DISC BEHAVIOR SURVEY - Payne's Fine Arts Classes

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DISC BEHAVIOR SURVEY

Instructions: Focus on the instinctive behavior of someone you desire to better understand. Better yet let them complete the assessment.

How to respond: Rank each horizontal row of words on a scale of 4, 3, 2, 1 with 4 being the word that best describes you and 1 being the least like you. Use all rankings in each line only once. Below is an example:

2 Dominant

1 Influencing

4 Steadiness

3 Compliant

Forceful Aggressive Direct Tough Daring Competitive Risk taker Argumentative Bold Take charge Candid Independent

Lively Emotional Animated People-oriented Impulsive Expressive Talkative Fun-loving Spontaneous Optimistic Cheerful Enthusiastic

Modest Accommodating Agreeable Gentle Kind Supportive Gentle Patient Stable Peaceful Loyal Good listener

Tactful Consistent Accurate Perfectionist Cautious Precise Factual Logical Organized Conscientious Serious High standards

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Note: If your totals do not add up to 120, you did not complete the survey correctly or you made a mistake in adding up the totals. Recheck your work.

This assessment survey is designed to determine your general DISC styles. For a more precise evaluation, we recommend instruments using a "Most/Least" selection process which provides an expanded profile analysis.

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Tallying Your Score:

High

1. On the previous page, enter the Style

D I S C High Style

letter "D" in first large box; enter "I"

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in the second; "S" in the third; and

48 Extreme

"C" in the fourth.

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Transfer the disc totals from the

bottom of the previous page to the

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tally box below:

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40 Strong 36

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Tally Box:

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30 Medium 28

DI SC

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24 Strong 20

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2. Using the totals from your tally box, plot your D-I-S-C dimensions on the graph to the right; then connect the four points.

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12 Extreme

D I S C Low

Style

Low Style

3. After completing your graph, circle all plotting points above the midline.

My High Style(s) are: ______________

4. Below are definitions of DISC styles.

Dominant Styles: Work toward achieving goals and results; they function best in an active, challenging environment.

Influencing Styles: Work toward relating to people through verbal persuasion; they function best in friendly, favorable, environment.

Steadiness Styles: Work toward supporting and cooperating with others; they function best in supportive, harmonious environment.

Conscientious Styles: Work toward doing things right and focus on details; they function best in a structured, orderly environment.

Assignment: Based on the information above, write a personalized definition: I tend to work toward... And function best in an environment that is...

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Understanding Your Basic Style

Action Plan: Circle the High & Low Types below that correspond with High & Low Styles on your graph on page 16. For understanding your Basic Style, take a few minutes to consider these Basic Style traits that you circled for Act, Want, Fear and Response in each of the High or Low types in your style. Do the traits accurately describe you?

High Type

D

I

S

C

Act Want Fear Response

Assertive Control Losing Anger

Persuasive

Patient

Contemplative

Approval

Routine

Standards

Rejection

Change

Being Wrong

Blame Nonparticipation

Criticisms

Act Want Fear Response

Low Type

Cooperative Harmony

Confrontation Indifference

D

Unemotional Responsive

Free-spirited

Logic

Variety

Non-structured

Illogical Act Status Quo

Conforming

Suspicion Physical Action

Emotion

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S

C

Using the chart above, define your basic style by completing the statement below:

Defining Your Basic Style

As a/an ________ style blend, I naturally act ____________________________ act

because I want _____________________________________________. want

If I perceive that I may face _________________________________________, fear

I may respond with ________________________________________________ response

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Understanding Your Negotiating Style in Resolving Conflict

Action Plan: Again, circle the High & Low Types below that correspond with High & Low Styles on your graph on page 16. For understanding your Basic Style, take a few minutes to consider these Basic Style traits that you circled for Comfortable, Fears, Tensions and Conflict in each of the High or Low types in your style. Do the traits accurately describe how you handle conflict?

High Type

D

I

S

C

Comfortable Fears Tension

Conflict

Decisive Losing Demands action

Avoids conflict

Enthusiastic

Rejection

Emotional Attacks

Complies

Supportive Change Complies

Stubbornly attacks

Structured

Being Wrong

Avoids Disagreeing

Demands details

Comfortable A Team Player

Detached

Spontaneous

Unstructured

Fears

Confrontation Illogical Actions Status Quo

Conforming

Tension

Becomes quiet

Remains calm

Challenges others

Becomes arbitrary

Conflict

Stuff feelings Reacts covertly

Assesses Blame

Becomes sarcastic

Low Type

D

I

S

C

Using the chart above, define your conflict style by completing the statement below:

Defining Your Basic Style

I am most comfortable being _________________________________________ When I feel fears of ___________________________ it causes tension for me. Under tension I may _________________________________________, If this intensifies the conflict, I may __________________________________

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