Reviewed by Lori M for Readers' Favorite

As an adjunct business professor, I am intimately familiar with and have taught the DISC personality profiles for years in both undergraduate and graduate courses. That is what drew me to this book - a curiosity to see what authors Rosenberg and Silvert had to add about the subject.

While there really wasn't anything new presented in their analysis of DISC, for the novice business student, business leader, or business manager, the explanation of DISC and how it can be applied to life situations was very thorough and interesting.

While the fable concerning the birds as a way to illustrate the different personality styles didn't appeal to me that much, I can see how a reader studying this subject for the first time could benefit from first reading about the concepts through the story before then learning the actual science behind it.

What concerned me somewhat, as an educator, was the lack of references cited or any indication of the authors being given permission to use the DISC information in their book.

I could definitely recommend this book for those who want to better understand personality traits and how they affect group dynamics. Any supervisor, new or experienced, could benefit from better understanding the four behavioral styles -- especially their own. I like how the authors gave tools for each of the four behavioral styles to tone down certain areas of their personalities. I also liked how the authors showed that DISC can apply to areas other than business, such as parenting.