...Learning Styles Inventory MGMT/591 May 5, 2016 Professor Matasha Murrell-Jones Cover Page 1 Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Personal Thinking Styles 3-4 Dominant Personal Thinking Styles 4-6 Auxiliary Personal Thinking Styles 6-8 Impact on Management Style 8 Planning 8-9 Organizing 9 Leading 9-10 Controlling 10 Genesis of Personal Style 10-11 Conclusion and Reflection 11-12 References 13 Life Styles Inventory Every individual thinks and behaves in different manners. The use of Life Styles Inventory helps to identify the elemental factors which impact the individual’s thinking patterns and behaviors. An individual’s personal life styles greatly contributes to the role one fulfills in the workplace; from how an individual is able to communicate with fellow employees and upper management to their ability to manage situations and positions of authority. The different categories include constructive styles, passive/defensive styles, and aggressive/defensive styles; each of these categories are then broken down into subcategories which describe in further detail the main categories. These subcategories include “humanistic-encouraging, affiliative, approval, conventional, dependent, avoidance, oppositional, power, competitive, perfectionistic,...
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...The life Styles Inventory (LSI) is developed by Dr. J. Clayton Lafferty. The lifestyle inventory is a self assessment diagnostic instrument that measures 12 key thinking patterns or “styles”. The results of the self-description are plotted on a circular graph for easy visualization of how the individual thinks and behaves in the 12 LSI styles. By responding to these 240 inventory items, individuals learn exactly where they need to focus their development efforts, without uncertainty. It promotes performance change and improvement by increasing personal understanding of one’s thinking and behavior. These styles of patterns of thinking that can either help or hinder a person from reaching his or her potential. There are 3 LSI styles namely; 1. Aggressive/ defensive style. 2. Constructive style. 3. Passive/ defensive style. Research has shown that the styles measures by the LSI are related to a number of indicators of effectiveness and success, including leadership effectiveness, management effectiveness, problem solving effectiveness, quality of interpersonal relations, salary, organizational level, individual health and well being, and organization culture. According to the circumplex output my percentile style which represents me most is aggressive/ defensive style. Upon completing the Lifestyles Inventory I found that my dominant styles are competitive, approval seeker, conventional followed by dependent. The results from my LSI survey were found to be somewhat...
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...The LSI which is stands for life styles inventory is a test that measures how you think and behave. When I took the test and received my scores I was shocked with some of the results that I got, and I thought to myself there is no way that some of these words are describing me and definitely not in the percentile that I placed into for example, avoidance I never would consider myself as a person who avoids anything whether it is something good or bad. However, when I studied my results some more I realized that the test is measuring all the parts of a person’s personality, so no matter what you would have to place somewhere Part 1: Personal Thinking Styles My primary thinking style is affiliative. I scored a percentile score of 90. The affiliative thinking style is a part of the constructive styles. The constructive style is described to reflect self-enhancing thinking and behavior that add to a person’s satisfaction. Another characteristic is building healthy relationships and work efficiently with others. My second highest thinking style is oppositional. This thinking style is a part of the Aggressive and Defensive style. Some characteristics are the ability to keep ones position or status and also maintain a sense of security. I would have to agree with this assessment that affiliative and oppositional are my primary and backup thinking style. The ability to build healthy relationships whether it be at work, school, or personally is a very important trait to have. It is...
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...survey known as Life Styles Inventory (LSI). Human Synergistics (2007), the Life Styles Inventory (LSI) is based around the Human Synergistics Circumplex, describing constructive, passive/defensive and aggressive/defensive behaviors. The personal LSI profile dictates that I exemplify a constructive style of behavior. Attributes of a constructive style are Achievement, Self-Actualization, Humanistic-Encouraging, and Affiliative. My primary style is Humanistic-Encouraging, LSI (2007), it reflects an interest in the growth and development of people, a high positive regard for them and sensitivity to their needs. People high in this style devote energy to coaching and counseling others, are thoughtful and considerate and provide people with support and encouragement. My backup is Affiliative, LSI (2007) it reflects an interest in developing and sustaining pleasant relationships. People high in this style share their thoughts and feelings, are friendly and cooperative and make others feel a part of things. This is truly accurate. They are equally manifested in my life. No matter the place nor time, I make the needs of others a priority. I am a firm believer of treating others as you want to be treated. My Affiliative backup style is also limiting for my kindness is at times taken for weakness. This happens more at home more than in the workplace. My work past and present work history validates my LSI profile. Exemplifying this constructive style has benefited me...
