Which DiSC® Profile Should I Buy?
Before we get into which DiSC personality profile you should buy, I would like to provide you with an overview of DiSC profiles.
DiSC personality profile is an assessment tool used to help individuals understand their natural behaviors, tendencies, stressors, and motivators.
Research shows that when individuals have a better understanding of themselves, they tend to work better with others. As such, DiSC personality profiles allow individuals to build effective workplace relationships.
Leverage Everything DiSC® profiles to enhance teamwork and collaboration in the workplace. DiSC® profiles have evolved since the introduction of William Moulton Marston's book "Emotions of Normal People."
As a result of the evolution of DiSC® personality profiles and by understanding the History of DiSC, our Everything DiSC® profile allows you to leverage your natural tendencies and behaviors to improve how you engage with others with a differing personality style.
Everything DiSC personality profiles provide a wide variety of DiSC assessments to improve the workplace. Our profiles focus on developing employees', managers', leaders', and improving conflict in organizations for productive outcomes.
With such a robust product offering, the chart below aims to help you identify which DiSC® profile fits your organizational needs and will provide the best solution to improve your workplace challenges.
Everything DiSC®
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You have specific development objectives for your employees. Have a significant population of employees with access to a computer. Employees have the flexibility to access the Everything DiSC assessment and supporting resources online and at their leisure. |
You have prior experience with DiSC Classic. Have a significant population of employees with limited access to a computer. Have a considerable union staff, and you require the completion of the DiSC classic paper profile while employees are on their scheduled shift. |
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DiSC Profile Certification |
Certification for Everything DiSC assessment is available but not required to administer the assessment |
Certification for DiSC Classic assessment is no longer available and is not required to administer the assessment. |
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DiSC Profiles for Sales |
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DiSC Profiles for Leaders |
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The Everything DiSC® profiles are best used when you have a specific development objectives such as management development, onboarding, or employee coaching.
Our Everything DiSC profile requires you have access to a computer to complete the DiSC assessment.
Employee's will have the ability to complete the assessment and access supporting resources at their leisure.
- 80 questions
- Takes about fifteen mintues to complete
- Utilizes the circumplex model and is scored on 8 scales
- Provides more accurate results using adaptive testing
- The assessment is accessed with your email. You will receive a link to complete the assessment
- Results are available immediately
- Everything DiSC® Facilitation kit available to purchase
- Everything DiSC® Certification available
- Additional reports to further support Everything DiSC includes the Everything DiSC Facilitator Report, and the Everything DiSC Group Culture Report
| Everything DiSC® | DiSC Classic® | |
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You have specific development objectives Have a significant population of employees with access to a computer Employees have the flexibility to access the DiSC assessment and supporting resources at their leisure |
You had prior experience with DiSC Classic® Have a significant population of employees with limited access to a computer Have a considerable union staff, and you require the completion of the DiSC assessment while on shift |
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DiSC® Profile Certification |
Certification is available but not required |
Certification is no longer available |
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DiSC® Profiles for Employees |
DiSC Classic (Paper)
DiSC Classic 2.0 (Online) |
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DiSC® Profiles for Managers |
DiSC Classic 2 Plus (Online)
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DiSC® Profiles for Sales |
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DiSC® Profiles for Leaders |
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Customized DiSC Profile Reports |
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DiSC Classic
The DiSC Classic profiles are best used where participants have limited access to a computer or in organizations where a considerable amout of the staff are unionized mployee, and you require the completion of the DiSC assessment while on shift,.
- DiSC Classic Paper Profile 28 Questions. DiSC Classic 2.0 (28 questions - online). DiSC Classic 2.0 plus (28 questions + six questions on management, selling and relating).
- Takes about ten minutes to complete
- Utilizes the line graph and is scored on four scales
- DiSC Classic Paper profile results are plotted manually
- DiSC Classic 2.0 and DiSC Classic 2.0 plus results are available immediately
- DiSC Classic profiles and provided to the participants in person.
- DiSC Classic 2.0 and DiSC Classic 2.0 plus are provided access to the survey by email. You will receive a link to complete the assessment
- DiSC Classic Facilitation Kit available to purchase
- DiSC Classic Certification no longer available
- Additional reports to further support DiSC Classic includes the DiSC Classsic Facilitator Report, and the DiSC Classic Group Culture Report