Team Development and Solidarity: Liangmaqiao DRC DISC Training and Outreach Activity
2016-07-14

  To increase staff's teamwork skills, enhance staff communication, promote solidarity and improve competence of the managerial staff, the Property Management Department of the Liangmaqiao DRC organized a DISC training and outreach activity at the foot of the Lakeside Great Wall in Huairou District, Beijing, on 22 April, 2016. The training was provided by Yuena Xinsheng Management Consultation (Beijing).

  At the beginning of the event, the trainer analyzed the DISC Behavioral Pattern/Personality Assessment questionnaire completed by the participants before the excursion.

  The trainer from Yuena Xinsheng made a presentation on how to interpret the DISC personality assessment results, and explained that “D” stands for dominance, “I” for influence, “S” for steadiness and “C” for compliance. DISC represents four types of personalities, based on which the best mode of communication and management could be found to achieve effective interaction and better unity in a team environment. With reference to real-life events, the trainer elucidated different reactions of people with different personalities and asked the audience to describe their own characteristic traits to other participants. The trainer then carefully analyzed each participant's personality traits, which ushered in rounds of heated debate.

  The trainer continued to explain how to apply the DISC assessment technique in business management so that the leadership could arouse the enthusiasm of people with different types of personalities, boost their confidence, make best use of their strengths and allow them to perform appropriate work to maximize the team capacity. The presentation was very well received by the audience.

  The informative and humorous presentation enlivened the classroom atmosphere, as the trainees recognized that, with better cooperation, common efforts and solidarity, individual persons' strengths could help enhance their team performance, improve management skills and make greater achievements.

  The outdoor outreach activity took place on the afternoon and gave the trainees a chance to participate in team building games under the guidance of another trainer.

  Full of fun and excitement, the trainees were divided into two groups who initially dealt with the game gingerly and gained confidence and flexibility gradually and eventually accomplished all the tasks successfully. They coped with the challenges, and effectively supported and helped each other. 

  The excursion served the purpose of improving communication, enhancing friendship, promoting solidarity and strengthening the staff's sense of team work.

  Following the outreach training session, the participants went to climb the Great Wall and everyone reached the top of the Lakeside Great Wall with other participants' support and assistance.

  The magnificent view of the Great Wall proved to be a reminder, to the participants, of the national spirit of unity, self-reliance and hard working, arousing patriotism and a sense of duty in the hearts of the DRC participants who vowed to dedicate their youthful passion to the diplomatic undertaking.

  Motivated by DRC’s vision of “building up an international community of mutual respect and harmony”, the employees participating in the excursion were so inspired that they spelt out the letters of “DRC” on the ground at the foot of the Great Wall, as a symbol of their commitment.