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DISC Basic™ Certification

DISC Certification offers an opportunity to gain expertise and confidence in using DISC Assessments. This course is perfect for anyone who works in team, leadership, or professional development.

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Duration: 12-16 Hours

Location: Online

Cost: $1,995

What is DISC Certification?

DISC Certification is designed to help anyone build confidence and experience in how to use DISC assessments in a training or coaching capacity. 

The course is 100% virtual.

The course combines self-paced learning with live virtual sessions designed to mimic a face-to-face classroom. Total time commitment is 12-16 hours, including 8 hours of live, virtual classroom participation.

DISC Certification is a training course for coaches, consultants, and adult learning practitioners focused on leadership development, management training, coaching, organizational culture, or sales enablement. 

Who is DISC Certification For?

If you are a consultant, coach, human resources, or learning & development professional, this course is for you.

However, if you are a team leader looking for a DISC Training program, please check out our DISC Training offering to explore how a DISC Certified professional can bring DISC to your workplace.

During the DISC Certification course, learners will gain:

  • Deep expertise in the DISC assessment model, research, principles, and applications
  • Confidence in deploying DISC-based culture, team strategies, DISC Basic reports, and more
  • The ability to deliver workshops, coaching sessions, and navigate challenges as a trainer or practitioner
  • The power to help teams and individuals navigate and strengthen personal and/or workplace relationships
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities, adding value to businesses and teams

Upon successful completion of the course, learners will receive the credential of Certified DISC Trainer – an asset for any HR professional, coach, or manager of people.

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DISC Certification Cost

DISC Basic Certification costs $1,995. It includes:

  • The DISC Certification Course (12-16 hours of coursework).
  • Access to training and coaching materials (2-hour and 4-hour training programs, plus many additional training activities) for use post-certification. ($1,295 value)
  • Access to the DISC Admin account, where you will issue and review DISC Assessments for your clients or employees. Whitelist reports with your organization/company logo. ($95 value)
  • 10 Free DISC Basic Assessments ($590 value)
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This course allows anyone with a professional certificate from SHRM, ATD, ICF, or HRCI to receive professional credits.

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What Does DISC Certification Teach?

During DISC Certification, participants will build a foundation of knowledge in the DISC model, research, and theory. The course covers the following topics:

Using DISC in a coaching capacity is one of its primary applications.

Many individuals who seek coaching support are dealing with interpersonal issues or workplace misalignment. DISC offers support for both areas. DISC Certification offers an opportunity to practice using this tool to effectively coach someone to learn their behavioral and psychological needs.

This course will review the four DISC quadrants and how these four quadrants produce the 12 DISC Personality Types. Participants will have a clear understanding of the two dimensions of the model.

Getting a credential is nice. Knowing how to successfully use DISC is the primary goal of this course. By the end of the course, you will have a firm understanding of how to use DISC isn a variety of applications:

There is a final exam and you will be expected to showcase how you will use DISC within your own business or organization. Don’t worry, you will be well prepared by the time you get to this point!

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Two-Week Certification Course Format

This course runs two consecutive weeks with two live, instructor-led classes each week. Its imperrative you are able to attend all of the classes as they are built to be engaging where you will interact with other classmates.

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Organizations all over the world use DISC

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Upcoming Course Dates

Online coursework opens Thursday, February 19.

  • Orientation: Thursday, 2/19, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
  • Session One: Tuesday, 2/24, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • Session Two: Thursday, 2/26, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • Session Three: Tuesday, 3/3, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • Session Four: Thursday, 3/5, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET

Online coursework opens Thursday, April 16th.

  • Orientation: Thursday, 4/16, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
  • Session One: Tuesday, 4/21, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • Session Two: Thursday, 4/23, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • Session Three: Tuesday, 4/28, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • Session Four: Thursday, 4/30, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET

Online coursework opens Thursday, June 11th.

  • Orientation: Thursday, 6/11, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
  • Session One: Tuesday, 6/16, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • Session Two: Thursday, 6/18, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • Session Three: Tuesday, 6/23, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
  • Session Four: Thursday, 6/25, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET

Looking to certify your entire HR/L&D team? We offer private certification classes for groups of 6 or more participants.*

Private courses can be run online, following the same structure as our public course. Email us for more information.

