Results of Life Styles Inventory: Personal and Professional Implications

A1. Leadership Style Upon conducting research, it is clear that the definition of “leadership” is not agreed upon. It is fluid, based upon many perceptions, situations, and surroundings. According to Robinson (2010), adopting a specific style of leadership is rather futile as it is, “contingent on the personal traits of the leader, the people being led, and the nature of the activity.” Tools are available to help guide potential leaders in determining a preferred style of leadership. For example, utilizing the “Leadership Self-Assessment

Is the “traits” approach to the study of leadership valid? If so, in what ways? How does recent research on the links between personality and individual behavior contribute to our understanding of leadership?

A leader I admire, whether real-life or fictional character from the television, the movies or a book, will be identified. Leadership theories will be used to evaluate my selected leader to determine what characteristics and leadership abilities helped this leader become successful. I will also include an evaluation of my own leadership style and identify what my individual leadership characteristics are. The plan will be developed to improve my leadership style based upon the findings of my chosen leader’s leadership style compared to my own.

Human Synergistic International’s Life style Inventory survey has provided me with very insightful information on my thinking and

The online leadership and management style test that I used to determine the leadership style that my personality may accommodate was from the psych test website at testyourself.psychtests.com. After a 15 minute questionnaire, the site determined that my personality and principles were of a democratic style leadership. The qualities that a leader or manager of a democratic style may display the following traits: May includes employees in decisions that may affect the unit, motivate staff members by supporting and celebrating achievements and milestones, efficient communication exists between the up and down the chain of command, and they believe that cooperation and collaboration is necessary.

Before this lecture and assignment I never gave it thought about different leadership styles and what type I have or will deal with in the past, present, and future. This paper also gave me chance to break down how I’m a different leader depending on what situation I’m put in. As of right now it would be difficult trying to put my leadership style because I’m always in different positon that allow be that to specific leader. Right now I’m in a great position that allow me to lead other in the direction that benefit them and the

These week 1 presentations, readings and personality test and links provided will have an impact on my understanding of management and leadership personality types. My preconceived understanding of management and leadership are based on my experience as a manager in two different governmental organizations as well as a brief career doing consulting work in the private sector. In the following pages I will attempt to look at how my management and leadership experiences are reflected in my personality type from the test. The test determined that my personality type is (I)ntroverted, I(N)tuitive, (F)eeler, (J)udger, and in the coming weeks, I hope to find out if that assessment is accurate for me in my personal and professional relationships. According to Type talk at work INFJs tend to be “…inward, meditative and reflective (Introversion)…and there perception of life is to see endless possibilities…(iNtuition).” The text goes on to say that these “… symbols and abstractions are translated through …subjective , interpersonal decision –making preference (Feeling).” which is in turn “…acted out in a lifestyle that is structured, scheduled and

Leadership is about effectively influencing people; an endeavor that can be very challenging at times even for the most qualified and experienced leaders. My time at the Eisenhower School has allowed me to read and assimilate vast amounts of information about leadership. The white space during the school year has facilitated reflection on the results of my executive assessment, seminar discussions, and the various leadership presentations from strategic leaders. As a result, I realize there are strategic leadership concepts I have already experienced and applied. Self-awareness by attaining understanding of my own personality is one of the most valuable lessons I have learned. Cognizance of my temperament’s tendencies and those of

According to the personal development plan that I conducted, I found myself with various leadership traits such as commitment, and flexibility, where I can handle all my assignments correctly and on time. I need to be tolerant and avoid being temperament. Lastly, I also need to have faith in myself and believe that I can do what am supposed to do perfectly without

Who are we? How do we think and behave? What is the impact of our thinking and behaving styles professionally and personally? How do we change these styles? These are the questions we ask as leaders. The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) is a tool to help answer these questions and develop a plan to address. It is “a survey that measures the connection between thinking and behaving and its impact on performance. It is used to identify a person’s strengths and improvement areas focusing on beliefs, values, behaviors and assumptions about yourself” (Human Synergistics International, 2016). Upon completion of the assessment, it offers suggestions on how to modify individual styles to benefit the individual, the team, and their organization. This narrative is an analysis of my results, how these styles are manifested in my life, and what actions I plan to take improve my behaviors.

Who are we? How do we think and behave? What is the impact of our thinking and behaving styles professionally and personally? How do we change these styles? These are the questions we ask as leaders. The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) is a tool designed to answer these questions. It is a tool “used to identify a person’s strengths and improvement areas focusing on beliefs, values, behaviors and assumptions about yourself” (Human Synergistics International, 2010). After completing the assessment, the results provide insight into an individual’s various styles, the impact to others, suggestions to change and there benefits. This narrative is an analysis of my results, how these styles are manifested in my life, and what actions.

The Life Style Inventory (LSI) assessment measures 12 styles of thinking. By studying results on these 12 styles of thinking one can determine leadership effectiveness of an individual. I took this assessment and will be discussing various topics about my assessment including personal thinking styles, impact on management style and genesis of personal styles.

There are many leadership styles and is important to know which style you are. There are many ways one can learn their leadership style, for example, through assessments. Knowing your leadership style will help you become a better leader. Although there are many leadership assessments our text discussed four assessments that can give insights into building blocks of personality most commonly identified by peers, subordinate employees, and supervisors (Ledlow, et al, 2014). These assessments include: Hemisphere Dominance assessments; Jungian assessments; Vark test; Struder Group; Price Group; and many

Therefore how a leader’s character or personality influences leadership. This paper will critically evaluate how useful is the trait approach to leadership. It begins with

This report also looked at different leadership styles and stated what your personality type and which