DIC The DIC profile: Dominance, Influence and Conscientiousness
You start it, you sell it, you correct it.
Your three elevated dimensions are Dominance — the drive to decide and push through resistance — Influence — the pull to persuade and energise — and Conscientiousness — accuracy and standards.
That is a fast, exacting combination, and the dimension you do not lead with matters as much as the three you do. S sits low, so nothing you touch is allowed to settle. Your D decides, your I brings people with you, and your C insists the result hold up — but none of the three carries any patience, and the pace never drops for long.
What this combination gives you
- New things get started, and they get built
- You persuade people to accept a change they resisted
- Broken things are rebuilt properly, not patched again
- You set a high standard and make it sound worth reaching
What it costs you
- Everything keeps moving, and nothing is ever finished
- Maintenance bores you, so work you started well quietly decays after you leave it
- People who cannot keep your pace are replaced rather than developed, and the ones who remain are exhausted
Characteristics
- Fast, direct and decisive
- Persuasive; comfortable arguing for change
- Holds a high standard under time pressure
- Restless; quickly bored by settled work
- Moves easily between the argument and the detail
What motivates you
- Difficult problems and visible challenge
- Authority to decide and to change things
- An audience for your reasoning
- Work judged on results, not on hours
- Fast progress and demanding standards together
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