People often wonder, what exactly is a DISC assessment?  Let’s start off with a little background on DISC and the man who created it, Dr. William Marston(pictured above).  He was a Harvard scholar and published a book in 1928 called Emotions of Normal People which explains his theory of how one’s normal emotions leads to behavioral differences, and that each persons behavior might change over time.  In his work he also came up with four behavioral styles: Drive, Influence, Submission, and Caution. These four styles became the building blocks to the modern day DISC assessment, although we have renamed submission to Steadiness and we now use Compliance instead of caution.  Although Marston built the groundwork for DISC it wasn’t until the 1940′s that an actual personality profile test was created by Walter Clark, an industrial psychologist.

On April 25th, Administrative Professional’s Day, we thought it only appropriate to talk about support. “Support” is defined as holding up, serving as a foundation, sustaining, and maintaining. The support people of the world are the ones maintaining and sustaining a lot of the systems and the relationships. This can be applied to the support staff of a company or the family member who holds the group together, creating a strong foundation. Of course it’s the visionaries and the charmers who shine in the public eye or who stand out in a group most often, but today it is the diligent, reliable, and patient supporters who we recognize for all that they do.

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DISC Insights, our online store selling all of our DISC products powered by PeopleKeys was mentioned in an article a few weeks ago in the Huffington Post! The article by Delia Lloyd is called “5 ways to think about Personality Types” and references our website DISCinsights. when describing the 2nd way to think about personalityContinue Reading

DISC certification powered by PeopleKeys is now available online! After listening to our customers we decided to make the DISC certification course easier to use by now offering the product in an interactive online course. The course is IACET certified and you can receive Continuing Education Credits through IACET.