Deliverable 7 - Effective Leadership

Running Head: DISC PERSONALITY TEST

DISC PERSONALITY TEST 2

DISC Personality Test

Name: John Blair

Institution Affiliation: Rasmussen College

Here is the link to get the below results: https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/ODATa /?results=45,40,75,47.5

type	score
Dominance	45%
Influence	40%
Steadiness	75%
Compliance	47.5%

According to the Open DISC personality test results, it shows that Dominance is 45%, Influence is 40%, Steadiness in 75%, and Compliance or Contentiousness is 47.5%. Thus, based on these results, they show that I am more of supporting other people who are around me. This is the case since I have the highest percentage in steadiness. Thus, I thrive on collaboration as well as the stable environment. The compliance is the second meaning I strive for making sure everything is done in an accurate in the professional environment. In addition, it shows that I like taking a challenge as well as appreciating the need for the stability. Additionally, dominance follows the compliance since I the results recorded 45% score thus showing that I am result oriented and I like challenging the status quo as well as taking action. The last personality of me is Influence since I have the lowest score, that is, 40% showing that I am less enthusiastic thus not enjoy the collaboration as well as taking action. The above results can affect my decisions in the professional environment since it will show that I like supporting people who are around me to meet their goals as well as needs in the workplace. This spirit will result in teamwork and collaboration that involves almost every person in the workplace when making any decision. Furthermore, when making a decision, it seems the compliance test result shows that I am always keen on making a right and accurate decision.

There are four personality types which are abbreviated by D I S and C. The D stands for Dominance, I stand for Influence, C stands from Steadiness, and C stands for Conscientiousness. Based on the four types of personality types, a person who has the highest score in D shows one is forceful, strong-willed, direct, skeptical (Discprofiles.com, 2017). The person who the highest score of Influence shows that one is talkative, sociable, and lively, thus, one is accepting and fast passed. Additionally, a person with the highest score of steadiness shows that one is soft-hearted and accommodating. Lastly, the conscientiousness shows one is private, logical, and analytical. Thus, based on the DISC results it shows I am more of accommodating and soft-hearted person, logical, sociable, and strong-willed.

Having understood my personality is helpful since it will help me in knowing how to communicate with others as well leading them. For instance, based on my highest score in Influence shows that I will be a leading in an effective way since I will be capable of accommodating other people thus attracting collaboration and efficient communication. In addition, understanding my traits will aid me in understanding my strengths and weakness when it comes to communication and leadership.

Furthermore, my personality will influence the decisions I make in a professional environment. For example, since I like accommodating other people a lot as well as helping them in their tasks to make sure they make the right and accurate moves, this trait will aid me in welcoming people when making decisions at the workplace. Thus, it will help in ensuring other people in a professional environment are consulted before a certain decision is made.

Reference

Discprofiles.com. (2017). DiSC® Personality Types. Retrieved on 16th March 2017 from https://www.discprofiles.com/blog/2017/03/disc-personality-types/.