Understanding the Catalyst™ System

Everything DiSC® on Catalyst™ was designed specifically to solve the problem of the "one-and-done" training situation. If a training session results in real "aha" moments and people have real insights, but they go back to their day- to-day routine, often the commitments to improve don't stick.

Catalyst™ is not just an assessment tool or a training platform — it's a system designed to make DiSC® insights stick and create lasting culture change. The key word there is system. Because when you're trying to shift how people interact across an entire organization, you need more than a single tool. You need an ecosystem where learning happens, gets reinforced, and becomes part of how people actually work every day.

One of the things that makes Catalyst™ fundamentally different from a traditional assessment experience is that it's designed for ongoing use. Employees don't just receive a printout of their results that can be easily filed away without further review. Catalyst™ now gives employees a living platform that stays relevant.

These features bring learners back to Catalyst™:

Real-time colleague lookups. Before a meeting, a difficult conversation, or the arrival of a new team member, learners can quickly review a colleague's DiSC® style and communication preferences.
Team changes. When people join a team, project groups form, or an organization restructures, learners can revisit group dynamics and adjust how they work together.
Worksmart action planning. Learners can choose a module for a current challenge and create a practical action plan they can use immediately.
Facilitated follow-up. Team activities and conversation starters help organizations reinforce learning and continue important discussions after the initial session.

The Learner's Experience:

Everything DiSC® Workplace®

Everything DiSC® Workplace® provides the foundation for every learner. The online assessment takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes and produces a personalized narrative about the learner's DiSC® style, behavioral preferences, motivators, and stressors. The assessment remains available in the learner's Catalyst™ account.

Workplace establishes the foundation — it helps learners understand themselves, recognize differences in others, build a shared language around behavior, and navigate common workplace challenges. That clarity and awareness are essential. Without it, everything else is surface-level.

From there, they can explore modules focused on understanding their style, appreciating differences, and building more effective relationships. Once that foundation is in place, the next step is application and growth — and that's where Catalyst™ as a system comes in.

Catalyst™ keeps DiSC® active by giving learners practical ways to reflect, prepare, and apply what they know during conversations, decisions, and daily interactions.

Everything DiSC® Workplace® on Catalyst™ Assessment:

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A 23-page PDF report available for download on the Catalyst™ platform
Contains the learner's DiSC® style, insights into self and others, and actionable strategies for building better relationships
Modular design to coincide with the short-format, interchangeable topics within the guided facilitation

Once the assessment is completed, there are many additional reports available to the learner:

Your Groups

The Your Groups report helps learners understand group dynamics and o`ers practical information they can use with their teams.

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Worksmart supports individual contributors, managers, and leaders as they turn DiSC® insights into consistent, practical behaviors in the flow of work to drive performance and unlock stronger collaboration.

Worksmart is comprised of two formats – self-guided & trainer-led. Self-guided modules are designed for anyone and made to be on-demand and self-paced. Taking about 20 minutes each, these modules include personalized action planning for real-world applications are available across 5 key topics:

Delivering Constructive Feedback
Managing Conflict
Empowering Others
Navigating Change
Motivating Others

The trainer-led format is designed to be facilitated to a group of managers or leaders to support guided discussion and shared practice in one-hour sessions. Action planning is also available for trainer-led modules to support immediate application with teams.

Learners can build on their Workplace results with two additional Everything DiSC® applications: Agile EQ and Management.

Agile EQ. Learners strengthen their emotional intelligence and practice choosing the response that best fits each situation.

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Management. Managers explore their natural management style and learn how to adapt their approach to better support each team member. The application also develops essential skills in coaching, feedback, and motivation.

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Workplace builds self-awareness and a shared language. Agile EQ, Management, and Worksmart help learners apply those insights, strengthen their skills, and improve how they work with others.

The Practitioner/Facilitator's Experience:

Catalyst Practitioner Design and Deliver

The Catalyst™ Practitioner Experience (CPE) brings the tools for preparing and delivering Everything DiSC® programs into one convenient location.

