Team8 People suite of DISC Behavioral Assessments
One Framework, Seven Specialized Profiles.
Why we profile behavior, not personality.
DISC measures behavior (what you do), rather than personality (who you are).
There are three reasons that distinction matters:
1
It's observable
Behavior is what we and the people around us actually experience.
Personality lives inside; behavior is the part that lands in the room or out on the field.
2
It's contextual
DISC measures both how you naturally prefer to act and how you adapt to your current role.
The way you behave shifts when the environment changes, and that’s a function, not a flaw.
The difference (or sometimes similarity) between the two is often the most useful coaching prompt on the page.
3
It can be adapted
Personality is broadly fixed, while behavior is not.
That’s what makes DISC immediately useful, it gives people something they can observe and choose to adjust in the next conversation, the next meeting, the next moment that matters.
The DISC model Snapshot
DISC measures the degree of four behavioral styles:
Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientious, in the context of a person's role and environment.
Dominance
Direct, decisive, results-driven.
Comfortable with risk, pace and challenge. Best engaged with brevity, outcomes and options.
Influence
Sociable, persuasive, optimistic.
Energised by people, ideas and possibility. Best engaged with warmth, recognition and dialogue.
Steadiness
Calm, dependable, people-oriented.
Values harmony, trust and consistency. Best engaged with respect, time to process and reassurance about the impact on others.
Conscientious
Analytical, precise, quality-focused.
Values evidence and structure. Best engaged with data, logic and time to consider.
The Suite of Team8 People DISC Profiles
DISC Profiles tailored for the context and role your people actually relate to and work within.
Each profile uses the same proven DISC framework with reports, language, and applied strategies tailored to the environment. Because context truly matters when it comes to getting the most out of a behavioral assessment.
AthleteDISC Profile
For Athletes
The behavioral profile sport psychologists and high-performance coaches use to coach the person, not just their position.
Understand how athletes are likely to behave and ultimately perform in their role, under pressure, in teams, and through competition.
CoachDISC Profile
For Coaches
Explore individual coaching style, where natural coaching preferences serve, where they potentially hinder, and how to adapt and respond effectively under pressure and to different athlete needs.
Sports ManagerDISC Profile
For Sport Administrators
The behavioral profile for support staff, athletic directors, performance managers, and sport leadership roles.
Built for the people work off the field, in the facilities, office, or boardroom.
Team8 DISC
Used across development initiatives, recruitment, onboarding, team building, sales, and change management.
Our flagship business profile designed for professionals, leaders, and sales.
TeacherDISC
Used by schools, learning teams, and tertiary institutions for those in teaching roles.
Behavioral insight tailored to classrooms, staff rooms, and parent conversations.
TacticalDISC
Used by police, fire and rescue, ambulance services, defense units, and tactical response teams.
Purpose-built for environments where the margin for error is small.
Additional Capabilities of DISC
Included alongside any DISC Profile. Benefit from extending every individual profile into team-level and enhanced reporting for ongoing application.
- Team Dynamics, Observer Feedback
- Summary Graphs, One-Page Summaries
- Career Planning, and the DISC AI Coach Tool
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Every DISC Profile Includes
Understand exactly what to expect when you complete your DISC profile, what's included, and how the report is structured.
What To Expect
Your Assessment and Everything That comes with it:
- 10–12 minute online assessment
- 40-page personalized DISC report, generated immediately upon completion
- Unique user link and platform access
- Natural and Adapted behavioral style graphs, presented in interpretable formats
- Access to additional reporting capabilities and resources at no extra cost to using the individual profiles
- Full administrative and technical support, provided by real people
How The Report Is Structured
Each individual report is broken down into three key parts that explain:
- Behavioral styles and preferences
- Communication tendencies
- Motivators and Ideal working environments
- How their behavioral style interacts with others
- Strategies to adapt their approach to enhance communication, build stronger relationships and improve results
- Perceptions of others within the context of their role (optional)
Not sure which DISC Profile is right for you?
Tell us about the people you're profiling and we'll do the rest.
FAQs
How long does each DISC Profile take to complete?
10–12 minutes online. Individualized 40-page Report is generated immediately upon survey completion.
Can DISC be self-administered, or does it need a practitioner?
Individuals or groups can complete the assessment themselves without requiring an accredited practitioner to administer or debrief. However, we recommend a debrief with an accredited Team8 People DISC Practitioner; whether that be a consultant, sport psychologist, coach developer, or your organization or university’s own in-house DISC-accredited staff member to get the most value out of the experience.
What's the difference between the Natural and Adapted styles in the reports?
Natural is how a person prefers to behave. Adapted is how they perceive they need to behave within their current role. The gap (or lack there of) between the two is often the most useful coaching conversation, it shows where someone may be stretching, adapting, or potentially under or over-using their natural style.
Which Team8 People DISC profile should I choose?
Match the profile to the role. AthleteDISC for athletes. CoachDISC for coaches. Sports ManagerDISC for the people running sport operations and organizations. Team8 DISC for business and leadership. TeacherDISC for educators. TacticalDISC for emergency services and defense. Same framework, different applied language and strategies. If you’re not sure, tell us about the people you’re profiling and we’ll point you to the right one.
How is the Team8 People DISC different from other DISC providers?
The underlying framework is the same proven model used worldwide. What’s different is the breadth and the tailoring. Most providers offer one assessment dressed up for different audiences. We offer seven distinct variants, each written for the work the participant actually does — so a TacticalDISC report doesn’t read like a business profile with siren imagery, and an AthleteDISC doesn’t read like a workplace assessment with “team” replaced by “squad.”
What's the difference between Natural and Adapted styles in the report?
Natural is how the person prefers to behave when nothing is asking them to be otherwise. Adapted is how they perceive they need to behave in their current role. The gap between the two is often the most useful conversation in the report — it shows where someone may be stretching, masking, or under-using their natural strengths.
How valid and reliable is DISC?
The DISC model was created in the 1920s and has decades of research and development behind it (as the model itself was never copyrighted). Team8 People’s specific assessments are built and refined to current validity and reliability standards, with the language, examples, and applied strategies refined continually based on the work we do with elite sport, business, education, and tactical environments. We can provide third-party validity and reliability documentation on request.
How does DISC fit alongside the EI-360 and the Leadership 360s?
DISC is the behavioral foundation for self-awareness, describing how you naturally prefer to behave. The EI-360 measures your own and other’s perception of your emotional intelligence (which Self-awareness is the first component of) and whether, when, and how you actually flex that behavior in response to others. The Leadership 360s measure how all of that translates into how you’re experienced as a leader and how you perform across eight critical leadership effectiveness competencies. We typically run DISC first, then layer the others as a leader, team’s, or organization’s development matures.
Why is Team8 People's suite of DISC Profiles better than other providers?
Three reasons stand out:
- The quality and readability of the reports. Every Team8 People DISC report is written to be read and applied with clear language, clean structure, and strategies the participant can act on tomorrow. A behavioral profile that gets filed and forgotten isn’t doing the work; we build reports that don’t.
- The depth of context-specific assessments. Most providers offer one generic DISC dressed up for different audiences or not tailored at all. We offer seven distinct variants: for athletes, coaches, sport administrators, business professionals and leaders, educators, and tactical operators. Each written for the actual work the participant does. Context matters; behavioral insight only translates when it speaks the language of the environment.
- The service around the assessments. This is the difference most clients notice first. No annual re-accreditation fees, no cost-per-report for team-level reports, no surcharges for additional capabilities. Just a partnership model where we stay close, keep our practitioners current, and treat every client relationship as a long game. It’s why our clients stay with us — and why we describe what we do as partnership, not transaction.