Program Outline
About this Program
The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) is a powerful self-assessment tool that helps individuals gain deeper insight into their thinking patterns, behaviours and leadership styles in both personal and professional settings. Based on the Circumplex model of human behaviour, the LSI explores Constructive, Passive/Defensive and Aggressive/Defensive behavioural styles.
This engaging workshop helps participants build self-awareness, identify strengths and recognise behaviours that may impact communication, leadership effectiveness and team relationships.
Like all People Tank programs, the workshop is practical, interactive and designed for immediate workplace application, with opportunities for reflection, discussion and real-world learning throughout.
Program Topics
The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) is a self-assessment tool developed by Dr. J. Clayton Lafferty. It is designed to help individuals gain insights into their thinking and behavioural patterns in both personal and professional contexts. The LSI is based on the Circumplex model of human behaviour, which identifies 12 specific styles grouped into three general clusters: Constructive, Passive/Defensive, and Aggressive/Defensive.
1. Constructive Styles: These styles are associated with self-enhancing thinking and behaviour. They include Achievement, Self-Actualising, Humanistic-Encouraging, and Affiliative styles. Individuals with high scores in these styles tend to be more adaptable, open-minded, and effective in their interactions with others.
2. Passive/Defensive Styles: These styles are associated with self-protecting thinking and behaviour. They include Approval, Conventional, Dependent, and Avoidance styles. Individuals with high scores in these styles may be more prone to conformity, self-doubt, and avoidance of conflict.
3. Aggressive/Defensive Styles: These styles are associated with self-promoting thinking and behaviour. They include Oppositional, Power, Competitive, and Perfectionistic styles. Individuals with high scores in these styles may exhibit tendencies towards aggressiveness, control, and perfectionism.
The LSI provides individuals with a profile of their thinking and behavioural styles based on their responses to a series of questions. This profile can help individuals become more self-aware and identify areas for personal and professional development. The LSI can be used in a variety of settings, including leadership development programs, team building, and coaching.
All People Tank programs are designed to be practical, interactive and immediately applicable to the workplace, with opportunities for reflection, discussion and real-world application.
Workshop content can be tailored to organisational needs and may include interactive activities, practical case studies, facilitated discussions, reflection exercises and workplace application strategies.
Delivery Options
• Flexible delivery options available including face-to-face, virtual classroom, half-day, full-day and customised multi-session formats depending on organisational needs.
Audience
• Suitable for professionals, leaders and teams seeking practical, workplace-focused learning that builds capability, confidence and performance.
Key Outcomes
• Participants will build practical knowledge, confidence and workplace capability through life styles inventory™ (lsi) while developing greater self-awareness, communication and application of key concepts in real-world environments.
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