Former Refugee
Proof that attitude and intentional living can rebuild a life from nothing. The origin story that shapes everything.
DISC Behavioral Training · Leadership Coaching · Speaking
DISC Behavioral Training and Leadership Coaching for teams that want to communicate better, appreciate one another, and grow on purpose.
About
Healthcare executive. Maxwell-certified DISC trainer. Professional coach. Former refugee. Srdjan helps leaders and teams communicate with clarity, lead with integrity, and grow into their fullest potential.
With more than 25 years of leadership in healthcare operations — currently Director of HIM, Coding and CDI at CommonSpirit Health — Srdjan brings an uncommon combination of operational rigor, coaching skill, and lived experience to every engagement.
He trains managers to lead with conscious awareness, teams to understand one another through DISC, and emerging leaders to translate their life experience into a life of significance.
Proof that attitude and intentional living can rebuild a life from nothing. The origin story that shapes everything.
Your reason for being — the philosophical foundation that turns work into meaning and days into significance.
The leadership methodology — noticing what's happening inside and around you so you can choose your response on purpose.
The practical tool for team transformation. Understand how you and your people are wired to communicate.
Discipline and ethics made into daily habits. Where compliance officer meets character coach.
The Story
November 1995. Srdjan arrived in the United States from a war-torn former Yugoslavia — no English, no resources, no map for what came next. He had one thing: the decision that his life would not be defined by what he had lost.
He learned the language. He went to work. He studied, served, and climbed — eventually becoming a healthcare executive responsible for teams of hundreds. Along the way, he discovered that the habits that rebuild a life are the same habits that build great leaders: awareness, commitment, and the relentless refusal to stand still.
How can we translate our life experience into a life of significance? By identifying a Purpose.
— Srdjan Perisic
Today, he teaches what he lived: that leadership is not a title, it's a practice. That communication is not a talent, it's a choice. And that integrity, made habitual, changes everything.
The Signature Methodology
A daily practice for intentional leadership. Two columns. Twenty-five choices. A life you build on purpose.
What you will not let shape your life.
What you choose to build a life around.
When you make a commitment, you create hope.
— Srdjan Perisic
When you keep a commitment, you create trust.
Work With Srdjan
Four ways to bring awareness, communication, and purposeful leadership to your team.
Build a stronger team that communicates well, appreciates different styles, and works together with less friction.
Book this workshopBased on John Maxwell's book. Learn the five principles and five practices of connecting with people — one-on-one, in groups, and with audiences.
InquireA speaker who earned every line. Bring a keynote rooted in a true story of resilience, habit, and purposeful leadership to your conference or retreat.
Request speakingFor emerging leaders and new managers. Private, structured coaching to help you lead yourself first, then lead others on purpose.
Start coachingWhat is DISC?
DISC is a behavioral assessment that maps how people prefer to communicate, make decisions, and respond to change. Once a team sees the map, the friction drops — fast.
Direct · Decisive · Results-driven
Motivated by winning, challenge, and speed. Prefers the bottom line first.
Enthusiastic · Social · Persuasive
Motivated by recognition and relationships. Brings energy and optimism.
Patient · Loyal · Supportive
Motivated by cooperation, stability, and sincere appreciation.
Precise · Analytical · Quality-focused
Motivated by accuracy, expertise, and doing it right the first time.
Bring DISC to your team and watch communication change in a single session.
Book a DISC WorkshopResults
Sample testimonials — to be replaced with live client feedback.
The DISC workshop transformed how our team communicates. We went from barely speaking to our best quarter.
Srdjan's personal story and practical approach made this the most impactful training our managers have ever attended.
In just two hours, our team finally understood why we kept clashing. Game-changer.
Get In Touch
Let's talk about where your team is today and where purposeful leadership could take it. Every engagement starts with a conversation.
Tampa, Florida · Available nationwide