DiSC is an acronym that stands for the four main personality profiles described in the DiSC model: (D)ominance, (i)nfluence, (S)teadiness and (C)onscientiousness.
A person primarily in this DiSC quadrant places emphasis on accomplishing results and “seeing the big picture.” They are confident, sometimes blunt, outspoken, and demanding.
Keywords: Keep distance from others, have powerful handshakes, lean forward aggressively, use direct eye contact, use controlling gestures, strong voice, quick
- Hurry up
- Speed up
- Speak and act more quickly
- Cut the small talk - clear and straightforward
- Stick to the topic!
- Deliver your opinion firmly
- Show that you work hard
- Be willing to take initiative
A person in this DiSC quadrant places emphasis on influencing or persuading others. They tend to be enthusiastic, optimistic, open, trusting, and energetic.
Keywords: Are tactile, are relaxed and jocular, show friendly eye contact, use expressive gestures, often come close, laughter, fun, intensity, energy, tempo
- Smile a lot, have fun, laugh
- Focus on the big questions, not details
- Showing that you follow your gut
- Allow Yellow to devote himself to latest thing
- Become approachable
- Prepare a plan of actions
- Tell him how important it is
- Create a structure for yellow
- Push him, but push gently
- Clarity
A person in this DiSC quadrant places emphasis on cooperation, sincerity, loyalty, and dependability. They tend to have calm, deliberate dispositions and don’t like to be rushed.
Keywords: Are relaxed and come close, act methodically, tend to lead backward, use very friendly eye contact, prefer small-scale gestures, soft, warmth, slower pace, care about how people feel
- Allow Green his periods of peace, quiet, inactivity
- Explain, introduce, guide, be specific
- Be Careful when comment about Green behavior
- Be patience, take command
A person in this DiSC quadrant places emphasis on quality and accuracy, expertise and competency. They enjoy their independence, demand the details, and often fear being wrong.
Keywords: Prefer to keep others at a distance, either stand or sit, often have closed body language, use direct eye contact, speak without gestures, restrained, subdued, controlled impression, slow
- Make sure you’ve well prepared
- Acknowledge that you don’t know
- Stick to the task, do one thing at a time
- Don’t ask personal things
- No day dreams or visions, stick to the fact
- Avoid dramatic body language
- Facts are the only things that matter
- Let Blue understand that you are doing quality work
- Double check/ triple check
- Be details, but tell Blue to be in a faster pace
- Blue and Red work together really well as they are tasks and issues-oriented, they don’t care (that) much about relations or scare that they will make other upset, it’s the results that count.
- Yellow and Green cares about how other feels and work more toward relationships
- Both Blue and Green are usually introverted and quite reserved, they will move slow and don’t want to change much, while
- Red and Yellow are both naturally extroverts and pretty active
- Because of the steadiness and passive of Green, Red will find that working with Green will be pretty hard as they don’t see Green actively working toward their direction
- Blue will finds that Yellow is too day dreaming, not base on logic and facts.
But after all, as a team:
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