DiSC and Animal Personality types. We use these for many of our TeamBuild.us workshops.

1. DiSC Personality
Brent Green – TeamBuild.us

2. Who are we?
TeamBuild.us
We help people:
 Recognize strengths
 Minimize limitations
 Work better together as teams

3. What is Personality??

4. Share 2 things about your personality
Write it down
Share it with the group

5. DiSC
Personality Assessment
 Used for:
 Self Understanding
 Building Teams
 Resolving Conflicts
 Career Direction
 Leadership Development

6. Who has taken a personality assessment
before?
What was your experience like?

7. Animal Personality Styles

8. TELL
LISTEN
Authority/Control Social Esteem/Being Liked
Organization Security/Harmony
TASK
PEOPLE
DiSC

9. Self Assessment Today
Determine your personality Type

10. Direct
Decisive
Problem-solver
Risk-taker
Self-starter

11. Greatest Strengths Possible Limitations
 Gets things done
 Challenges status quo
 Innovative
 Oversteps authority
 Seen as Argumentative

12. Leader
•Self-reliant
•Pushes group to make
decisions
•Willing to speak out
•Maintains focus on goals
Problem
Solver
•Innovative in obtaining
results
•Welcomes challenges without
fear
•Ability to overcome obstacles
•Accepts risks
Multitasker
•Sees big picture
•Ability to handle multiple
projects
•Functions well with heavy
workloads
in a Team Dynamic

13. Enthusiastic
Optimistic
Persuasive
Talkative
Engaging

14. Greatest Strengths Possible Limitations
 Great encourager
 Motivates others to achieve
 Positive sense of humor
 Negotiates conflicts
 Peacemaker
 Could be more concerned
with popularity than tangible
results
 Might not be attentive to
detail
Good
morning,
sunshine!

15. Influencer
•Participatory manager –
influence and inspire
•Provides direction, leadership
•Accomplishes goals through
people
•Motivates the team
•Spontaneous and agreeable
Communicator
•Instinctive communicator
•Articulate
•Will offer opinions
•Makes good spokesperson
•Persuasive
•Strong brainstorming sessions
•Responds well to the unexpected
Peacemaker
•Creates atmosphere of well being
•Enthusiastic, good sense of
humor
•Positive attitude
•Works well with other people
•Accepting of others
in a Team Dynamic

16. Good listener
Team player
Understanding
Friendly

17. Greatest Strengths Possible Limitations
 Reliable and dependable
 Loyal team worker
 Good listener, patient and
empathetic
 Good at reconciling conflicts
 Takes a while to adjust to
change
 Might be sensitive to criticism
Changes??
Oh nooo!

18. Relationship
Builder
•Makes others feel like they
belong
•Shows sincerity
•Focused and intuitive about
people and relationships
•Strives to build relationships
•Shows patience with others
Team Player
•Participative manager –
accomplishes goals through
personal relationships
•Buys into team goals
•Identifies strongly with team
•Loyal, dependable
•Provides specialized skills
Voice of
Reason
•Can see an easier way of doing
things
•Full of common sense
•Realistic and practical
•Provides stability
in a Team Dynamic

19. Accurate
Analytical
Conscientious
High standards
Systematic

20. Greatest Strengths Possible Limitations
 Perspective: “the anchor of
reality”
 Conscientious and even-tempered
 Thorough in all activities
 Defines situation
 Gathers, criticizes and tests
information
 Too much detail focus and not
enough action focus.
 Might not verbalize feelings

21. Organizer
•Instinctive organizer
•“Do it yourself” manager
– creates and maintains
systems
•Thinks logically
•Works systematically
Quality
Control
•Strives for logical,
consistent environment
•Controls details
•Conscientious
•Emphasizes quality
Data
Analyst
•Analyzes obstacles
•Evaluates team’s
progress
•Maintains focus on tasks
•Asks important questions
Diplomat
•Diplomatic
•Will strive for consensus
•Offers subtle/indirect
approaches
•Will share risks and
responsibilities
in a Team Dynamic

22. So, which personality type
are ?
Driver Influencer Steady
Conscientious

23. Each Person has a Dominant and a
Secondary Type
Driver Influencer Steady
Conscientious

24. Choose 1 Now. 
Driver Influencer Steady
Conscientious

25. Things that affect results
 Past experience
 Expectations
 Feelings about this type of tool
 Clarifications on theory
 Not believing that all types good
 Would these or any other things affect/bias your results??

26. Reminders
 All DiSC styles are equally valuable.
 Everyone is a blend of all four styles.
 People can adapt their styles to fit particular situations or
environments

27. Where to from here?
 Confirm Type/Style
 360 Feedback
 Learn to appreciate each others strengths/talents better

28. Next Time
 Take Online Assessment
 Please share your email addresses
 Will email you details on how to take it