...Life Styles Inventory Paper DeVry College of New York Leadership & Organizational Behavior Abstract This paper contains detailed analysis of my primary, back up and limiting thinking styles depicted from Life Styles Inventory survey results and how I manifest these thinking styles in my personal and professional life is in the first part. This paper also contains the impact of my personal style on management style, assess the impact on my effectiveness as a manager in terms of the four functions of management in the second part. Genesis of personal style, how I developed these styles as revealed by the Life Style Inventory survey is included in the third part. The paper will conclude with summary containing on how I value this exercise for my academic, personal and professional growth. Life Styles Inventory Part I: Personal Thinking Styles (Primary, Back-up, and Limiting) From the Life styles Inventory (LSI) survey, my primary thinking style is “Conventional” which showed a score of 91th percentile and my back-up style is “Self-Actualization” which showed a score of 90th percentile. I accept the survey results regarding my primary and back-up personal thinking styles. “Conventional” thinking style measures how the native adheres to rules, follows practices and principles. “Self-Actualization” thinking style represents the Self-respect, Self-realization, Receptive, Simplicity, emphasis equality, creativity, pursue of knowledge and desire to give for the society of...
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...Life Styles Inventory Paper Keller Graduate School of Management GM591: Leadership and Organizational Management Life Styles Inventory Paper Who am I? Where do I come from? What am I doing? Where am I going? And How do I get there are all questions we ask ourselves in one form or another throughout our lives. America is a place where one is not confined to who or what they are now. In fact one is in control of whom or what they will be tomorrow. In effect one can change the direction of one’s life. The key to doing so is to first understand one’s self. I recently took a life styles inventory survey to learn and get a better understanding of myself. Within the following paper I will identify the results of my survey to include my thinking styles, the impacts of my thinking styles and where I think I developed these styles. Thinking styles “The Life Styles Inventory measures 12 specific styles of patterns of thinking”(Human Synergy’s 2010) and is done by answering a series of questions. The chart following is a circumplex profile that was generated as a result of my answers to the survey. Primary thinking style The Circumplex indicates that my primary thinking style is dependent and is denoted by showing the higher shaded area. The Human Synergistic website (2010) describes that this style is characterized by “A passive attitude, Feelings of helplessness, the presence of rapid change or traumatic set-backs in one’s life, a lack of self respect, which results in...
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...Running head: LIFE STYLES INVENTORY PAPER – SELF-DESCRIPTION Life Styles Inventory Paper – Self-Description Keller Graduate School of Management Of DeVry University Abstract Taking the Life Styles Inventory (LSI) was a real eye opening experience for me. I didn’t think I would be so strong in the Aggressive / Defensive, or so weak in the Constructive categories. Thank goodness the styles are not permanent personality characteristics nor intractable; and can change because of new roles, environmental changes, and personal development efforts. According to LSI: The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) identifies the underlying thoughts and motivations that guide an individual's behavior. The quality of an individual's thinking and behavior contributes greatly to that person's work performance. The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) is based around the Human Synergistic Circumplex, describing constructive, passive/defensive and aggressive/defensive behaviors. In the LSI, the feedback is normalized against how 9,000 individuals have described themselves (LSI 1) and how 5,000 individuals have been described by 25,000 others (LSI 2). (LSI Human Synergistic www.human-synergistic.com) Moreover, I can trace my results back to my family upbringing, the cultural diversity of my childhood neighborhood, and my career choice. Life Styles Inventory Paper – Self-Description Part 1: Identify your primary and backup personal thinking styles to include a limiting style Is this really me?...
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...MI Inventory Paper PSYCH 538 MI Inventory Paper Kathiann Kowalski (2001) contends, “When it comes to describing people's learning styles, one thing is clear: Because everybody's brain is different, learning styles vary widely” (para.4). Learning styles are an important aspect to individual learning. The ability to recognize personal learning styles and identify strengths and weaknesses enables individuals to reach optimal success. Optimizing personal learning style leaves room for improvement. Learning styles vary and not everyone learns the same way. It is beneficial to evaluate learning styles in order to be productive in any learning or work environment. In 1983, Dr. Howard Gardner, a professor of neuroscience and psychologist at Harvard University developed the theory of Multiple Intelligences. Individuals have various make-ups, and according to Dr. Gardner each is a unique combination. Dr. Howard Gardner’s theory suggests that there are nine different intelligences. For Gardner, intelligence is: • the ability to create an effective product or offer a service that is valued in a culture; • a set of skills that make it possible for a person to solve problems in life; • the potential for finding or creating solutions for problems, which involves gathering new knowledge. According to the Multiple Intelligence Inventory the results that were strongly identified were Intrapersonal, Logical, and Verbal. Intrapersonal Intelligence...
