DISC Personality profiling
What is DISC?
The DISC personality system aims to help you to identify your personal strengths and capitalise on your talents to make you a more effective individual. In identifying one’s own and others’ innate abilities, attributes, weaknesses and fears, DISC helps you to communicate better and work with others more effectively.What does DISC measure?
- How a person solves problems and responds to challenges
- How a person attempts to influence or persuade others
- The pace at which a person responds to change
- How a person responds to rules and regulations
What are Personality Styles?
Research has shown that behavioural characteristics can be grouped together into four major divisions called personality stylesD.I.S.C. postulates that people basically possess one or more of four different personality styles:
Dominance:
this describes someone who is direct, decisive, a problem-solver,
a risk taker and a self-starter
Influence:
this describes someone who is enthusiastic, trusting,
optimistic, persuasive, talkative, impulsive and emotional
Steadiness:
this describes someone who is a good listener,
team player, possessive, steady, predictable, understanding and friendly
Compliance:
this describes someone who is accurate,
analytical, conscientious, careful, precise, meticulous and systematic.
What you should know about D.I.S.C. Profiling
- The D.I.S.C. profile is a time sensitive tool and should take approximately 7 minutes to complete.
- The profile is not a test . . .you cannot pass or fail.
- There are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ personality styles. Each possesses strengths and limitations.
- Your preferred Personality Styles are identified only by your own perception in a designated environment (eg occupational environment)
- The D.I.S.C. profile only measures normal behaviour and personality preferences.
"Dawn uses D.I.S.C. to provide a quick, easy and robust process to identify and understand more about yourself-and others. Applied to business situations this invaluable insight gave me greater confidence and self-awareness to ensure I can both maximise my career opportunities and manoeuvre comfortably in the most political of situations. I would strongly recommend this to anyone who would like to become more agile and aware in business environments through a greater understanding of the needs of themselves and others" - Doug Rolland - Berkshire
