DiSC Influence (i) Profile Overview

DiSC profiles explained: i is for Influence

If you've recently taken the DiSC profile, your report has a more personalized explanation of what having an i style means for you than what is presented here. But this can be a fun page to link to and have others learn a bit more about you. Or you can use it to better understand someone you work or live with.

People with the i style place an emphasis on shaping the environment by influencing or persuading others.

A person with a i style

• is motivated by social recognition, group activities, and relationships
• prioritizes taking action, collaboration, and expressing enthusiasm
• is described as convincing, magnetic, enthusiastic, warm, trusting and optimistic
• may be limited by being impulsive and disorganized and having lack of follow-through.
• may fear loss of influence, disapproval and being ignored
• values coaching and counseling, freedom of expression and democratic relationships

Goals

• victory with flair
• friendship and happiness
• authority and prestige status symbols
• popularity

Needs others who:

• concentrate on the task
• seek facts
• speak directly
• develop systematic approaches
• prefer to deal with things instead of people
• take a logical approach
• demonstrate follow-through

When communicating with the i style individual, share your experiences, allow the i style person time to ask questions and talk themselves, focus on the positives, avoid overloading them with details, and don't interrupt them.

DiSC Classic Patterns: Promoter, Persuader, Counselor, Appraiser

Leadership styles: Energizing, Pioneering, Affirming

From our blog: Understanding our i-style colleagues and friends

Interested in taking the test yourself?

Much more is available to someone who has completed a DiSC profile. Popular DiSC tests include:

• DiSC Classic Profiles
• Everything DiSC Workplace Profile
• Everything DiSC Work of Leaders Profile
• Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders
• Everything DiSC Management Profile
• Everything DiSC Sales Profile
• DiSC profiles for recruitment and hiring

What about the other DiSC styles?

• Dominance (D) DiSC style explained.
• Conscientiousness (C) DiSC style explained.
• Steadiness (S) DiSC style explained.