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title: DISC Profiles of Rudd, Gillard, Abbott & Turnbull
description: Can you guess the DISC profiles of Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, and Malcolm Turnbull?
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# [DISC Profiles of Rudd, Gillard, Abbott & Turnbull](https://blog.hptbydts.com/disc-profiles-of-rudd-gillard-abbott-turnbull)

 Written by [Theo Winter](https://blog.hptbydts.com/author/theo-winter) | Jul 21, 2013

Understanding behavioural styles can help to improve sales, communication, decision making and leadership to name a few. Below we have examined the behavioural (DISC) styles of four well-known Australian politicians: Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull. 

If you’re not familiar with DISC, it is an acronym for: Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Compliance. DISC is a behavioural model and assessment tool that helps us understand some of the ways we respond to challenges (D), people (I), pace (S) and procedure (C) along a spectrum from low to high.

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