What is the DiSC iD style?

Whether you want a quick review of your own style, or if you’re looking for help working with an iD-style person, we hope this short summary will help you out.

How well or how strongly this matches your own iD style will depend on how close your dot is to the edge. The less strongly inclined you are to this style—or the closer your dot is to the center—the more likely it is that some of these traits will be expressed less frequently.

A quick look at the iD style

Marc Chagall’s The Big Wheel

Traits associated with this personality: friendly, high energy, poised, persuasive, open, ambitious, self-promoting, trusting, influential, impatient, indecisive

Goals: Popularity, exciting breakthroughs, prestige

Fears: Fixed environments, loss of approval or attention

Influences others through: Boldness, passion

Overuses: Impulsiveness, outspokenness

In conflict: Expresses feelings, becomes overly dramatic

Would increase effectiveness through: Focusing on the details, patience, listening to others

Leadership qualities of the iD style

The iD-style leader seeks to stretch boundaries, find opportunities, and take bold action. They can also come off as pushy, intimidating or insincere.

Other i styles

DiSC i style

DiSC iS style

Curious about your own style?

We recommend taking Everything DiSC Workplace.

Note: This page applies only to Everything DiSC assessment results.

Why I chose this art piece for the iD style

The iD-style person wants to stand out and this Ferris wheel does. It dominates the Paris skyline; it’s even bigger than the Eiffel Tower from this view. The painting is bold (no sky is ever that gold or green), strong and full of energy.

Please feel free to challenge this selection or suggest artwork that you see as a better fit.

All DiSC styles: DC, D, Di, iD, i, iS, Si, S, SC, CS, C, CD

By Kristeen Bullwinkle