Primary motive
- Keeping the status quo
Fears
- Change / the unpredictable
Desires
- Sincere appreciation
- Co-operation
- To work with familiar methods, etc.
- Security
- Time to adjust to new methods
Characteristics
- Deliberate
- Consistent
- Cooperates well
- Patient / attentive
- Loyal
- Considerate of group interests
- Accepting
Limitations
- Too willing
- Puts own needs last
- Clings to what is familiar
and passively resists change
DiSC®-based communication, high s
When communicating with a person with a high S:
- Show a genuine interest in them as a person
- Find areas of common interest
- Present the case in a calm and quiet manner
- Be loyal
- Minimise the risks
- Not too much small talk
- Adopt an easy and informal manner
- Keep your affairs in order
- Give safety and security
- Give guarantees
- Lend full support
A person with a high S may develop by:
- Developing their capacity to accept change
- Learning to disagree and stand by their convictions
- Taking the initiative in clarifying situations regarded as difficult and confusing
- Being more independent
- Accepting more challenges
- Being more flexible about how work is done
- Looking out for possible improvements, i.e. easier and quicker methods which can lead to more effective work procedures
A person with a low S may develop by:
- Talking less about themselves, their opinions and feelings
- Developing positive habits and attitudes towards routine work, rules, and details
- Being more accommodating towards others’ opinions and needs
- Helping others more
- Being more positive and open towards stable conditions and a harmonious environment
- Being tolerant
- Living in the present
- Being content with the way things are
- Cooperating more closely with others
- Being more patient and compliant towards colleagues, friends and family
- Achieving results quietly and calmly
- Working in a more methodical and structured way
- Showing more stability in his/her activities
- Improving his/her concentration in matters of rules, routines, details etc.
- Listening more often, more actively and for longer periods at a time
A useful practice
Before the next team decision, write down your own view and share one concern or alternative. You can support the team while disagreeing with a proposal.
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