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...After taking the Life Styles Inventory survey, my results indicated the Passive /Defensive styles which represent self-protecting thinking and behavior promoting the fulfillment of security needs through interactions with people, as the primary personal thinking style. There are four styles under that heading, including Approval, Dependent, Conventional and Avoidance. According to the approval style, one is likely to seek approval from others, feel the need to be liked by everyone and think in terms of what others think instead of forming its own thoughts. On the other hand, under dependent style, you tend to be a good follower by seeking help from others or doing what is expected from them. Being eager to please and getting easily influenced by friends and family are also signs of the dependency style. A person closely relating to the conventional style is very respectful to others, is highly reliable and steady along with believing in rules more than ideas itself. Lastly, avoidance style takes on being uneasy, self-depreciative and lacks self-confidence. Personally, some of the pointers from these brief styles I mentioned above relate to me on a high level. I feel the need to seek approval from others and I am not dependent on my friends as such but my behavior weighs heavy on how people surroundings are behaving with me. I’ve realized, often times when I am discussing my daily routine with a close friend, I talk about my colleagues or other friends that I’ve interacted...
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...| | The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) is a self-assessment diagnostic instrument that measures 12 key thinking patterns, or "styles". The LSI promotes performance change and improvement by increasing personal understanding of one's thinking and behavior. By responding to 240 inventory items, individuals learn exactly where their strengths lie and where they need to focus their development efforts. The results of the self-description are plotted on a circular graph for easy visualization of how the individual thinks and behaves in the 12 LSI styles. This profile acts as a personalized developmental needs assessment, calling attention to the individual's strengths as well as areas needing improvement. My primary thinking style is humanistic – encouraging. My score within this style is in the high area, falling into the 80th percentile. According to the LSI, humanistic people are accepting of themselves and others for who they are. People who use this style are attuned to people’s needs and will focus on counseling and coaching others. They empower their team members to make decisions for themselves and hold themselves accountable for any errors they may make. Scoring high in this style was not a surprise to me. Helping, coaching, and developing people have always been a passion for me. I am...
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...My life styles Inventory: Upon reading and analyzing all the characteristics in the Life Styles Inventory “LSI”, I found out that, I have many traits of behavior but my most dominant styles is Aggressive (Perfectionist) and my least style is Passive (dependent) style which is conflicting to that of the my dominate character. The LSI feedback explained the Passive styles (dependent) to be self-protective and courageous, controlling and has the ability to encourage and motivate others to achievements. The Aggressive style (perfectionist) focuses on fulfilling security through task-related activities. According to the “LSI” My primary thinking style is considered as a “Perfectionist”. This means, I am aggressive, dedicated, time conscious, organized and a detailed person with high standards. I do not settle for anything less than perfection. I totally agree with LSI definition about my characteristic of valuing my work more than my relationship with the people around me. I am fast in everything I do and gets things done right away. This characteristic is genetic because it can be traced down to my father and grandfather. Also, due to my competitive nature, I get upset very easily when I feel I am been cheated or people are been dishonest to me. According to LSI, dedication, focus, and self-discipline leads to performance accomplishments and; since achievement and satisfaction are directly related, I know understand why I work hard and strive for great achievement at all times...
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...PERSONAL THINKING STYLES After completion of the Life Styles Inventory Assessment, it was determined that my primary thinking style is oppositional. I ranked in the 87th percentile in this category. An oppositional person tends to disagree with others and seek attention by being critical and cynical. Some of the characteristics of an oppositional individual are asking probing questions, being argumentative, having a negative attitude, and a sarcastic sense of humor. I was actually shocked with these results, but realized the more I read the descriptions that I actually possess some of the characteristics listed. Some of the attributes of the oppositional individual that I have are asking the probing questions, looking for flaws, and sometimes having a negative attitude. These characteristics manifest in both my every day and work life. I tend to ask the questions to make sure I understand what is going on and to make sure that the decisions being made have been thought through. At the same time I am asking the questions, I am looking for the flaws, trying to figure out why the decision being made will not work or what could possibly go wrong. Both of the previous stated characteristics can lead to the portrayal of being negative. My secondary thinking style is achievement and I totally agree with this conclusion. I ranked in the 85th percentile in this area. I was surprised that this was not my primary style. The achievement style indicates attaining high quality results...
