DISC profiles: the 15 combinations

DISC describes how people tend to behave, through four dimensions. Most people lean clearly towards one or two of them, and that combination is their profile. Discality distinguishes 15 profiles.

Each profile page gives a short extract: how the styles combine, what the profile gives and what it costs, its characteristics and what motivates it. The profiles describe tendencies, not ability, and none of them is better than another.

The four dimensions

D

Dominance

Problems, obstacles and challenges

I

Influence

People, communication and contact

S

Steadiness

Pace, routine, change and consistency

C

Conscientiousness

Rules, standards, detail and quality

Everyone is a blend of all four; most people lean clearly towards one or two. No profile is better or worse than another — each has its own strengths and its own cost.

All profiles

DD · DominanceYou move first, and you move towards the problem. II · InfluenceYou move quickly, and you move people with you. SS · SteadinessYou are the person who stays, and stays steady. CC · ConscientiousnessYou would rather be right than be quick. DIDI · Dominance and InfluenceYou decide quickly, and you can carry people with you. DSDS · Dominance and SteadinessYou push hard, and you push in one direction. DCDC · Dominance and ConscientiousnessYou want it changed, and you want it right. ISIS · Influence and SteadinessYou lead with people, and you stay with them. ICIC · Influence and ConscientiousnessYou want to be liked and to be right. SCSC · Steadiness and ConscientiousnessYou do it properly, and you rarely mention it. DISDIS · Dominance, Influence and SteadinessYou can push, persuade and hold steady in turn. DICDIC · Dominance, Influence and ConscientiousnessYou start it, you sell it, you correct it. DSCDSC · Dominance, Steadiness and ConscientiousnessYou decide, you persist, and you check the work. ISCISC · Influence, Steadiness and ConscientiousnessYou look after the people and the standard, both. DISCDISC · Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and ConscientiousnessYou have range, and you use all of it.

What this is not. Not a test — there are no right or wrong answers. Not a psychological assessment, not a measure of ability or performance, and not a basis for selection or promotion decisions.

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