What is the DISC Assessment?

The DISC Assessment is a behavioral profile assessment based on four styles or behavior traits;

 

1) Dominance,

2) Influence,

3) Steadiness, and

4) Compliance.

 

Research dating back to 444 B.C. has consistently shown that behavioral characteristics can be grouped together in four quadrants, or styles. Behavior is a necessary and integral part of who a person is. It comes from “nature” (inherent) and from “nurture” (upbringing). The DISC is the measurement tool that has been around for over 80 years to analyze behavior. The following people are key contributors to the material that you will learn during this workshop.

 

• Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961): One of the creators of modern depth psychology, studied “normal behavior”, identified and described four types and two divisions; four types are thinking, feeling, sensation and intuition and the two divisions are “extroverted” and “introverted”
• Dr. William Marston (1893-1947): A psychologist, writer, and inventor, Wrote “The Emotions of Normal People” in 1928, Created the “Wonder Woman” character, Theories aiding in inventing the lie detector, Determined people’s actions were either active or passive and their perceptions were either antagonistic or favorable; which created four quadrants; 1) Dominance, 2) Influence, 3) Steadiness, and 4) Compliance
• Walter Clark: First person to build a psychological device based, called “Activity Vector Analysis”, on the Marston theory.
• Bill Bonnstetter: Founder of Target Training International, Ltd. (TTI) conducted intensive, validation research and product development for behaviors and values
  

 

DISC is first a means to become more self-aware and then to increase awareness and understanding of others. DISC does this by describing observable behaviors, which then become clues to descriptors for the individual behaviors. We must know and love ourselves before we can know or love another.

 

DISC History

 

DISC is the four quadrant behavioral model based on the work of William Moulton Marston Ph.D. (1893 - 1947) to examine the behavior of individuals in their environment or within a specific situation (otherwise known as environment). It therefore focuses on the styles and preferences of such behavior.

 

The father of DISC graduated from doctoral studies at Harvard in the newly developing field of Psychology and was also a consulting psychologist, researcher, and author of five books, either solely or through joint effort. His works were showcased in Emotions of Normal People in 1928. among others.
This system of dimensions of communication has been known as the universal language of behavior. Research has found that characteristics of behavior can be grouped into four major 'personality styles' and they tend to exhibit specific characteristics common to that particular style. All individuals possess all four, but what differs from one to another is the extent of each.

 

For most, these types are seen in shades of grey rather than black or white, and within that, there is an interplay of behaviors, otherwise known as blends. The denotation of such blends would be starting with the primary (or stronger) type, followed by the secondary (or lesser) type, although all contribute more than just purely the strength of that 'signal'.

 

Having understood the differences between these blends makes it possible to integrate individual team members with less troubleshooting - i.e. Knowing where to remedy is no longer the issue, although it still takes dedication on everyone's part not to step on one another's shoes.

 

Having said that, there are varying degrees of compatibility, not just toward tasks but interpersonal relationships as well. However, when they are identified, energy can be donated towards refining the results.

 

Each of these types has its own unique value to the team, ideal environment, general characteristics, what the individual is motivated by & value to team.

 

DISC is also used in an assortment of areas and used by many companies, HR professionals, organizations, consultants, trainers and the list goes on, due to its host of benefits.

 

 

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