{"id":3498,"date":"2019-11-16T20:54:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T19:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.szinapszis.org\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2019-11-16T20:54:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T19:54:07","slug":"disc-personalities-which-one-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/en\/2019\/11\/16\/disc-personalities-which-one-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"DISC personalities \u2013 Which one are you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine that you hear the following message at the airport: \u2018Ladies and Gentlemen! The 8:30 flight to London will be approximately one hour late. Thank you for your patience and understanding.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Four people are sitting on the seats in front of you. The first, a man in a suit, nervously hisses upon hearing this news, begins tapping on his knees with his fingers, and keeps glancing at his watch. Next to him, a young woman grimacing, making it fairly obvious that patience is not one of <\/span>her<\/span><\/i> virtues. But in the next moment, she turns to the woman sitting next to her with a smile. The latter is not particularly bothered by recent developments, she still sits quietly and is reserved. The fourth person is already on his phone, calculating straight away which train he would be able to catch, given the delay. He sends his grandma a text immediately that he will be 2 hours 47 minutes late for lunch.<\/span><\/p>\n

The four basic qualities of the DISC model are introversion, extroversion, and task- or relationship-orientation. This acronym stands for the four personality types it describes in the model: Dominant, Influencer, Steady and Compliant. Let\u2019s take a look at the four individually.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dominant \u2013 the impatient man (in a suit)<\/span><\/p>\n

The dominant person is really confident and self-assured. They make decisions quickly and don\u2019t like to have their time wasted. They expect good performance and quick results \u2013 and they tend not to be afraid to take risks to achieve that. People with a dominant personality can easily drive teams forward and won\u2019t shy away from challenges. Their downfall can be their competitive spirit, which they can consider to be more important than the people they\u2019re working with. They have a hot temper, and they\u2019re usually not patient. Although usually described as \u2018not easy people\u2019, they appreciate a strong presence, courage and a solution-oriented attitude. With these approaches, it can be a lot easier to have a common understanding and for them to be more useful members of our team.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Influencer \u2013 the impatient one with a smile<\/span><\/p>\n

They are eternal optimists, with a constant smile. They enjoy being the centre of attention, find it easy to make connections, and, because of their personality, they have an easy way of finding common ground with most. Their powers of persuasion are extraordinary. They\u2019re very creative, always coming up with new and exciting ideas they usually try to implement right away. They\u2019re good team players, but their enthusiasm is also their downfall. It can greatly help the team\u2019s results and successes, but it can also be too much. With their explosive nature and impatience, they tend to be disorganised. They\u2019re difficult to get on our side, and we need to make sure we use a positive attitude, while not boring them with too much detail. Let them speak and only interrupt if absolutely necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Steady \u2013 the patient and reserved<\/span><\/p>\n

These people are highly reliable, calm and kind. The expression \u2018they wouldn\u2019t hurt a fly\u2019 describes them perfectly. Good team players, they definitely carry out the tasks set for them. They don\u2019t like conflict and risk, and usually play things safe. Their level-headed and \u2018slowly but surely\u2019 attitude doesn\u2019t always help them, however. As confidence is not usually in their nature, an overly dominant person can suppress them without much difficulty. They\u2019re not good at expressing their feelings and tend to rather hide them \u2013 which they do quite well. If we want to gain their trust, we need to be patient and kind with them, clear and honest about our expectations, and we mustn\u2019t be too aggressive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Compliant \u2013 the calculating, practical one<\/span><\/p>\n

These people are almost too punctual and precise. They will definitely be the first to arrive to a meeting. They do their tasks conscientiously and precisely, down to the last detail. They like to research everything, consider every possibility \u2013 making it an unwise decision to ask them things that require an immediate response. Their input, however, might be valuable even in these cases. They sometimes don\u2019t quite know what to do with their own emotions, and so they might accidentally disregard the feelings of others. But don\u2019t let that fool you, they\u2019re no robots. When communicating with them, we must present our diplomatic sides, providing as much information and detail regarding the situation as possible, and, preferably, without as much emotion as we can.<\/span><\/p>\n

A person doesn\u2019t necessarily fit into one of these four categories, some can only be described by more than one. Even so, there\u2019s usually one that dominates the others. And let\u2019s not forget, we can all change through the course of our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imagine that you hear the following message at the airport: \u2018Ladies and Gentlemen! The 8:30 flight to London will be approximately one hour late. Thank you for your patience and understanding.\u2019 Four people are sitting on the seats in front of you. The first, a man in a suit, nervously hisses upon hearing this news, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101958,"featured_media":3218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[591],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-synapsis"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"1970-01-01 01:00:00","action":"","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","browser_timezone_offset":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/hok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}