your main tool.
A founding team or a nonprofit boardImagine you and your co-founders, or you and your board, agree on the mission and disagree on the next step. The model separates the Vision question from the Execution question.
Teams built for a specific purpose. Work of Leaders® is useful even for teams that have come together for one purpose and will not stay together for the long run. A team that will stay together and wants to develop as a team may be better served by The Five Behaviors® team development.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
THE FIVE LIVE SESSIONS
All five sessions, seven and a half hours in total, run live and online on a private Zoom link, with polls, breakout discussions and application exercises. The sessions follow Wiley's five Work of Leaders® modules: Introduction, Vision, Alignment, Execution and Action Plan. Choose a session to see the session's topics.
SESSION 1 · 90 MINUTES · INTRODUCTION
Leaders learn the model and see how their own style shapes the way they lead.
Key outcome. Participants identify their leadership style and understand how the Work of Leaders® model provides actionable steps for leadership growth.
SESSION 2 · 90 MINUTES · VISION
Leaders work on setting a clear, motivating direction.
Key outcome. Participants identify their tendencies in crafting a Vision and learn strategies to expand their leadership approach in this area.
SESSION 3 · 90 MINUTES · ALIGNMENT
Leaders work on understanding and buy-in from the people who do the work.
Key outcome. Leaders gain skills to align their teams around a common purpose and to improve their communication and influence.
SESSION 4 · 90 MINUTES · EXECUTION
Leaders work on turning the direction into results.
Key outcome. Participants learn to lead teams through meaningful Execution, balancing support and accountability.
SESSION 5 · 90 MINUTES · ACTION PLAN
Leaders turn everything they learned into a plan.
Key outcome. Leaders leave with a practical action plan tailored to their own leadership challenges.
A guide, not a script. The time spent on each topic varies with the group, so the facilitator adjusts the pace to your team. Symphony 100 also reviews this syllabus on a regular basis and adjusts the topics and activities to better meet clients' needs, so the outline above is subject to change.
THE PLATFORM
Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® runs on MyEverythingDiSC®, the interactive learning portal that is exclusive to the Everything DiSC® product suite. Work of Leaders® is not on the Catalyst™ platform. A MyEverythingDiSC® account is included for each participant in the Workshop Package, and each participant keeps the account after the five sessions end.
Each leader opens the leader's own profile at any time, on a computer, a tablet or a phone, and explores the DiSC® map and the research behind Everything DiSC®.
Two leaders compare their DiSC® styles, explore the similarities and the differences, and read communication tips for working together.
Leaders see where the members of a group sit on the DiSC® map, which keeps the shared language in use after the workshop.
HOW IT WORKS
Order the package for your cohort. The first step after your order is a call with Symphony 100 to go through the logistics: who is taking part, how the assessments go out, and what your leadership team wants from the workshop.
Every participant completes the Everything DiSC Work of Leaders® assessment. Symphony 100 confirms that all the assessments are in before the workshop is scheduled, so no session time is spent on filling in the assessment.
Once the assessments are complete, Symphony 100 schedules the five live sessions with you.
The sessions move from the model, through Vision, Alignment and Execution, to an action plan. Each leader keeps a MyEverythingDiSC® account and the team keeps its group report.
PRICING
| Work of Leaders® Workshop Package Up to 10 participants: five live sessions, 10 profiles, both team reports, the Team View Report and Comparison Reports | $8,500 |
| Extra participants Add up to 2 more people, for a dozen participants | +$230 each |
Prices are in US dollars. Sales tax, where applicable, is calculated at checkout.
The best learning happens in engaging, interactive groups where every participant is seen, heard and involved. Each workshop is built around 10 participants, with the option of adding 2 more for a dozen. Twelve is the breaking point: beyond a dozen, the quality of the discussion drops.
Order one package per cohort; several cohorts can run in parallel or one after another. Workshops are delivered remotely. Other arrangements (including in-person) and anything else customized are by custom quote on a call: Coaching, Consulting & Program Services →
Book a 20-minute Everything DiSC® intro call with Frank November. Bring your team, your goals, and your timeline, and leave knowing which option fits.
Book a 20-minute intro call$8,500 per cohort of up to 10 · +$230 per extra participant, up to 12
EXPERIENCE IT FIRST
Experience it first: a live 90-minute online workshop with Frank, your own Everything DiSC Workplace® on Catalyst™ profile included.
$250 per seat
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$3,500 per cohort of up to 10 · +$150 per extra participant
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