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...Life Style Inventory Evaluation Chandra LaPrise cllaprise@yahoo.com March 12, 2012 To help someone be able to identify their underlying motivations and thoughts they should do a Life Style Inventory or a LSI. The LSI will help an individual with their behavior and help them identify their leadership style, management style, and their personal style. All of these styles will help show a person’s individual effectiveness. How a person thinks and their behavior will contribute to a person’s performance at work. There are people that can have a effect on a person that they will change their behavior and their thinking which in turn can effect a person’s effectiveness. Before a person decides to make changes they need to make sure that their behavior is being supportive or if it is not being supportive. There has been analysis that has been done in the past to assess the properties of the Life Style Inventory. Within the Life Style Inventory there are twelve subscales that are considered to be internally consistent. Item total correlations that are generated need to be acceptable of any estimates that are convergent and discriminant of validity. The correlations that are among the Life Style will indicate construct validity. Among the analysis it showed that among the twelve Life Styles there were broader orientations instead of the original that were stated. There was a mapping done of the factor loadings for the twelve Life Styles and it shows that it does not produce...
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...Life Styles Inventory Paper Title Page MGMT591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Student: Rodney Belk Dr. Kimberly Hunley May 15, 2016 After taking the lifestyles inventory interpretation test my primary and secondary personal thinking styles are more apparent to me. I have scored the highest in percentile of Oppositional and Power styles and very closely followed by perfectionist and competitive styles. My percentile scores in these areas were 99% for oppositional, 99% for power, and 95% for competitive. Regarding the primary style, oppositional, it is a very close perception of who I am. Taking the Life Styles Inventory (LSI) survey has really made me realized and confirm many things or styles that I've already knew about myself. On the Life Styles Inventory survey, I scored very high on the "Oppositional", "Power," “Perfectionist”, and "Competitive" styles of life. I strongly agree with this. I've always went about with that mindset. I can honestly say that for every decision I have ever made, I have taken these particular "styles" into consideration. At work as well as in my social life I have a strong tendency to be all of those things. I look at it as a way to survive. I believe in Darwin's concept of survival of the fitness idea. In order for me to live up to that belief, I need to be strong in a society that requires an individual to have those aspects in life. If you are weak, not driven, and make mistakes...
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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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...at the pinnacle but everyone can learn to guide by discovering the authority that lies within each of us to make a difference and being prepared when the call of guide comes. Leadership is applicable to all aspects of life. This is a competency that one can gain knowledge of to expand perspectives, set the circumstance goal, understand the dynamics of human performance, and take the proposal to get the organization to where they want to be. Leadership is the universal idea of setting a innovative course or vision for a group that is followed by the leader. A leader’s effectiveness is the extent to which the leader’s organizational unit performs its task successfully and attains its goals (Yukl, 2006). It is also noted that a leaders efficiency is calculated in terms of the leader’s contribution to the value of the group processes, as perceived by the employee’s or outside observers. Developing a personal leadership style is not an easy quest. Anytime that one is trying to influence behavior is engaging in a leadership role. There are many ways to transform leadership; vision, planning, communication, or imaginative actions, that has a optimistic effect on unifying individuals around a set of standards and beliefs to accomplish obtainable goals. This paper will address the type of leadership that best fits this writer. This...
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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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...Life Styles Inventory learning styles inventory test helps people understand better the behaviors and characteristics they posses that either help or hinder a person to become a successful leader. In this paper, I will discuss the results of my learning styles inventory test. I was pleased and a little shocked to see my results. I believe the test was accurate, however, I was surprised to find out the how high I scored in certain areas. According to the Life Styles Inventory results, my primary style is conventional, and my backup style is affiliative. I have always been referred to as an “old soul” and being conventional has always been my second nature. Being conventional means you that I appreciate rules and structure. I also am reliable and follow policies. Conventionalism and accounting seem to go hand in hand, so I feel confident I can use this personality trait to succeed in my career path. The results of the LSI test concluded that being affiliative was my backup style. Affiliative means that you have a genuine concern for others, and are friendly, and cooperative. I believe this result is a true representation of me. I am not one to cause waves unless absolutely necessary. I also show a lot of empathy towards others and I am always ready to listen to others concerns. I was a little surprised; however, to see how high I scored in dependent and oppositional. I have always considered myself very independent, and very rarely oppositional. I prefer to work on my own...
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...The Life Styles Inventory (LSI) Paper MGMT 591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior Instructor: Barbara Vallera 5/21/14 Introduction The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) presents a cycle of questions in the areas of personal fulfillment, tension, usefulness and value of interpersonal relationships and then collates participant responses into a circumflex identifying twelve exact patterns or styles of thinking, behaving and interacting on a personal, management and leadership level representing the essence of an individual's usefulness. The circumflex provides an image of an individual's thinking and behavior and then compares results with those of other individuals having taken the inventory in order to create self-awareness of strengths and weakness in order to create awareness of constructive behavior. The forming base for the LSI represents nearly ten thousand individuals from various organizations, ages, levels of education and from both genders. The results plotted on the circumflex a divided into area defined by higher order and lower order needs of satisfaction and security; and task-centered and people centered orientations. Within these spheres are twelve separate styles (agreement, conservative, reliant, prevention, oppositional, power, aggressive, obsessive, success, self-actualizing, humanistic-encouraging, and affinitive) which are consequently grouped into three exact patterns (success and reliant; self-actualizing and avoidance; humanistic-encouraging/oppositional;...
