How does DISC measure behavior?
DISC is the language of “how we act,” or our behavior. Research has consistently shown that behavioral characteristics can be grouped together into four styles. (Hence the DISC acronym) People with similar styles tend to exhibit specific types of behavior common to that style – this is not acting. A person’s behavior is a necessary and integral part of who they are. In other words, much of our behavior comes from “nature” (inherent), and much comes from “nurture” (our upbringing and our environment). The DISC model scientifically analyzes an individual’s or team’s manner of doing things with as many as 384 combinations of the four measurable styles based on the results of a brief questionnaire. Responses to this questionnaire are rated in terms of Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Compliance, (The four styles of the DISC model) from which a computer program derives a “score” from the answers, usually expressed in as a value of zero to one hundred. This “score” places people’s actions o
