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DISC Personality type test
Posted by mjmedlock on June 1, 2014 in managing people | ∞
The DISC personality test is used by organisations to classify personality types. Why do they need to do this?
Sometimes it is used in the selection process. Firms attempt to analyse top performers and then recruit candidates with similar DISC profiles. This is a somewhat controversial use of the tool as it might lead to creating firms full of clones.
A more productive use of the test is to identify DISC types within a team. This can help the team understand each others’ preferred communication and management styles. When done properly this can have powerful consequences for team efficiency and effectiveness.
The presentation slides below summarizes the different aspects of DISC.