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...GM591 PREPARATION GUIDE: LIFE STYLES INVENTORY(LSI) Introduction: Thinking and Behavior "The quest for leadership is first an inner quest to discover who you are” (p.391).[1] --Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner--- Self-awareness is foundational to effective leadership and organization success[2]. Research in leadership and organizational behavior indicates that managers who are blind to who they are, and to the effects they have on other people in their organizations, place their effectiveness and their careers at risk. A frequently cited axiom is "the first commandment of leadership is to know thyself." For example, in their studies of managerial and executive derailment, the Center for Creative Leadership found that successful managers: (1) understand their values, personal styles, and strengths and weaknesses; (2) know the impact of these values, styles, and strengths and weaknesses on their ability to effectively work with others and achieve their goals; and (3) are quick to reflect upon and learn from their own experiences. Despite these advantages, we often resist opportunities to increase our self-awareness or to acknowledge error. We fear that learning something new about ourselves will be painful -- doing so may require us to change our treasured and habitual ways of seeing, thinking, and behaving. Self-awareness is also an important barometer to ensure that even the best leadership practices don't become destructive. As Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner caution...
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...Life Cycle Inventory Mohamed Elamin Date: 05/15/2011 DeVry University-Keller Graduate School of Management GM 591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor: Michael Belak Life Style Inventory Human behavior is one of the most complicated issues, hundreds of thousands researches had been held to understand it. Human behavior is influence by culture, attitude, emotions, value, ethnic and other genetics factors. Most of the people knew that there is no perfection especially when talking about human behavior; also it’s very difficult to measure or evaluate it. Many people may be able to describe their strengths, but they do not like to talk about their weaknesses. On the other hand, people who can objectively identify their strengths and weaknesses. But in the same time they found difficulties to recognize how they can enhance their strengths and how they can overcome their weaknesses. Therefore, Human Synergistic In. developed computer software called life style inventory, which will be referred as LSI. The LSI software helps users to assess their behavior, not only that, it work with them to improve strengths and reduce the effect of weaknesses. LSI is tremendously helpful software especially when you come to the working behavior, which requires interacting, dealing and working with people who are different from you. In the rest of this paper I will try articulate my life behavior base on LSI test. I found that my primary behavior is “competitive” and...
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...Life Styles Inventory™ & Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator®: A Comparison of Two Surveys We are often asked: “What is the difference between the Life Styles Inventory™ and the MyersBriggs Type Indicator®?” Whereas both of these surveys help individuals to better understand themselves and others, they differ in terms of what they measure, how they measure it, and how the results are used. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to highlight what we believe are some of the most important differences between these two popular instruments. The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) measures twelve distinct thinking and behavioral styles that are distinguished by their orientations toward task versus people and higher-order needs for satisfaction and growth versus lower order needs for security and safety. The LSI builds on the work of a variety of noteworthy psychologists, including Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, Karen Horney, Timothy Leary, David McClelland, Harry Stack Sullivan, as well as management scholars, such as Fredrick Hertzberg, Douglas McGregor, and Ralph Stodgill. It is designed to provide individuals with an opportunity to identify specific strengths in their thinking and behavior, as well as any “stumbling blocks” that may be standing in their way. As such, the LSI is used to initiate positive changes in how people approach their work and interact with others— changes that can increase both their personal and professional effectiveness. In contrast, the Myers-Briggs Type...
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...The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) Paper MGMT 591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior Introduction The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) presents a series of questions in the areas of personal satisfaction, stress, effectiveness and quality of interpersonal relationships and then collates participant responses into a circumplex identifying 12 specific patterns or styles of thinking, behaving and interacting on a personal, management and leadership level--representing the essence of an individual's effectiveness. The circumplex provides a visual description of an individual's thinking and behaviour and then compares results with those of other individuals having taken the inventory in order to create self-awareness of strengths and weakness in order to create awareness of constructive behaviour. The norming base for the LSI represents nearly 10,000 individuals from various organizations, ages, levels of education and from both genders. The results plotted on the circumplex a divided into areas defined by higher order and lower order needs of satisfaction and security; and task-centered and people-centered orientations. Within these spheres are 12 separate styles (approval, conventional, dependent, avoidance, oppositional, power, competitive, perfectionistic, achievement, self-actualizing, humanistic-encouraging, and affiliative) which are subsequently grouped into three specific patterns (achievement/dependent; self-actualizing/avoidance; humanistic-encouraging/oppositional;...
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