Traits & Classicals
DISC Traits
Snapshot description – Classical Patterns
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Understanding & Interpreting the Report
Personality predicts job success
For years psychologists turned to cognitive ability as a predictor of job performance: The more intelligent people were considered to be the more likely they were to succeed in a job. But intelligence alone is only part of the story, say researchers.
Personality, rather than intelligence, is a more accurate predictor of job success.
About the DISC Traits
| Dominance | Low Scorers: | High Scorers: |
| Describes the way people assert themselves, control situations and deal with problems. | – do not assert themselves. They prefer harmony and co-operation. | – are assertive, decisive, direct and like to be challenged. |
| Influence | ||
| The way people deal with other people, how they are energised by communicating with others. | – are not actively sociable although they may have developed social skills. They tend to take little at face value. | – like interacting with people in a positive way. They are energised by people. |
| Steadiness | ||
| Describes how accommodating, patient and thoughtful a person is. | – are not so accommodating and can get impatient more readily. |
– are co-operative and patient. They are thoughtful and have a need to help others. |
| Conscientiousness/ Compliance |
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| How a person approaches and organises their activity, procedures and responsibilities. | – are less organised and less conscientious. They tend to dislike rules and restrictions. | – are keen to be conscientious They avoid any risky situations. |
Snapshot description – Classical Patterns
A section of the report is entitled:
A snapshot of you based on the interaction of the four DISC traits
This ‘snapshot’ is the DISC ‘Pattern’ or ‘Classical Pattern’ relating to that individual.
To explain – As you will appreciate there are literally thousands of different combinations of graph scores. Therefore to help interpretation, communication and understanding, researchers and experts in DISC have defined – through statistical analysis of the graph combinations – what are known as ‘Patterns’ or ‘Classifications’.
Therefore the ‘snapshot’ is the DISC classical pattern and is based on the relationship – the interaction and blend – of the DISC traits.
