Mgmt 591 Week 3 Individual Assignment
LSI SELF-DESCRIPTION
Demetria Body
MGMT-591-12037 Leadership & Organizational Behavior
Richard Voyles
May 13, 2013
Self-Description
According to the LSI Internet Edition LSI 1, the Life Style Inventory survey from Human Synergistics International, is a “system that provides a "road map" to properly focus your personal development goals and keep you headed in the direction you want to go. The LSI measures 12 specific styles of patterns of thinking that can either aid or deter a person from achieving his or her potential, which includes Achievement, Self-Actualizing, Humanistic-Encouraging, and Affiliative thinking styles, the Passive/Defensive, which includes Approval, Conventional, Dependent, and Avoidance thinking styles and the Aggressive/Defensive, which includes Oppositional, Power, Competitive, and Perfectionistic thinking styles. This paper will examine my primary & backup thinking styles, one style that I believe may be …show more content…
Humanistic-Encouraging mangers obtain this by demonstrating belief in what their staff members can accomplish. This type of manager will build problem-solving skills and confidence by asking insightful questions designed to help subordinates arrive at their own solutions. Humanistic-Encouraging style managers are effective in obtaining measurable, bottom-line results and this comes from planning and being proactive instead of reactive when it comes to things like how to handle conflict, planning and organizing on the job training and feedback from employees, leading by example with integrity and honesty, boosting employee morale and maintaining a healthy work environment, but not controlling employees where they don’t feel as if they don’t have a voice and showing them they are
Demetria Body
MGMT-591-12037 Leadership & Organizational Behavior
Richard Voyles
May 13, 2013
Self-Description
According to the LSI Internet Edition LSI 1, the Life Style Inventory survey from Human Synergistics International, is a “system that provides a "road map" to properly focus your personal development goals and keep you headed in the direction you want to go. The LSI measures 12 specific styles of patterns of thinking that can either aid or deter a person from achieving his or her potential, which includes Achievement, Self-Actualizing, Humanistic-Encouraging, and Affiliative thinking styles, the Passive/Defensive, which includes Approval, Conventional, Dependent, and Avoidance thinking styles and the Aggressive/Defensive, which includes Oppositional, Power, Competitive, and Perfectionistic thinking styles. This paper will examine my primary & backup thinking styles, one style that I believe may be …show more content…
Humanistic-Encouraging mangers obtain this by demonstrating belief in what their staff members can accomplish. This type of manager will build problem-solving skills and confidence by asking insightful questions designed to help subordinates arrive at their own solutions. Humanistic-Encouraging style managers are effective in obtaining measurable, bottom-line results and this comes from planning and being proactive instead of reactive when it comes to things like how to handle conflict, planning and organizing on the job training and feedback from employees, leading by example with integrity and honesty, boosting employee morale and maintaining a healthy work environment, but not controlling employees where they don’t feel as if they don’t have a voice and showing them they are