LSI

Introduction

The Life Style Inventory (LSI ) exercise had helped me become more aware of the thought patterns and life principles that I value as a person and in my relationship with others . Who we are as persons greatly influence and affect how effective and efficient we can be as leaders and managers thus it is important to venture into an awareness activity that would bring us closer to who really are or to possibly refute and analyze what we learn and what we think we are . This presents my LSI results and

a discussion of how the results mirror or contradict my personal belief about who I am as well as provide a course of action for the improvement of my not so effective styles

Part I : Personal Thinking Styles

`Primary` and `Backup` Thinking Styles

The LSI result form provides a circumplex pro (Figure 1 see appendix ) which maps out the scores of my responses to the inventory and thus identifies the specific aspects of my LSI result . It is evident from Figure 1 that my highest score falls in the Affiliative style (2 'o clock position . It can be said that my primary thinking style is affiliative which means that I tend to place importance and value to my interpersonal relationships and to always make sure that I do not make enemies and everyone . In reflection , I agreed with this because I must admit that I always strive to maintain harmony in all my relationships , may it be at work or in my neighborhood and with my family . I become uncomfortable when I hear people screaming at each other or getting angry , I always strive to say things kindly even if I am already upset with how things are being done . The second highest score fall on the Humanistic-encouraging style which then is my back-up thinking style . This meant that I dominantly want to and work in helping other people achieve their potentials and dreams . This is also true for me since I am drawn to volunteer on groups that help people become better persons . I also think about how my actions would affect other people , I try to not put people down , or to appear that I am better than they are . I am an encourager in the sense that I make it my personal mission to encourage those who are feeling depressed and those who think that they are unlucky and unloved . When I analyzed my primary and back-up thinking styles I realized that they actually compliment each other , since I seek and value affiliation with other people , I try to help them grow personally and professionally and that somehow I could see why people always say that I am a good person

`Limiting` Style

The style I have chosen to limit my effectiveness is that of being Oppositional (7 'o clock position . The oppositional style is directly in conflict with humanistic-encouraging style , and since oppositional is in the aggressive-defensive styles I would really...