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 normed 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)
Part I- Personal Thinking Styles
Your LSI Styles Circumplex
"Primary" and "Backup" Thinking Styles
The above illustration shows my different styles, I am strongest in the Aggressive/Defensive Styles category. Power, Oppositional, Competitive, and perfectionistic are my strengths in the illustration. My primary personal thinking style is Power (8 O' clock position). This measure on how demanding and controlling I am all of the time. This shows that feeling in charge; I tend to feel threatened and helpless when I'm not in full control of a situation. I notice that most of my friends tend to be quiet when I start to get hostile in feuding conversations. Below are statements that describe how power thinking styles affect me:
Driven to be in charge at all times
Quick to anger , impatient and irritable with others
Will seek revenge if provoked
Fear a loss control
My Backup personal thinking style is Competitive (9 O'clock position). Competitive scale measures my way of thinking with others. I tend to focus more on winning than on performance excellence. I scored more on the high range with competitive as well as power. Being a high competitive person includes:
Higher Quality results
The ability and willingness to cooperate with others
Satisfying relationships
A greater appreciation for cooperation and