I’ve been exposed to many personality assessments geared toward teams and management / leadership but never really saw the value of the generalizations. When you’re a young manager I think you want to treat everyone like snowflakes. After working through the DISC assessment and having a few of the managers that work for me take and share with their teams, it became a much more scalable management approach than the ‘snowflake’ method. DISC created a common language around employee needs allowing us to have more productive conversations on how we can support and motivate one another. I’ve found the language useful to help grow young managers, foster peer support, facilitate 360 reviews and generally drive a more transparent, supportive culture. I will say DISC (like other personality assessments) is only part of the puzzle – it’s essential to have a guide to help foster insight and find ways to apply its learnings.
