DiSC Overview

DiSC is the leading personal assessment tool used by over 1 million

people every year to improve work productivity, teamwork and
communication.
The DiSC pro le, published by Wiley, is a non-
judgemental tool used for discussion of
people's behavioral di erences. If you
participate in a DiSC program, you'll be asked
to complete a series of questions that
produce a detailed report about your
personality and behavior. You'll also receive
tips related to working with people of other
styles.

Note: Information here applies only to

Everything DiSC and DiSC Classic
assessments. Other tests using the name
DISC have not been researched and validated
to the depth of Wiley's DiSC products.

The DiSC model provides a common language that people can use to better
understand themselves and adapt their behaviors with others - within a work team, a
sales relationship, a leadership position, or other relationships.

DiSC pro les help you and your team:

Increase your self-knowledge: how you respond to con ict, what motivates you, what
causes you stress and how you solve problems

Improve working relationships by recognizing the communication needs of team

members

Facilitate better teamwork and teach productive con ict

Develop stronger sales skills by identifying and responding to customer styles

Manage more e ectively by understanding the dispositions and priorities of

employees and team members

Become more self-knowledgeable, well-rounded and e ective leaders

What does DiSC stand for? What do the letters mean?

(/what-is-disc/overview/dominance/) Behaviors
- Sees the big picture
- Can be blunt
- Accepts challenges
 - Gets straight to the point
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Dominance

Person places emphasis on accomplishing results,

the bottom line, condence

Behaviors
- Shows enthusiasm
Inuence - Is optimistic
- Likes to collaborate
- Dislikes being ignored
Person places emphasis on inuencing or Learn more (/what-is-disc/overview/in uence/)
persuading others, openness, relationships

Behaviors
- Doesn't like to be rushed
Steadiness - Calm manner
- Calm approach
- Supportive actions
Person places emphasis on cooperation, sincerity, Learn more (/what-is-disc/overview/steadiness/)
dependability

Behaviors
- Enjoys independence
Conscientiousness - Objective reasoning
- Wants the details
- Fears being wrong
Person places emphasis on quality and accuracy, Learn more (/what-is-
expertise, competency disc/overview/conscientiousness/)

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View DiSC pro le report samples (/resources-and-tools/sample-reports/)

The DiSC prole questionnaire

The DiSC assessment is easy to take. With the newer Everything DiSC pro les, people are
responding to a phrase instead of a single word.


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How is DiSC used?

Our customers include Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, non-pro ts, government
agencies, educational institutions, churches, leadership coaches, HR consultants, health
care centers, nancial institutions, building trades, and individuals. They nd DiSC an easy-
to-understand and e ective tool to:

Build productive teams

Develop e ective managers, supervisors, leaders

Train a powerful sales force

Improve customer service

Help with change and con ict management

Assist in hiring, recruiting, placement, promotion, outsourcing

Enhance the counseling or coaching experience

Cornerstone principles
All DiSC styles and priorities are equally valuable. We are all a blend of all four styles.

Your work, management and leadership styles are also in uenced by other factors
such as life experiences, education, and maturity.

Gaining a better understanding of yourself is the rst step to becoming more e ective
when working with others.

Learning about the DiSC styles of other people you work or live with can help you
understand their priorities and how they di er from your own.

You can improve the quality of your workplace, place of worship, home or other
locations by using DiSC to build more e ective relationships.

Everything DiSC Value Drivers brochure (/DiscPro le/media/PDF-Icon/EverythingDiSC-

VALUE-DRIVERS-Brochure.pdf)

A little history
The initial DISC model comes from Dr. William Marston (/what-is-disc/william-marston/), a
physiological psychologist, in a book entitled Emotions of Normal People, published in 1928.
He did not create an instrument from his theory, but others did. That's why you might
discover other DISC tests in the marketplace. So be sure to look for the lowercase i in DiSC
to be sure you're looking at the assessment tool researched, validated, and published by
Wiley.

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DiSC prole descriptions

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