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Using what you learn about yourself, you can determine where and how to direct your self-improvement efforts to achieve casting, measurable results. ” The LSI characterizes who I am and the shape of my life. LSI creates a profile of my current thinking style. Also, I can see how the 12 personal thinking styles work together to determine my behaviors. The analysis of the LSI profile and 12 personal thinking styles are describes as per self-development guide. In humanistic-encouraging section did score in the medium range 69%.
This score indicates that I demonstrate concern for others and can be supportive of them. Because generally try to encourage people in their efforts to improve, others probably see me as inspirational. I recognize the value of positive feedback and frequently use it as motivator. These statements are accurate about me. This style also works well with high score in achievement. I did score 90% in achievement section. This suggests that I do things well, and tend to focus on the quality of both my performance and the results my achievements.
In addition, humanistic-encouraging behavior can be affected when the perfectionist score is high. By being perfectionist, I avoid to get closer to others because my imperfections can be discovered. I did a new discovery about myself. Affiliation indicates that I am a friendly person who enjoys people and able to establish warm, trusting relationships with those who am interested. Self-actualization reveal that I tend to have a great deal confidence in myself and in my ability to make things better. My healthy outlook can positively influence my personal development, relationships, and effectiveness at work.
In approval style I score medium low which indicates that I don’t have to have a strong need for approval. I prefer to voice my opinions and I tend to be guide by own beliefs and values. Affiliation, self-actualization, and approval tales describe my-self very well. Power score illustrate my desire for control may sometimes interfere with my efforts to direct others. When seeking power I lose control often during stressful situations. In most cases I perceive my-self as this style describes me. Competitive score in the high range 75%. I like to be the center of attention.
I focus more on winning than on performance excellence. Do not work well with others cooperatively to achieve a goal; I tend to work against them. Oppositional Score is in the high range. I tend to take a rigidly skeptical stand toward others. I am not direct in my observation and this makes it difficult for people to know what I am thinking. These results are very surprising to me. I do not considered myself as self-center of attention nor working cooperatively well with others. Don’t belief that my ideas are better than anyone else, nor that I don’t need people.
Conventional style indicates that I have difficult times dealing with new things and even taking small risks. Dependent style score medium range of 50%. This point out that when making decisions I likely to seek the opinions of others, because I feel safer when there set the course. Achievement and self-actualization score influence how conventional am l. Also, influence in my level of dependence. Both score in achievement and self-actualization were high indicates that I am independent and I act according to my own beliefs.
Avoidance shows me that I have difficulty giving my-self credit for my strengths; instead I tend to focus on my faults. I criticize my-self when mistake are made, rather than learning from them and moving forward. Achievement and self-actualization score have great influence in avoidance. See appendix A for the complete score of the LSI profile. The two styles that have great influence in my behavior are: 1. Perfectionist at 10 o’clock position. 2. Achievement at 11 o’clock position. The style I have chosen to work on is perfectionist at 10 o’clock position.
Because would like to modify the flowing behaviors: To be so hard on my- self and so demanding on others A tendency to attach self-worth to accomplishment tasks An inability to deal with emotions My score for the perfectionist style means I tend to believe that: I probably have faculty be simply doing my best. I tend to seek recognition by making sure that some or all areas of my life are flawless. Even though am task oriented, frequently see high quality results as unsatisfactory because they don’t meat my unrealistic standards. I often set goals for my-self higher than anyone else’s.
By being so perfectionist I did not perform my work to the best of my potential because was so caught up with the detail of the project instead of the whole picture. Also, I did not manage my time very well because did not delegate as much as I should in order to complete the project. The project was completed on time but I was very tried for all the work I did. Though if do it know is done correctly. I expect the work performed by others to be their best at all times like I expected from me. I recognize, now that by being less perfectionist, I will improve my ability to accomplish things.
This will improve the relationship with my manager, employees and peers. In the achievement style, I am please how view my-self in achievement-oriented at this point in time. “Self-awareness is foundational to effective leadership. Research in leadership and organizational behavior indicates that managers who are blind to who they are, and to the effects they have on other people in their organizations, place their effectiveness and their careers at risk. For example, in their studies of managerial and executive derailment, the Center for Creative Leadership found that successful managers: 1.
Understand their values, personal styles, and strengths and weaknesses; 2. Know the impact of these values, styles, and strengths and weaknesses on their ability to effectively work with others and achieve their goals; 3. Quick to reflect upon and learn from their own experiences. Despite these advantages, we often resist opportunities to increase our self-awareness or to acknowledge error. We fear that learning something new about ourselves will be painful doing so may require us to change our treasured and habitual ways of seeing, thinking, and behaving. The most exciting adventure you will ever embark on is the journey inside yourself. As you begin to discover the amazing person that you are, you will be better able to understand others, make good choices in your careers and lifestyles, find meaning in your life, and earn your own happiness. Appendix A I Name: luisa@myacc. Net Your LSI Styles Profile I Date survey Taken: 3/22/2004 The scores (out of 40) and the percentiles in the table and in the circumflex below depict your perceptions of how you think and behave.