DISC Flow®
LEADER Report

DISC Flow® Leader is a highly accurate report that identifies a leader’s preferred behavioural style and communication preferences. The report focuses on your leadership approach and will make you more aware of your strong points, as well as highlighting behaviours that you may need to introduce or adapt to unlock the potential of your people.

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Leadership Approach

Leadership
Approach

Communication
Style

Strengths &
Limitations

Value to the
Organisation

Motivators &
Stressors

Areas for
Development

Unlocking the Potential
of your People

The Personality Types Explained

The DISC assessment identifies four key personality types: Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Compliance.

DOMINANCE

Direct, assertive, and results-driven, D style individuals are good at making swift decisions. Dominance personality types tend to be very competitive and independent, making them effective workers.

The Dominance leadership style is often authoritative and effective, making a lot of decisions and confidently moving the team forward. However, their abruptness and lack of tolerance for other people’s feelings or ideas might make them an autocratic leader in the workplace.

Because Dominance individuals may tend towards an autocratic leadership style, they need to work on being patient and communicating better with team members. They may need to practice taking advice and cooperating with others to be a less autocratic leader.

INFLUENCE

Enthusiastic, friendly, and energetic, Influence personality types are at their best when working with other people. They are often charismatic and trusting, using their people-oriented personality style to build strong working relationships. 

The I type leadership style is open and enthusiastic. These individuals are able to motivate others and think positively about tasks, which are valuable traits in a leadership setting. They keep the energy levels high and are very conscious of their team members’ feelings, working hard to create a happy and cohesive team. 

However, their leadership limitations include a lack of attention to detail and lower levels of organisation. Because they care about their relationships with other people and wish to be accepted, they might avoid uncomfortable situations and conversations which are essential in leadership. I types might need to work hard to be more engaged in the team’s day-to-day organisation. 

STEADINESS

With good listening skills and an even temper, people with Steadiness personalities shine in a calm and predictable work environment. They are easy-going and sometimes reserved, preferring to work with people they already know. Their strengths include being trustworthy and stable, and they are known for being patient and loyal in a team setting. 

In positions of leadership, people with Steadiness personality types may be democratic leaders because they listen to their team members and take their opinions on board. However, they tend to take decision making processes slowly because they are not natural risk-takers.

People with the Steadiness DISC style also struggle with handling conflict or setting goals, and might be very sensitive to criticism. Less flexible than other personality profiles, they may be resistant to change within an organisation or team, which can stifle innovation. 

COMPLIANCE

Organised, meticulous, and sometimes perfectionistic, the Compliance behaviour style is typical among people who thrive in intellectually stimulating task-oriented work. Good at collecting information, C style types often work well independently. They can be creative and analytical with a great attention to detail. 

In leadership, Compliance types set a good example for their team with their meticulous and detailed approach. They encourage the team to strive for perfection. However, people with the C DISC profile also might frustrate employees with their high standards, causing tension.

Decision-making is often a limitation of these individuals who are cautious and like to collect a lot of data, sometimes delaying the decision-making process. Moreover, C behavioural types may need to work on building bonds with their team and let go of tendencies of micromanagement. 

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FAQs

The key difference between these two DISC profiles is that the DISC Flow® LEADER Report applies the DISC model to an individual’s leadership style. The CORE Report, on the other hand, provides a comprehensive overview of an individual’s DISC style without an emphasis on leadership. 

The assessment measures an individual’s personality, identifying their behaviours and traits. It does not measure intelligence or aptitude and cannot predict the success of a person’s career, but instead provides essential insights for your own professional development. By highlighting opportunities and techniques to improve an individual’s effectiveness, the DISC assessment can help people work towards their personal and professional goals.

This personality assessment is taken by more than a million people each year. Organisations may use the assessment during the hiring process to analyse whether an applicant will fit into a team, but more often it is used to increase the effectiveness of current employees.

The origins of DISC theory are with psychologist William Moulton Marston. In 1928, Marston published his theories in a book called Emotions of Normal People. 

The first personality assessment based on Marston’s theories was devised by industrial psychologist Walter Clarke in 1956. His personality assessment was called the Activity Vector Analysis and required people to tick off the adjectives that were relevant to their personality. 

The DISC assessment has come a long way since then, eventually taking the form of the highly accurate and detailed personality assessment we use today. The assessment is used to help with personal and professional development by people all around the world. 

It usually takes about 10-20 minutes to complete this personality assessment. 

It’s very rare for people’s DISC profiles to change over time. Your personality and general personality traits are pretty consistent, so you’ll get the same result every time you take this personality assessment. 

No personality makes a better leader than the others; each personality has its own unique skills and challenges in leadership. If you want to learn more about how different behavioural styles impact your personal leadership style, check out our DISC Flow® LEADER Report. This personality assessment and report focuses on professional leadership and provides key insights for the development of better leaders.

Yes, if you’re interested in championing DISC insights in your organisation, check out our DISC Trainer certification course. For organisations looking to train a whole team, we can provide in-house training sessions.

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