DiSC Myths

Myth 1
DiSC measures personality type
"Personality Type" is a term used to describe the results of a personality test or the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The DiSC Model does not measure personality type , but it does measure aspects of personality. To be more explicit, the words individuals respond to are attributes or qualities of the person. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary definitions help to clarify what the profiles are measuring:

• attribute - an inherent characteristic; a word ascribing a quality
• quality - a peculiar and essential character; an inherent feature
  

What the DiSC profiles measure therefore is more stable than surface behavioural responses to external stimuli. They measure aspects of personality, but not personality type.

Myth 2
DiSC Profiles are personality tests
The word "test" implies a potential pass or fail result, or at least that there are good or bad results. The DiSC behavioural model is "descriptive", not "evaluative". That is, it describes differences between people in a non-judgemental way - it does not evaluate behaviour.