Platinum Rule Disc Assessment Paper

Personalities are reflections of who people truly are at their core. This past week each team member completed a DISC Platinum RuleTM Behavioral Assessment. As stated in the assigned reading, this assessment provides its users with the tools for becoming a better person, the ability to behave more maturely and productively, and to be more successful. Recognition of different personality styles are observed as each team member completes the assessment. All patterns may not work for everyone. However, these patterns are valuable to building relationships. The Platinum RuleTM identifies four main behavioral styles and 16 sub-styles. Explanations of the main behavioral styles are listed as follows:
Dominance style (D) – driven by two governing needs: the need to control and the need to achieve. The D style is goal oriented, go getters, and most comfortable when they are in charge of people and situations.
Interactive style (I) – friendly, enthusiastic, and like to be where the action is. They thrive on the admiration, acknowledgement, and compliments that come with being in the limelight. They just want to have a good time.
Steadiness style (S) – warm, supportive, and nurturing. They are the most people oriented of the four styles. This style represents excellent listeners, devoted friends, and loyal employees. Their laid back disposition makes them very approachable. This style is an excellent team player.
Cautious style (C) – analytical, persistent, systematic people who enjoy problem solving. This style is very detail-oriented, and task-oriented, who enjoy perfection and working toward tangible results. The Cautious style has high expectations of themselves and others. This can tend to make them very critical and judgmental.
The 16 sub-styles that correlate to the four main styles are as follows:
Dominance
• The Director
• The Adventurer
• The Producer
• The Pioneer
Interactive
• The Socializer
• The Helper
• The Impresser
• The Enthusiast