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What can you expect from DISC Certification?

Kristin Emerson leads our DISC Certification classes. In this video, she outlines how the course works and what you can expect when you join one of our classes.

What's included with DISC Certification?

DISC Basic Certification includes 12-16 hours of coursework. Beyond the course content, you will also receive access to facilitation materials, DISC assessments, and access to our Online Personality Administration platform.

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DISC Trainer Materials

Included in your registration fee is access to DISC activities, handouts, videos and PowerPoints. You will receive access to hours of training materials that you can use to build custom programs that fit the goals of your DISC Workshop. These materials will focus on leadership development, self-awareness, professional development, and team building. There are debriefing guides that you can use for guided or peer coaching.

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10 DISC Basic Assessments

Your registration fee includes 10 DISC Basic assessments that you can use immediately. Additional assessments can be purchased base on volume pricing. Email our support team for questions around enterprise, university/education, and non-profit pricing.

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DISC Certification Support Team

We have trained, developed, and learned from DISC since 1986. Each year, over 200 trainers, coaches, and internal facilitators are certified through our organization. We are a small team, but we hope we have a big impact with how these tools work within your organization!

DISC Certification Assessment Platform

Personality Assessment Admin Platform

Included in the cost of certification is access to our Personality Assessment Administration Platform. This system gives you access to DISC, EIQ, Motivators, and Learning Styles assessments. We approach professional development holistically and believe that to better understand ourselves and each other, we need to lean on a variety of tools.

Professional Development Credits

We've partnered with professional accreditation agencies like SHRM to give CEUs for your accreditations. Get re-certification credits for SHRM, ATD, ICF, and more!

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DISC Certification FAQ

This course includes 12-16 hours of content. The timing depends on how long it takes you complete the self-paced work.

We certify hundreds of HR professionals in DISC each year. Overwhelmingly, our learners report being satisfied with the course because it gave them a stronger foundation to teach DISC and achieve their organizational or leadership development goals.

If you have used DISC or other behavioral assessment tools, we invite you to use DISC without becoming certified. Our team is here to support you in using these tools if you don't want to obtain another credential or if you feel confident with your ability to use these tools.

No!

Certification is not required to teach DISC. For anyone who wants to start using DISC visit our online store to purchase assessments or open an administration account. An administration account allows you to create free group reports.

This DISC Certification course is for anyone who wants a guided course to learn the foundations of DISC. It's also perfect for someone who is new to training. This course will help you learn concepts around coaching and teaching DISC for self-development, professional development, leadership development, and team building.

This course teaches learners how to use the DISC Basic assessment. 

DISC Certification is designed to help anyone who plans to teach or coach using DISC. Frequently, our class includes:

  • Trainers
  • Coaches
  • Consultants
  • Learning & Development professionals
  • HR Directors/Vice Presidents/Partners

If you are a Team Leader, Manager, or Executive that wants to bring DISC to your organization, check out our DISC Training Workshop page.

Yes!

You will receive your own personal assessment as part of this course. You will also receive 10 DISC Basic assessment credits as part of your certification registration fee. After you have used all 10 of those assessments, the assessments are sold based on quantity. 

No!

Certification is not required to teach DISC. As your DISC vendor, we will provide you support to ensure that you know how to use the assessment and implement your training program succesfully.

DISC Certification costs $1,995 and includes 10 Free assessments, an admin account, and training materials.

There are no hidden fees with this program!

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Refunds are available to learners 15 days prior to the course start date. There are no refunds available after this point.

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DISC Certification Cancellation Policy

Cancellations or substitutions must be made at least seven calendar days prior to your orientation. Cancellations made less than seven days before orientation will not be eligible for a refund.

Course Change Fee: We do our best to accommodate changing schedules. If you discover that you are unable to make your required session dates, please contact us at least two days prior to your orientation to switch courses. Course changes made less than two days in advance will be charged a $275 course change fee.

We reserve the right to cancel this course at any time. Should this occur, you will be offered a seat in a future class or a refund for the cost of the sessions.

Please call us if you have any questions or concerns about our cancellation policy.