Extended DISC
- What is DISC? Who created DISC?
- What benefits my company by Extended DISC® assessments?
- What are Extended DISC® assessments?
What is DISC? Who created DISC?
DISC theory was developed in the early 20th century by Carl Jung, who is considered to be the father of analytical psychology. DISC was used for the first time in 1951 by the Military Intelligence Service of the United States. The aim was to better know the new recruited staff, how to further develop them, what motivated them, how they communicated, as a tool to help evaluate how they could unlock their full potential. Nowadays, these dimensions of human behavior have been translated into algorithms.
Today Extended DISC is used by tens of thousands of organizations around the world to help improve teamwork, communication, and productivity in the workplace. Extended DISC is a behavioural assessment that measures an individuals’ hard-wired DISC style and how the individual prefers to interact with others. Extended DISC helps us to better understand ourselves and others. This assessment is conducted online by filling an an online questionnaire that takes only 10 minutes to complete. The reports can be customized for all levels of the organization and they can be provided in any format, at no additional cost,
Extended DISC assessments are easy to administer, user-friendly and a powerful tool in a wide range of applications.
The DISC model divides people into four main behavioral styles. Individuals are identified as either People-oriented or Task-oriented. They are further distinguished as Reserved or Active. The resulting behavioral styles are called:
D style– Dominance
D Styles are persistent, direct, results-oriented, determined, competitive and willing people. The D style prefer to move quickly, makes independent decisions, takes risks and focuses on the main objective. They need to have responsibility and to have the situation under control. When D-styles feel pressured they want to focus even more on getting things done. They get bored with details and routine tasks.
The D-style motto is, “I did it my way”.
I style- Influence
I Styles are energetic, social, friendly, enthusiastic, optimistic, influential and talkative. They like to be the center of attention and meet new people. They talk a lot but never about details, avoid unpleasant topics and are not always direct persons. They are quick decision makers as they do not care much about details or additional information. They decide on the basis of intuition and emotions. I Style generate new ideas to move forward, generate discussion, creates a positive and pleasant atmosphere.
Their motto is, “I am a nice person! Everyone should like me!
S-style (Steadiness)
S styles are steady, calm, honest, polite people, tend to help others and are more hesitant in decision-making. S style likes to work in a team and needs help in decision making. S-style profiles prefer things to remain the same because they like stability and security. S-styles value fairness and justice. They succeed by being very persistent and maintaining a long-term perspective.
S style motto is – ‘If it is not broken, why should we change it?’
C-style (Correctness)
C-styles are the most analytical of the four DISC styles. C styles are very perfectionist, systematic, fact-oriented, detail-oriented and logical profiles. The C style ensures that everything goes as it should and the biggest fear he has is criticism of the work done. They prefer written communication and can analyze issues more than they should. C styles make correct and accurate decisions but they are also very critical of themselves.
The C-style profile’s motto is, “If we do not have time to do it right, do we have time to do it over again?”
What does my company benefit from Extended DISC® assessment?
Our clients use Extended DISC® assessments to improve a range of processes in the human resources department. Through these assessments, they aim to hire the right people and develop their employees by enabling them to adapt and modify behaviors in order to be more productive and successful.
With Extended DISC assessments, in your company:
- SENIOR MENAGEMENT – It clarifies the decision to hire someone.
- MIDDLE MANAGEMENT – Promotes, challenges, motivate employees.
- HUMAN RESOURCES – Hire the right candidate. His/Her compatibility with the position and team.
- TRAINERS – Necessary Trainings.
- EMPLOYEES – How to know themselves better and be successful?
Individuals who apply these assessments become more aware that their success is largely determined by how well they interact with other people. They learn how to create effective relationships, how to communicate, influence and motivate others to build successful relationships with subordinates, current clients and prospects, colleagues, managers, friends and family members.
Among the most popular Extended DISC applications we mention:
- Leadership development
- Sales Training
- Communication skills training
- Customer Experience training
- Team development
What are Extended DISC® assessments?
Extended DISC® contains a set of online assessments that identify individuals' natural DISC style. Reports are adapted and personalized according to your needs.
Assessments can be customized to specific positions and industries to provide the most important information employees need.
Once the individual completes the online questionnaire (E-DISC) only once, the results can be combined in different reports at no additional cost. Also, you can combine these results and include an unlimited number of individuals into one team report. The system also allows you to generate different reports according to the competencies you need to analyze.
DISC certification
Be part of the successful Extended DISC accredited consultants worldwide. Through Extended DISC certification you have the right to be an independent user of this tool.
We offer online and onsite certification to suit your needs
About the Program
The Certification Program is led by our experienced experts that has extensive experience in monitoring and managing human resources. As Extended DISC experts, they have trained executives from various business sectors helping them build practical strategies to assess the potential of their human resources by further developing and stabilizing them.
The program includes two interactive days dedicated to the Extended DISC model and human behavior. During the program you will explore 4 main types and combinations of behavior. You will learn how to manage and use the profile data beyond the reports and how to read if there are underlying feelings associated within the results.
We will address in detail:
- Strength and development areas for each of the 4 styles.
- How DISC styles are motivated and their approach to achieving tasks and goals.
- Causes of stress and how to relieve stress.
- How they prefer to communicate.
Your Benefits:
- An internationally recognized qualification in the world’s most advanced psychometric system.
- A value-added HR tool to optimize individual, team and organizational performance.
- Free Extended DISC assessment for each participant that will get certified.
- User Guide - full of simple instructions to navigate and administer the FinxS Online Platform, case studies and much more.
- Continuous excellent support from EPPC to help you benefit as much as possible by FinxS and Extended DISC.
DISC Workshop
We offer the possibility of conducting the workshop online or on site in order to fully meet your needs.
This workshop is designed to understand one’s personal work behavioral style and learn how to build more effective relationships to improve the overall quality of the workplace.
Program Overview:
It incorporates:
- Extended DISC® behavioural assessment.
- Facilitated discussion on style strengths and limitations, role play and experiential activity.
- Certified DISC Trainer to answer your questions.
This workshop delivers a comprehensive, easily customizable workplace development solution to engage every employee—regardless of title or position, department or function—in building more productive and effective relationships at work.
Participants in our Extended DISC Workshop will:
- Discover their own Extended DISC® behavioral style and recognize the priorities, motivators, and stress triggers that shape their workplace experience
- Explore the 4 main behavioural styles and understand the differences and similarities among them.
- Recognize other people's behaviors and how to adapt to their needs.
- Understand how their behavior may be perceived by others.
- Identify strategies to make more meaningful connections with colleagues of various styles in order to work more effectively to reduce tension, solve problems, and contribute positively to their organizations
Extended DISC® Certified Trainers
Our certified trainers have extensive experience in using Extended DISC to improve communication, enhance team performance, improve customer service, reduce conflict and understand the differences in behavioral styles.
Workshop details
This program can be delivered in half day or a full day format. Our trainers customize the Extended DISC training workshop based on the type of organization, number of people and budget. Participant fees vary based on the number of participants.