LIFE STYLES INVENTORY

Life Styles Inventory

Life Style Inventory

PART I: PERSONAL THINKING STYLES

The life style inventory helps people to work out on their behaviors and further strengthen them to gain personal effectiveness. The life style inventory system is equally user friendly for both personal and 360º assessment.

I have always wondered that somewhere I have leadership qualified, but I never tried to explore it in a possible way. Therefore, I have chosen this inventory to evaluate my skills and to come to an answer to my questions.

PART II: IMPACT ON MANAGEMENT STYLE

The impact of my personal style on the primary functions of management will be quite significant or we can say that my management is going to be based on my distinctive styles. For example, the life style inventory results have identified all the constructive styles as my strengths and denote that I am an extrovert and instead of being a self-centered individual I care for people around me.

Leadership qualities require better planning that include learning new leadership skills, taking appropriate actions, having a proactive approach, working along with people and guide them to the best possible way. For this purpose, a person needs to plan accordingly and to act on that plan, requires skills that can help to achieve those plans. Therefore, I have chosen LSI to come to a conclusion.

PART III: GENESIS OF PERSONAL STYLES

The percentile and raw scores in the extensions on the circumplex and below table represents the perception and pattern of how I think and behave. The raw scores range from 0 to 40 whereas the percentile scores accounts for the results that compared with individuals who have already completed life style inventory (Alvin, 1998).

LSI STYLE INTERPRETATIONS

The Constructive Styles

Position

Style

Score

Percentile

Self-Assessment

1

Humanistic-Encouraging

29

44

Strength

2

Affiliative

31

55

Strength

11

Achievement

35

75

Strength

12

Self-Actualizing

36

90

Strength

The 11, 12, 1 and 2 o'clock positions represent self enhancing behavior and thinking that contribute to an individual's level of satisfaction, ability to work in coordination with people, development of healthy relationships, and proficiency at completing different tasks. The overall constructive style is high except the humanistic percentile score that is below the 50% whereas as other scores are higher than average scores.

The Passive/Defensive Styles

The 3, 4, 5, and 6 o'clock positions reflect the self protecting behavior and thinking that accounts for fulfillment and achievement of security needs through interaction with different individuals. The score for Approval is low which is positive and denotes that I do not rely on others too much for making decisions ...