This past May, I attended the
LeaderShape Institute with Temple University, a six-day long leadership
retreat. On the second day of the program, we talked about leadership styles
and took the DiSC Classic Personality Test. This test helps you understand
yourself and others by giving you a framework for understanding human behavior.
DiSC stands for dominance, influence, steadiness, and conscientiousness. After
completing the test, you find out the strength of these qualities are in your
own personality.
I found out that I am a “C,” which places an emphasis on work
that ensures quality and accuracy. After taking the test and finding out which
letter each of us represented, we found that our different strengths in our
leadership styles, when combined, are beneficial, especially in your
organization or workplace. Whether
you represent dominance, influence, steadiness, or conscientiousness all four
of these qualities are needed:
Dominance (D) – This type of person likes getting immediate
results, shaping the environment, making quick decisions, managing trouble,
solving problems, and questioning the status quo. A person with a dominant
personality needs others who use caution, weigh pros and cons, research facts,
calculate risks, and recognize the needs of others.
Influence (i) – This type of person likes contacting people, being
articulate, creating a motivating environment, generating enthusiasm, and
entertaining people. An influencer needs others who respect sincerity, develop
systematic approaches, take a logical approach, concentrate on the task, and
seek facts.
Steadiness (S) – This type of person enjoys performing in a
consistent, predictable manner, demonstrating patience, helping others, showing
loyalty, being a good listener, and creating a stable, efficient work
environment. A person with this personality needs others who react quickly to
unexpected change, apply pressure on others, work well in an unpredictable
environment, and are flexible in work procedures.
Conscientiousness (C) – This type of person likes being diplomatic
with people, critically analyzing performance, concentrating on details,
approaching situations systematically, and weighing pros and cons. This person
needs others who delegate important tasks, encourage teamwork, use policies as
guidelines, and make quick decisions.
Whichever letter you represent, you
bring value to your workplace or organization. You may even have qualities from
two or more DiSC areas. As you can see, you need others with different
strengths and leadership styles to help make your workplace or organization the
best it can be. What type of leader are you?
This guest blog post was written by PRowl staff member Megan Healy.
3 comments:
Great article Megan! It was great attending the LeaderShape Institution with you.
Wonderful article, Megan! LeaderShape Institute was one of the most life-changing experience that I ever had; it's great attending it with you and other aspirational people!
Hope your summer is going well! =)
Wonderful article, Megan! LeaderShape Institute was one of the most life-changing experience that I ever had; it's great attending it with you and other aspirational people!
Hope your summer is going well! =)
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