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  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted September 8, 2018
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Welcome!

Thanks for stopping by the Bond Team, Inc. web site.   Just curious, are you interested in improving your personal performance or that of your team? We can help you understand your unique behavioral style and how that helps and hinders you in meeting your objectives. We provide workshops and consulting in the Kansas City and […]
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted March 12, 2020
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Influence

Wonderful podcast about the influence we don’t know we have over others. This stops us from reaching out for help – when we are looking for a job, or just need a ride to the grocery store. https://www.npr.org/2020/02/20/807758704/the-influence-you-have-why-were-blind-to-our-power-over-others
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted March 3, 2020
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Looking for work?

Frustrated by all those assessments that employers seem to want you to complete? Here are some tips. Don’t try to finish them when you are tired. Don’t ‘lie’, i.e. try to answer in a way that you think the employer wants a successful candidate for the job to ‘be’ the assessment will ‘catch’ you at […]
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted January 23, 2020
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Never Apologize?

Have you noticed that some people NEVER apologize? What’s that about.?Then there are others who are apologizing all the time, even when they haven’t done anything wrong.
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted November 8, 2019
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Teaching Our Youth

We are fortunate to be affiliated with Teaching Our Youth http://teachingouryouth.com/ who has helped us share the importance of teachers understanding the personality styles of their students. In one of our workshops, a participant kept getting texts from the teacher about their child. It was clear the teacher did not understand that the child’s behavior […]
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted October 30, 2019
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Making an important Presentation?

Make sure you speak to all the personality styles if you are presenting to a group. It’s better to make your presentation “short and sweet” to appeal to the bottom line “D”‘s, while telling the “I”‘s that your proposal will bring them recognition, and reassuring the “S”‘s that your product or service will work smoothly […]
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted September 18, 2019
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Why is DISC Important if you aren’t Selling Something??

Most sales training incorporates some version of the DISC Model of Human Behavior. Sales professionals recognize the need to understand the different personality styles and how to adjust their demeanor and their presentation to fit the style of their prospect. I was speaking to a sales professional who had experience applying DISC in their business. […]
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted August 16, 2019
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When you draw conclusions about another person’s behavior…

you are really saying more about yourself than you are about others. If you are pretty assertive, and your coworker is not, you may say they are “gutless”. You are thus assuming your behavior is good, and any one who acts differently must be bad. Adapted from “Personal Styles and Effective Performance” by Roger H. […]
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted August 7, 2019
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Be Prepared

Dr. Rohm would never be without a pen – but he found his audience was! https://is-tracking-link-api-prod.appspot.com/api/v1/click/6022552821956608/4844015417556992