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...LSI ASSESSMENT Introduction The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) is a self-assessment diagnostic instrument that measures 12 key thinking patterns, or "styles". The LSI promotes performance change and improvement by increasing personal understanding of one's thinking and behavior. By responding to these, individuals learn exactly where they need to focus their development efforts, without ambiguity or guesswork. The results of the self-description are plotted on a circular graph for easy visualization of how the individual thinks and behaves in the 12 LSI styles. This profile acts as a personalized developmental needs assessment, calling attention to the individual's strengths as well as areas needing improvement. PERSONAL THINKING STYLES According to my LSI Profile shows my primary style is “Affiliative”. By definition Affiliative behaviors are behaviors which promote cohesion (friendly/positive) gestures. An Affiliative leader will promote harmony among the followers and helps solve conflict. He builds teams by making sure the followers feel connected to each other. I completely agree that I’m affiliative in nature. In the school days, if any fellow classmate would have difficulty in understanding a particular subject, I would stay back at school and try my best to make him understand the subject or have active discussions with my teacher to make him understand it better. Be at home, I would always participate in family discussions and try my level best to give suggestions...
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...Life Styles Inventory: Self-Description GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Instructor: Christine Rainwater Ada Freeman afreex4@yahoo.com March 11, 2010 Abstract This paper explains the current way I think and behave using the results of the Life Styles Inventory (LSI) as defined by Human Synergistics International’s LSI Circumplex. The resource maintains that there are three major “life styles” traits. The first is the constructive styles which depict synergy and helps validate why certain individuals, groups, and organizations are particularly effective in performance, growth, and work quality. The second is the passive/defensive style which can produce a predictable and secure situation, however, learning, the ability to adapt and the organization’s survival is hampered. The third is the aggressive/defensive which may lead to stress, decisions are often based on status as opposed to experience and conflict instead of a team effort. Keywords: life styles inventory (LSI), constructive, passive/defensive, aggressive/defensive As I reviewed the LSI Styles Circumplex after the Life Styles Inventory, I could immediately see that some of my results for the behaviors were right on the mark. Others I felt were a bit off the chart but no results seem completely off the chart. After reviewing how the scores were calculated, I began to understand some of the inter-relations between the styles and my corresponding behaviors and beliefs. My...
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...LIFE STYLE INVENTORY The life styles inventory is a survey of questions that help us to see our own personality and what type of behaviors we have on others. Also, it helps us to look at the positive and negative qualities of our personalities and ways to improve upon them. The LSI Style Profile helps to identify ones perception on how they reflect and behave in work involved circumstances. The profile is broken up into three style categories. 1. Constructive Styles: Reflects self-enhancing thinking and behavior that contributes to one’s level of satisfaction, ability to develop healthy relationships and work effectively with people, and proficiency at accomplishing tasks. 2. Passive/Defensive Style: Represents self- protecting thinking and behavior that promote the fulfillment of security needs through iteration with people. 3. Aggressive/Defensive Style: Reflect self-promotion thinking and behavior used to maintain one’s status position and fulfill security needs through task-related. Part 1: Personal Thinking Styles (primary, backup, limiting) “Primary” Thinking Styles According to my LSI profile , my primary style is conventional. Mostly people who have conventional style feel that they want to see everything unchanged .Conventional people feel that they are traditional and they like to know exactly what is expected of them in every situation. They are practical and very structured. Conventional people might be good at science like math ,but they may...
