DISC Assessment Tools

We partner with HR professionals, business managers and consultants who are frustrated with the challenges of workplace behaviour and its impact on productivity and employee and organisational well-being. Using our DISC assessment tools businesses can expect to overcome the most common people issues leading to better communication, team cohesion and employee wellbeing. 

DISC assessment tools provide consultants, hr professionals and managers with information to maximise the performance of employees. DISC employee assessments are more than a recruitment tool. They are used to enhance teamwork, communication and development.

What is a DISC Assessment?

The DISC Assessment is a self-assessment tool used by thousands of organisations worldwide to improve communication, teamwork and employee wellbeing.

The Extended DISC online assessment comprises 24 questions (48 sub-questions). Sounds simple, but it provides remarkably accurate insights into human behaviour. Our DISC Assessments are based on the highly validated and world-renowned Extended DISC® model. The ipsative style assessment is shown to identify both a person's 'natural' AND 'adapted' behavioural style. Which allows for much more in-depth insight into who a person is, not who they think they should be.

DISC tools allow consultants and managers to understand how people are really feeling at the time of assessment. When communicating with employees, it's difficult to tell if they are demotivated, stressed, frustrated or unsure of their role. Extended DISC® behavioural assessments help identify these emotional issues and provide a framework for discussion. 81% of our clients have experienced a significant increase in self-awareness in themselves and their teams since using an Extended DISC workplace assessment.

Business consultants and managers use DISC assessment tools to understand what drives people. As well as their strengths, development areas, what motivates and demotivates them, and how best to communicate and retain them.

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How DISC assessments are used in the workplace

DISC workplace assessment tools have a wide variety of workplace applications. Below are some of the most common ways organisations are using DISC in the workplace.

Success stories of DISC assessments

Employee Engagement

A leading US hospital used an Extended DISC workplace assessment tool to increase employee engagement. Employee engagement was becoming a problem due to a lack of communication and teamwork between departments. They set out to use a DISC assessment tool to support and improve employee interaction to help improve overall workplace efficacy.

After implementing Extended DISC tools, the hospital achieved the 18th ranking out of 500 in the list of Forbes magazine's "America's Best Employers" for 2017.

"We have seen a noticeable difference in many of our internal teams as well as a noticeable improvement in communication and team cohesion since we've utilised the Extended DISC® tool."

Improved Efficiency

A large training organisation looked to increase its clients' sales. Their philosophy is that in sales, being able to build rapport, bond with others, and deal with difficult people are skills that, when done successfully, will set us apart from our competition.

They selected Extended DISC® as a tool to incorporate into their training programs. They applied DISC internally and externally as part of every conversation.

They asked new clients to measure the time they currently spend on emotional waste, drama, and problem solving to make sales. After they conduct the Extended DISC® training, they ask their clients to measure again.

Clients recognised a 20% drop in stress and time management within the sales process. What they find is that applying Extended DISC® allows their employees to move out of an emotional perspective and into a strategic one.

Sales Performance

An Extended DISC® consultant partnered with a sales team of a large manufacturer who looked to increase sales. Once completing the online questionnaire, the group participated in a full-day training session.

The content of the programme consisted of:

• Background on Extended DISC
• Understanding the four basic behavioural styles (D, I, S and C)
• Interpreting their own reports to really understand themselves
• Identifying the behavioural styles of customers
• Communication and the various styles
• Listening and the various styles
• Adjusting our styles - How to sell to the different styles
• Factors that motivate the buying decisions of the various styles

Immediately following the training, there was a noticeable improvement in communication between the individuals and the team's morale. They appeared to be more focused, and the sales manager reported to our consultant that sales immediately increased by some 11% in the first month and that increased level has been surpassed in the second month by another 1.5%.

Increased Retention

One of our European associates achieved a remarkable turnaround in staff retention rates by introducing the Extended DISC assessment tool to a large cable television and internet provider.

Candidates were employed on a three-month trial period, and 50% of them did not continue with the firm after the initial three months. After using Extended DISC the number of new recruits who remained with the organisation improved to 83%. Only 17% left after the initial trial period.

Implementing Extended DISC as part of the recruitment process meant that the profile of each candidate could be compared to the profile of the "ideal profile" (made through benchmarking and role analysis). This provided a basis on which an objective hiring decision relating to each candidate could be made.

The validity of recruitment decisions rose significantly as a result of applying Extended DISC solutions. Instead of losing 50% of new recruits after the three months, this figure dropped to 17% - a considerable saving in recruiting and training costs.