Facilitation Materials. This is the core of CPE. You get access to hundreds of official DiSC® facilitation resources — customizable PowerPoint decks, facilitator scripts, videos, handouts, and activities. The beauty of having these right on the Catalyst™ platform is that everything is in one place, always up to date, and right at your fingertips for quick and easy access.

Learner & Group Insights. If you also have administrator access, you can get even more information about your learners including the ability to compare learners, and free group and facilitator reports—providing insights that go deeper. These tools help you see group dynamics before your session and plan your facilitation approach accordingly.

Ongoing Training. CPE includes access to the Foundations course, which lays out the basics of Everything DiSC® to help you get started quickly. We also add continued learning opportunities and educational content to help you stay sharp and grow your skills.

The Practitioner Community. CPE gives you access to the Practitioner Community — a dedicated space where you can connect with other DiSC practitioners, share what's working, ask questions, and learn from each other's experiences.

Wiley shares exclusive resources in the community —guides, team activities, implementation frameworks — content you can't get anywhere else. There's also a lot of fun, and they've created a space where you can be real about your challenges. It really is a genuine community where practitioners are able to connect and learn and hone their expertise.

Big Picture: Catalyst™ Practitioner Experience is designed to be your go-to, all-in-one solution for delivering DiSC® programs. Facilitation materials, learner insights, professional development, and community — everything you need to deliver DiSC® with confidence and keep growing as a practitioner.

Everything DiSC® Certified Practitioner:

As an Everything DiSC® Certified Practitioner, you'll get everything you need to deliver impactful DiSC® learning experiences that help people work better together. Using our assessment, flexible facilitation kit, and powerful Catalyst™ platform, you'll take your organization from survive to thrive.

The course combines DiSC® principles with practical applications and activities, giving participants the knowledge and experience to design and facilitate meaningful DiSC® learning.

Your Practitioner Experience includes facilitation made easy with ready-to-use and fully customizable materials, including slide decks, facilitator guides, engaging videos for both classroom and virtual training for Everything DiSC® Workplace®, Agile EQ™, Management and Worksmart modules.

In this 2-week immersive experience that combines live, instructor-led sessions with self-guided online learning, participants will:

Deepen your understanding of the DiSC® model, theory, research,and key principles.
Explore how to build custom solutions and deliver impactful DiSC® experiences using the new Everything DiSC® on Catalyst learning experience.
Familiarize yourself with the full Everything DiSC® application suite.
Practice facilitation and coaching techniques while receiving feedback in a safe environment.
Gain access to Wiley's online training center, where you can access all the course content and connect with your fellow practitioners and Wiley's education specialist.

Upon successful completion of the coursework (including an 80% score on the Final Certification Exam), participants will earn the credential of Everything DiSC® Certified Practitioner—signaling proven competence in shaping a high-performing, collaborative culture, knowledgeable in the language of DiSC®.

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Administrator’s Experience:

The Catalyst™ Administrator Experience (CAE) is designed to simplify and enhance the administrative and logistics parts of learning experiences, all within the Catalyst™ platform. Remember, think of this as your control center.

Administrators can use CAE to manage the following:

Organization Management. As an admin, you can set up and manage an organization within Catalyst™. You control your organization's information, and you manage the departments that learners belong to. This organizational structure is what makes all those colleague connections and group features work for your learners.

Learner Management. This is a big one. You can create, edit, and archive learners in your organization. You control what Catalyst™ content each learner can access — so if someone needs just Workplace, you give them Workplace. When they're ready for Worksmart, Management or Agile EQ, you can add those on too. You're in the driver's seat for managing who has access to what.

Groups. Organize up to 500 learners in a group. Groups can remain visible only to the administrator during session planning or be shared with members during and after a session. Group Maps, Group Continua, and Conversation Starters help facilitators understand group dynamics and tailor the learning experience.

Real-time Reporting. Admins can generate Facilitator Supplement reports for their learners. These give you deeper data and insights that support your facilitation and organizational development efforts.

The bottom line: CAE simplifies the administration of learners, groups, content access, and reporting so practitioners can focus more time on delivering effective learning experiences.