Dr. Wayne Pernell uses DiSC communication styles and annual planning sessions with his spouse to reduce conflict and align on goals. They set a yearly budget together and conduct joint planning at year's end, which he says has cut arguments and improved how they work as a team.
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And I'd done so much in the corporation and I thought, you know, if this works, you know, between managers, why can't it work between a husband and a wife? And and my my wife and I do some of the same things. And it's funny because as I'm talking to teams or individuals and I'll sit and I'll give them an exercise, you know, we use things like disc communication style. I said this works with your spouse as well. And I find my wife and I, we are better together when we're aligned on things. And so we you know, every year we sit down at the end of the year and we plan what does next year look like. And you know, most couples fight about, you know, you're an expert in this fight about money. And so my wife and I, we will sit down and we will figure out what the budget is for the next year and then we follow that.