The Assessment FAQs
DISC is a needs-motivated, observable behavioral profiling system which measures the energy you are putting into dominating problems, influencing people, steadying the environment, and complying to rules and details.
Your style is the best! All styles have unique strengths and challenges.
DISC is a short description of YOU, custom designed in 10-15 minutes. It helps
you to recognize your own style, see what works about you, and control your
own style. It tells others how to communicate with you, anticipates normal
tensions in relationships, shows you how to read others and adapt your
communication.
DISC measures our underlying emotions, needs and fears (like an iceberg), the
primary concerns that drive all behavior.
We all have different biases, preferences, motivations/values, critical thinking
skills, experience, education, and intelligence levels that influence our
behavior. DISC is a combination of nature and nurture, so we all have had
different things shape us. The same way that we all have different hair or
prefer different flavors of ice cream, we all act and communicate in different
ways. Plus, we need all four styles in the world to be as effective as possible.
We provide only 1 assessment, but the results of that assessment can be used
for a variety of reports (DISC Self, DISC Leadership, DISC Sales, etc.)
DISC has high statistical accuracy, validity, reliability through studies over many
years. The best measure of validity is YOU – does it represent how others see
you behaving at least 80+% of the time?
If there is inaccuracy, it is typically caused by human errors– time, focus,
objectivity. If you think too much, take too long, focus on more than one area
or try to trick the instrument, the results could be inaccurate. It’s best to do it
quickly, without too much analyzing, and go with your natural response or gut
feeling
Yes, it
provides a snapshot of who you are in your adapted styles at the time you took
the assessment, depending on the role you had in mind. Keep focused on a
single roIf you take the DISC Assessment in different periods of your life will the
results be the same?
DISC is a snapshot of how you see yourself in the activity, focus, and
environment which you are answering. As you think, so you are. Behavior is
always affected by the decisions you are making or may not make, and you can
choose to change. However, your natural tendencies may be more consistent.