Everything DiSC® Gets Even Better!

Everything DiSC® Profiles are Now Using Adaptive Testing (AT)

As you know, the very popular Everything DiSC® profiles (including Workplace, Sales, Management, 363 for Leaders and Work of Leaders) have previously used a 79-item assessment to generate personalized Everything DiSC profile reports.

Corexcel is excited to announce that all of the Everything DiSC profiles have been updated to Adaptive Testing (AT) and a new, more advanced, scoring algorithm. Using AT takes the already accurate DiSC system to the next level – providing you with the most precise DiSC style assignment possible.

What is Adaptive Testing (AT)?

AT is commonly used during aptitude tests or trivia games. AT provides the test taker with questions based on their previous questions and answers. This means that participants will not all receive the same survey – your assessment will be as personalized as the Everything DiSC profile itself!

AT testing works great for Everything DiSC because it will determine participants’ results during difficult situations, including:

1. When participants have answered inconsistently throughout the assessment. Meaning, they rated D behavioral styles as both high and low. More investigating needs to be done to determine the right style.
2. When participants score high in two DiSC styles. If a participant scores high in both a D and a C, AT will determine which is the strongest – ensuring your profile is as accurate and as personalized as possible.

What are the benefits of using AT?

The Everything DiSC profile reports will be even more specific to you, since they are collecting more information from your assessment answers. It’s no surprise that implementing the AT system will take the precise, consistent, personalized DiSC profiles to the next level.

Precision – Because the assessment questions adjust to each participant, the results will be more accurate.

Consistency – Using AT ensures that results are not only accurate, but consistent across all participants. 

Personalized Feedback – Because the assessment will be more adaptive to the participant, the profile will be as well, providing an even deeper level of personalized feedback.

After much beta testing, utilizing AT showed a:

• 35%  improvement of reliability scale for people who respond inconsistently,
• 12% increase in accuracy over the 79-item assessment (previously used with Everything DiSC profiles),
• 32% increase in accuracy over DiSC® Classic.

How will this affect the look of my profiles and facilitation materials?

At this time, the only profile reports that have changed are the free Everything DiSC® Supplement for Facilitators reports. Otherwise, nothing has changed. More data simply means a participant’s dot placement will become even more precise, but it isn’t something the average participant will notice.

In the future, the additional data will be used to update the Everything DiSC profiles to make them even more personalized. The next profiles in queue for updating are the Everything DiSC Workplace and Comparison Reports which should be released this year.

If you would like to be notified of updates to your existing Everything DiSC Facilitator’s Kits, make sure you have registered your kit! Contact us for help registering your facilitator’s kit.

If you have any questions regarding the Everything DiSC profiles or other products or courses, please contact us at learn@corexcel.com or 1-888-658-6641 (Monday – Friday, 9am – 5:30pm ET).

Additional Resources

1. Everything DiSC® Workplace
2. Everything DiSC® Sales
3. Everything DiSC® Management
4. Everything DiSC® Work of Leaders
5. Everything DiSC® 363 for Leaders
6. Everything DiSC® Research Report NEW!
7. Supplement for Facilitators Report NEW!
8. Everything DiSC - Adaptive Testing FAQ NEW!

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Get the first look at our NEW DiSC 360 Report!

Our next Product Showcase highlighting the Everything DiSC® 363™ for Leaders profile will be held on Tuesday, July 12th!

Product Showcases

Online, virtual showcases allow you to view select products from the comfort of your own office. You’ll hear from the creators of the assessments about best practices, features, benefits and tips. Never heard of DiSC? Familiar with DiSC, but not the newer products? Attend the webinar!

Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders Product Showcase
This showcase will cover the newest addition to the DiSC system. 363 for Leaders is a 360 assessment that combines the popularity of a 360 report with the simplicity of DiSC. Organizations have switched from expensive, hard to read 360′s to the 363 because it’s less expensive and easy to use.

Who should attend this webinar?
Human Resources Managers, Training and Development teams, Work/Life Coordinators, Independent Consultants, Life Coaches, Business Coaches.

Unfortunately this complimentary webinar has already taken place. Visit corexcel.com to learn more about Everything DiSC Profiles.

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DiSC 360 Reports - Online 360 Feedback

In a previous post entitled Who’s afraid of the big, bad boss?, I touched a little bit on the Everything DiSC® 363 for Leaders profile as a great way to prevent bad management from plaguing your organization. Since then, I’ve received quite a few questions about this 360 instrument, and I thought a quick blog post was a great place to provide you with answers!

Graph - Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders Report

What are the benefits of using a 360 report?

Many of our clients use 360 reports to provide feedback on their leaders from all different angles. Your leader’s staff, supervisors, co-workers and even clients can all assess the leader’s skills, thus providing 360 degrees of personalized feedback. This type of feedback is vital for any leader to better understand their leadership style and make improvements. Like I had mentioned in that Bad Management blog post, bad management is preventable. Providing a leader with constructive feedback from the people they work with allows them to see how they are received by other people.

What makes 363 for Leaders different?

Many of the 360 reports out there are costly, time consuming and extremely complicated to interpret. Some 360’s are so in depth that you need to be certified to use them. Often the feedback is so detailed, that your leader can’t figure out what to do with the information. What’s exciting about the Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders profile is that the leader gets great feedback without the costs or the complication of other 360 surveys. Plus, you don’t need to be certified to administer it. Everything DiSC 363 is a DiSC-based report that uses narrative and graphics to give the leader the information they need to improve.

Why is it called 363 for Leaders if it’s a 360 survey?

The Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders gets its name because of its unique take on a traditional 360 report. Not only do leaders receive detailed feedback from raters, but they also receive “Three Strategies for Development” personalized just for them. The result is a clear road map for success specifically designed for your leader. Thus, the 363 gets its name.

Has it been tested?

Yes. Similar to other DiSC profiles, DiSC 363 has been research-validated by a team of experts. It was tested and developed for more than 3 years, and field tested with over 400 leaders and 3,000 raters. You can read more about the research by viewing our Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders Research Validation Report.



Graph - Coaching Supplement

How does it work?

First, you will identify who will be the leader. When you know who will be receiving the 360 profile, identify the raters. These can be co-workers, supervisors, employees, personal friends, neighbors, etc.

The rater categories include:

• Supervisor
• Direct Reports
• Peers
• Other 

Any neat features?

Quite a few!

• "CommentSmart" feedback system allows raters to choose from a pre-selected list of comments. This saves time and avoids unpleasant remarks.
• Unlimited, anonymous raters make it easy to include as many raters as you would like and allows them to feel comfortable responding.
• "Three Strategies for Development" help your leader actively improve their leadership skills.
• Complimentary 363 Coaching Supplement. Each assessment comes with a 5-page coaching supplement to help you understand and review the leader's results along with them.
• Comprehensive report includes personalized narrative, detailed feedback by type of rater, big picture feedback and valuable suggestions for improvement.
• 363 for Leaders reports can be branded with your company name, logo and contact information by using our EPIC Online Administrative Account.

The Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders profile is a great way to bring DiSC into your leadership training. Although the report is extremely detailed, its narrative and visual components make it easy to understand and remember. Check out our Free Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders Sample Report and Coaching Supplement Report and see for yourself.

Free Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders Sample Report

Free Everything DiSC 363 Coaching Supplement Report

Want to know more?

Register today to attend our upcoming Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders online Product Showcase! Email Corexcel learn@corexcel.com for more information.