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...LIFESTYLE INVENTORY PAPER MEMORANDUM Date: November 6, 2011 Subject: Life Style Inventory Paper As per your request to prepare a personal learning agenda in GM591, I have completed my own “Life Styles Circumplex” profile. Below is the analysis of my “Life Styles Circumplex” profile and my personal learning agenda in GM591. Part I: Issues and Events The biggest challenge I face in the wholesale/retail industry (previous job) is dealing with people from all works of life. It is interesting to note that during the course of the month, at work, I will come across someone that will do or say something that will almost get me upset and in some cases succeed in getting me upset. I have read books that address issues like anger management, customer service and good people skills. I usually exercise good self-control in these areas. Another issue I deal with is trust. Over the years, I have found it increasing difficult to trust people, especially customers. There is an adage in the automotive retail industry that says, “Customers are liars.” The third main issue is discernment of people and their motives for doing and saying certain things. I continuously strive to be more holistic and well-rounded in all areas of my life. I am aware of the dangers of anger, distrust and naivety when they become the dominant part of one’s life, even if it is for a brief period. If these issues are not addressed, they can destroy one’s life, job or other vital relationships, especially the business-client...
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...The Life Style Inventory (LSI), as shown above, depicts my highest score as Avoidance. I didn’t expect that characteristic is so high. The Avoidance style of thinking reveals an individual’s tendency to be apprehensive and self-protective. This mean people with such a style of thinking are eager to stay away from risk. I do not find myself to be aggressive when dealing with individuals. I tend to listen more to what people say. So this result wasn’t new to me but I was surprised that this score is highest one. This is also one of my limiting style I guess. And this result made me realized I need to work on my communication skills. If I am unable to express my feeling and my thoughts it is really difficult for another to respond me. Humanistic-Encouraging is my back up thinking style with a percentile 75%. I didn’t surprise this characteristic to be my highest score. This is characterized by seeing the good in everyone, being a good listener, having a genuine concern for others, and believing that I can help to improve, guide or support someone’s efforts. This describes me perfectly in both my professional and personal life. For instance, enjoyed working as customer service agent for airlines company because I allowed the customers to vent their problems, found solutions to their problems and it also gave me a sense of actualization when I was able to help someone by answering questions, directing them to the correct ways. Also I need to work on journalize skills so that I can...
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...GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior LIFE STYLES INVENTORY When proceeding with this life style survey, I was convinced that my “primary” style and/or my “back up” style will be far transparent from being Conventional and Oppositional. Moreover, in reviewing more in depth towards the final results, some of the outcomes are not exactly what I was expecting. In areas I thought should have resulted in a superlative score it barely met expectation in my scheme of things. Conventional-oriented has been revealed to be my “primary” style as the scoring was in the 98 percentile. I am by far not a manager that sees rules as more important than ideas. In fact, I do have a conservative behavior; however, it does not keep me away from trying new things. When working in a job I have always set goals and guidelines to be successful at my job skill. It has always persevered because I either was promoted at a rapid rate or acknowledgement went to me for an outstanding job. When working on a new job task that has been thrown my way, I get exhilarated from the new at all times. This describes more of an achievement-oriented “primary result” and what I was expecting at the end. At work, I am not seen as manager that will do things “by the book.” However, I am typically concerned with doing what is expected, but I am seeing as a manager that has high abilities to motivate subordinates to set goals and...
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...LSI ASSESSMENT Introduction The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) is a self-assessment diagnostic instrument that measures 12 key thinking patterns, or "styles". The LSI promotes performance change and improvement by increasing personal understanding of one's thinking and behavior. By responding to these, individuals learn exactly where they need to focus their development efforts, without ambiguity or guesswork. The results of the self-description are plotted on a circular graph for easy visualization of how the individual thinks and behaves in the 12 LSI styles. This profile acts as a personalized developmental needs assessment, calling attention to the individual's strengths as well as areas needing improvement. PERSONAL THINKING STYLES According to my LSI Profile shows my primary style is “Affiliative”. By definition Affiliative behaviors are behaviors which promote cohesion (friendly/positive) gestures. An Affiliative leader will promote harmony among the followers and helps solve conflict. He builds teams by making sure the followers feel connected to each other. I completely agree that I’m affiliative in nature. In the school days, if any fellow classmate would have difficulty in understanding a particular subject, I would stay back at school and try my best to make him understand the subject or have active discussions with my teacher to make him understand it better. Be at home, I would always participate in family discussions and try my level best to give suggestions...
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