D style
D is for Dominance
People with the DiSC D style personality tend to place a strong emphasis on shaping the environment and overcoming opposition to accomplish results.
People with the DiSC D style personality tend to place a strong emphasis on shaping the environment and overcoming opposition to accomplish results.
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D style
D is for Dominance
People with the DiSC D style personality tend to place a strong emphasis on shaping the environment and overcoming opposition to accomplish results.
“The Winner”
D styles are motivated by winning, competition, and success. They prioritize taking action, accepting challenges, and achieving results and are often described as direct and demanding, strong-willed, driven, and determined. D styles tend to be outspoken, but can be rather skeptical and questioning of others.
- Fears: being seen as vulnerable or being taken advantage of
- Values: competency, action, concrete results, personal freedom, and challenges
- Overuses: the need to win, resulting in win/lose situations
- Influences others by: assertiveness, insistence, competition
- In conflict: speaks up about problems; looks to even the score
- Could improve effectiveness through: patience, empathy
DiSC Classic patterns: Developer, Result-Oriented, Inspirational, Creative


“The Winner”
D styles are motivated by winning, competition, and success. They prioritize taking action, accepting challenges, and achieving results and are often described as direct and demanding, strong-willed, driven, and determined. D styles tend to be outspoken, but can be rather skeptical and questioning of others.
- Fears: being seen as vulnerable or being taken advantage of
- Values: competency, action, concrete results, personal freedom, and challenges
- Overuses: the need to win, resulting in win/lose situations
- Influences others by: assertiveness, insistence, competition
- In conflict: speaks up about problems; looks to even the score
- Could improve effectiveness through: patience, empathy
DiSC Classic patterns: Developer, Result-Oriented, Inspirational, Creative

D style goals
D styles tend to have goals such as these:
- strive for unique accomplishments
- explore new opportunities
- maintain control of the audience
- achieve independence
- get bottom-line results

D style challenges
D styles may need to expend more energy to:
- show patience
- display sensitivity
- explain the details
- allow for deliberation

D style in leadership
D-style leaders are often commanding and confident, taking care and focusing on results. They often display leadership characteristics such as these:
- commanding
- resolute
- pioneering
D style variations
Keep in mind that everyone is a blend of all four DiSC styles: D, i, S and C. But most people tend strongly toward one or two styles. If your style falls on a border with another style, you probably show traits associated with that style, as well. Thus, D styles often show traits associated with the i and C styles.

The Di Style

The DC Style
D style variations
Keep in mind that everyone is a blend of all four DiSC styles: D, i, S and C. But most people tend strongly toward one or two styles. If your style falls on a border with another style, you probably show traits associated with that style, as well. Thus, D styles often show traits associated with the i and C styles.

The Di Style

The DC Style

Communicating with a D
When communicating with DiSC D-style individuals, give them the bottom line right from the start. Be brief. Stay focused. Avoid generalizations. Refrain from repeating yourself. And stick to solutions rather than problems.
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