DISC® Behavioral Assessment

DISC® is the leading personal assessment tool used by people to improve communication, manage conflicts, reduce stress, enhance performance, and build relationships.

The DISC® model provides a common language that people can use to better understand themselves and others, how to adapt and blend their behaviors for greater, more effective communication and stronger relationships ­ at work, at home, with your team and customers, with your partners and friends.

The assessment is done online and is quick and easy to use. It is composed of a series of scientifically formulated questions that give a stunningly accurate description of an individual's strengths, areas for improvement, keys to motivating, and communication preferences.

DISC® helps people explore their differences in behavioral style to:

• Increase their self-awareness: how they prefer to communicate, respond to conflict, what motivates them, and what causes them stress
• Improve working and personal relationships by recognizing different styles and needs of each individual
• Facilitate better teamwork and improve performance
• Improve leadership skills and get better results
• Build strong long-term relationships

What does DISC® stand for?

DISC® is measuring four dimensions of normal behaviour:

• How you respond to problems and challenges
• How you influence others to your point of view
• How you respond to the pace of the environment
• How you respond to rules and procedures set by others

How is DISC® used?

Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, non­profit organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and HR consultants find DISC® an easy to use and understand, transformational and stunningly accurate, effective and efficient tool to:

• Build high-performing teams
• Develop effective managers, supervisors, leaders
• Train a powerful sales force
• Assist in recruiting, developing and retaining high potential personnel

Individuals find DISC® assessment as excellent tool for:

• Improving their people and communication skills
• Developing EQ (emotional intelligence)
• Career advancement
• Improving performance and increasing satisfaction from the job
• Building strong relationships and improving existing ones
• Reducing stress and minimizing conflicts

Driving Forces as a Tool to Understand People’s WHY

Driving Forces assessment uniquely defines what sparks motivation and ambition in each of us. What are your driving forces? Are they being satisfied?

What is a Motivator/Driving Force?

• What we value positively or judge negatively in life
• We see the world through the window of our top drivers
• Motivators impel to action and impact our decisions
• Two people with same drivers can have different behaviors, yet still value the same thing in life

What benefits will you get?

Driving Forces assessment provides information on the why of your actions, which with application and coaching, can tremendously impact your valuing of life.

Once you know the motivations that drive your actions, you will immediately be able to understand the causes of conflict.

The assessment will empower you to build on your unique strengths, which you bring to work and life.

You will learn how your passions from 12 Driving Forces frame your perspectives and provide the most accurate understanding of you as a unique person.

Why should you explore your Driving Forces?

• They play a major factor in creating engagement and job satisfaction
• If not properly understood, your drivers may cause conflict with other peop
• People with similar drivers may expedite collaboration and communication

We are all driven by different factors. However, if an individual is placed in an environment that satisfies his/her primary Driving Forces cluster, the likelihood of success and satisfaction greatly increases.

> The three objectives of Driving Forces are:

1. Identify and appreciate how the combination of your four primary factors create your unique Driving Forces

2. Understand and manage how the Driving Forces of others may affect you

3. Establish methods to recognize, modify and blend your Driving Forces with others around you to limit potential conflicts