DISC and OBACRA: From Profile to Stance
Most DISC books teach you how to identify types.
This book teaches you how to move beyond them.
DISC and OBACRA: From Profile to Stance is not another typology manual. It is a developmental framework for coaches, leaders, consultants, HR professionals, and organizational practitioners who understand that behavior is not identity - and that real change requires more than adaptation.
Angelos Derlopas challenges the conventional use of DISC as a categorization tool and reframes it as a language of behavior - useful, but incomplete. Through the OBACRA journey (Open - Buy-in - Awareness - Connect - Resolve - Actions), he introduces a structured yet human-centered pathway that transforms static profiles into lived behavioral evolution.
Instead of asking:
"What type am I?"
This book asks:
"How do I stand within relationships - and what do I choose to do with what I now see?"
What Makes This Book DifferentIt moves DISC from label to loop
It separates behavior from identity and intention
It prevents the typological trap
It repositions the coach from interpreter to facilitator
It integrates ethics, responsibility, and relational maturity
It bridges assessment to lived, embodied change
OBACRA is not a model for analyzing personality.
It is a developmental journey for cultivating stance.
Executive and organizational coaches who want to deepen their work beyond behavioral descriptions
Leaders who seek responsibility rather than technique
HR and L&D professionals who want assessments to lead to real transformation
Supervisors and mentoring practitioners working at advanced maturity levels
Organizations that understand culture changes through internal loops, not workshops
If you are looking for quick style adaptation techniques, this is not that book.
If you are ready to move from "This is how I am" to "This is how I choose to stand," this book was written for you.
A Developmental Lens for Modern CoachingGrounded in systemic thinking, relational dynamics, and professional coaching ethics, this work aligns with advanced ICF and EMCC competencies while remaining deeply practical. Each chapter includes reflective questions, stage-specific insights, and developmental invitations for every DISC style.
This is not about fixing behavior.
It is about cultivating conscious stance.
Because growth is not a project.
It is an attitude.
DISC and OBACRA: From Profile to Attitude
For those who no longer want to describe behavior - but to transform it.
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