How to Use Your Everything DiSC Style to Make Better Decisions
"DiSC"over your Decision-Making Style!
Hey there! Thank you for purchasing our ebook, "5 Things to Know About Making Decisions." We hope you are enjoying the book and we're so glad you're here!
A great way to increase self-awareness of your personal decision-making style is through the Everything DiSC® profile.
We love this tool - over the years we’ve delivered over 30,000 DiSC assessments to individuals and teams - and we are sure you will benefit from it as well.​
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In this bonus content, we'll explain how DiSC and Decision Making interplay, and at the end we'll offer you a promo code to take the DiSC survey for yourself. Let's go!
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Find Your Unique DiSC Style
Everything DiSC is a behavioral assessment that helps you understand your behavioral tendencies and how they interact with others. There are four primary styles - D, i, S, C. Everyone has a mix of these styles, but one or two are typically dominant. Understanding your DiSC style (and others') helps improve communication, teamwork, and leadership effectiveness. It's widely used as a “go to” tool in workplaces to enhance collaboration and reduce conflict.
Take a look below - which style(s) sound most like you?
Your Style's Impact on Decision-Making
Did you see yourself in one or two of the styles? Keep in mind, no style's "flavor combination" is better than the other. Each DiSC style has its own strengths, blind spots, habits and motivations which both help and hinder decision-making. By understanding how we make decisions, as well as how others make decisions, we can speed up decision making and prevent stalemates from happening. Before we go further, take note of some additional characteristics of each style:
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D – loves a challenge & taking charge
i – thrives on relationships and enjoys collaboration
S – values harmony, teamwork, and consistency
C – focuses on accuracy, quality, and precision
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Got it? Let's continue reading to see how each DiSC style behaves when in decision mode...
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High "D" Style
Keyword: Speed
In meetings run by D Styles, decisions are more likely to be made quickly, with clear and concise action plans. If the decision-making process stalls, the D style will likely call for a vote. This style likes voting because it’s clean, quick, and decisive. It keeps debating to a minimum. Also, it’s harder to argue that a vote is unfair and closure is clearly attained.
What to watch for: Since D Styles are fine taking risks, they may push others beyond their comfort zones in group decisions.
High "i" Style
Keyword: Buy-in
i Styles are outgoing, persuasive and people-oriented, and seek collaboration in the decision-making process. More participation is better, because it increases buy-in for the decision. And buy-in raises group energy and commitment.
What to watch for: This need for participation may frustrate other styles, especially if it slows down the decision-making process or ignores key facts and data that need to be considered.
High "S" Style
Keyword: Harmony
S Styles are reliable, helpful and patient. Like the i Styles, they also prefer decisions by participation and consensus. Other team members can count on the S Styles to do their job in the faithful execution of group decisions, especially when there is a clear path forward.
What to watch for: This need for harmony may frustrate other styles, because decisions tend to be worked and reworked until all are in agreement.
High "C" Style
Keyword: Fact-based
C Styles seek rational decisions. Optimally, the decision will be dictated by the facts and logic of the situation. C Styles like to analyze the pros and cons of issues to reach the best decision. To the C style, risk is something that must be minimized or even eliminated. This means the process must be done correctly.
What to watch for: This “processing” may be uncomfortable for others, because the analysis the C Style craves takes more time and ignores options that could offer better results if prudent risks are taken.
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Find Out What Style You Are
Curious about what your DiSC style is? As a thank you for purchasing our book, use promo code 5THINGS
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After you take the survey, you’ll instantly receive your personalized Everything DiSC report, containing in depth insights on your DiSC style and valuable tips on how to use your unique style to make smart decisions and connect better with those around you.
Happy decision making from your friends at Focus Tools!
By understanding how each DiSC style approaches decision making, we can temporarily adjust our own preferences to sync up better with their needs. And if other styles do the same for us, decision making speed and outcomes instantly become better.
