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DiSC Type "ID"

The Influencer

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About Your DiSC Styles: Everyone has both a Natural style (how you instinctively behave) and an Adapted style (how you adjust to fit work, expectations, or stress). Compare your two profiles to understand your core tendencies and how you may adapt in different environments.

Natural Style

Adapted Style

Your Natural Style: ID

Id — The Influencer

Summary

People with the DISC Id personality style (The Influencer) tend to be energetic, adventurous, and expressive. They use casual language, bold statements, and focus on the big picture, enjoying the challenge of meeting new people and engaging others with stories and enthusiasm.

Overview

With a position on the upper top right of the DISC map, Influencers are known for their social skills, creativity, and charisma. They vividly appeal to others using emotionally expressive and demonstrative communication, often convincing people to take action.

Traits

  • Enjoy the challenge of meeting new people.
  • Approach people and situations in an energetic, lively manner.
  • Engage others with stories.
  • Use charisma to bring people together, build rapport, and share ideas.
  • Discuss high-level ideas and future possibilities.

Strengths

  • Trusting intuition and improvising.
  • Using positive, enthusiastic verbalization to motivate others.
  • Quickly spotting new opportunities for advancement.
  • Solving problems through brainstorming and open discussion.
  • Delegating responsibility for detailed tasks.
  • Bringing energy and a sense of adventure to a team.
  • Placing a high priority on personal interactions and relationships.
  • Creating novel solutions to challenging problems.

Weaknesses

  • Struggling to follow predictable routines.
  • Failing to evaluate problems realistically due to overly optimistic expectations.
  • Pursuing too many new ideas at once.
  • Winning people over, even when others have a more logical argument.
  • Trying to control all of the results.
  • Stepping too far out of the details of important projects.
  • Creating an environment that is too flexible for those who need structure.
  • Being unable to limit time spent interacting with people.

Growth Opportunities

  • Hold yourself accountable to time spent meeting or conversing by setting reminders.
  • Make an effort to genuinely consider other people’s suggestions and ideas.
  • Avoid being overly optimistic by involving a more realistic person in major decisions.
  • Try to follow a more consistent routine when working closely with others.

Work Environment

  • Influencers thrive in environments where they can meet new people and motivate coworkers with creative ideas.
  • They excel when leading group conversations and describing a vision for others to follow.
  • When working with cautious and reserved people, they can offer innovative solutions.
  • With other I-types, it’s important to hold each other accountable for measurable progress.

Works Well With

  • Listen to and value their ideas.
  • Take the time to get to know them.
  • Maintain a positive mindset.

Obstacles

  • Fail to honor a consistent structure or routine.
  • Move on from a project before it’s finished.
  • Overwhelm others with energy and surplus of ideas.

Motivations

  • They are asked to be in charge of a brainstorming session.
  • Their boss encourages them to share ideas.
  • Their peers are open-minded and optimistic.
  • Their direct reports make independent, creative decisions.
  • Finding new opportunities without much guidance.
  • Regularly interacting with a large, diverse group.
  • Fostering new relationships and convincing others.
  • Exploring multiple ideas at once.
  • Assigning analytical tasks to other people.
  • Thinking on their feet and figuring things out as they go.
  • Participating in group discussions and brainstorming sessions.
  • Taking the time to understand how someone else thinks.
  • Providing verbal encouragement and telling stories.

Draining Activities

  • They have to follow a strict daily routine.
  • Their boss expects a perfect track record of results.
  • Their peers spend too much time discussing risks and benefits.
  • Their direct reports need specific scheduling and explanation.
  • Considering all aspects of a key decision.
  • Following procedures and routines.
  • Taking time to think through a problem before deciding.
  • Inspecting and maintaining high-quality results.
  • Spending a lot of time researching root causes.
  • Frequently asking factual, clarifying questions.
  • Providing clear, step-by-step instructions.
  • Communicating primarily in writing.
  • Minimizing risk with structure, redundancy, and analysis.

Communication

  • Use a casual, but assertive tone and describe things with enthusiasm and colorful language.

Meetings

  • Meetings should be in-person when possible, without a specific agenda.

Emailing

  • Emails should be casual, brief, and include high-level information.

Feedback

  • Feedback should be focused on the high level and delivered with encouragement.

Conflict

  • Conflicts should be productive and focused on talking through problems to find creative solutions.
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