This was a very interesting workshop during which we took the DiSC personality profile. I've done other personality profiles, but this was so accurate, it seems uncanny. One can do the personality trait test for different circumstances (home, work etc) and it looks at the behaviour of the person. We explored our own personality types and the behaviours, as well as then other personality types and their behaviours
There are four different personality types:
D = Dominance (emphasis is on shaping the environment by overcoming opposition to accomplish results)
I = Influence (emphasis is on shaping the environment by influencing or persuading others)
S = Steadiness (emphasis is on cooperating with others within existing circumstances to carry out the task)
C = Conscientiousness (emphasis is on working conscientiously within existing circumstances to ensure quality and accuracy).
Information was given on (a) the person's tendencies (b) desirable environment and an action plan which indicated who this person needed to work with (what tendencies and characteristics those people needed) and what this person needed to be more effective.
I can see this particular tool being very useful for the BEC and at work. Yes, there are a number of personality trait tests that one could use like Myers-Briggs, but I could recognise myself in this one. We would have to access the material which includes special workbooks in which you need to scratch off the covering to reveal "the truth"
And which one am I? Well, that would be telling .... but it should be easy to guess.
DISC Classic Personal Profil System 2800. Customer Service University : opening minds to the human side of business. Inscape Publishing, 2001
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