How Persona IQ works

What it measures

Persona IQ uses the DISC model, which describes four styles of behaviour at work:

• Dominance: results-oriented, direct, decisive.
• Influence: enthusiastic, optimistic, collaborative.
• Steadiness: patient, loyal, supportive.
• Conscientiousness: analytical, precise, systematic.

Everyone uses all four. The profile shows which you lean on most, and which least.

How it works

There are 24 questions. Each shows four words or phrases, and you choose the one most like you. It takes about 5 to 8 minutes. You also give your job title and level, so the report can describe your style in the context of your role.

How results are worked out

Your choices show which style you lean on most, your primary style, and which comes next, your secondary style. Each is described as high, moderate or low. The same answers always give the same result, and your report is written for your combination of styles and your level at work.

How to read the report

The report describes your primary style and blend, your natural strengths, the blind spots that can come with them, and how your style fits what your level of role usually asks of you. Read it as a description of your defaults, not a limit on what you can do.

What a result is not

Because every choice is between the styles, your result compares your preferences with each other, not with other people. A high Dominance score means Dominance is strong for you relative to your other styles, not that you are more dominant than a colleague.

It is not a measure of ability, intelligence or performance, and preferences can shift with role and time.

Using it well

• Use it to start conversations about how people work best together.
• Across a team, count how many people lead with each style. Do not average scores or rank people by them.
• Let people see and discuss their own report.
• Do not use a result alone to make decisions about someone’s employment.