LSI Essays - Humor Styles, Humour, Personal Styles,

My LSI primary styles is Conventional. My LSI backup style is Affiliative. In this assignment I will go over how these styles apply to my life and how they also apply to my work. I will also go over my limiting styles, how personal styles impact my management style, origins of my personal styles, and a goal I hope my work in GM591 will address. My LSI Primary style is Conventional. The conventional style is a conforming style that represents adhering to rules and established procedures, maintaining a low profile, and "blending in" with our particular environment to avoid calling attention to ourselves. I work with contracts, contract language, and established procedures in my current and past jobs. My job requires that I follow the language in our contracts so that I am compliant with procedures and the law. My job does not have that much room for flexibility and creativity. I am also a low key person at work and outside of work. I do not crave attention and I do not try to be competitive with people. I agree with the results that my LSI Primary style is Conventional. I tend to want to fit in and not stand out. My backup style is Affiliative. This style represents a need for social interaction and interpersonal contact. Affiliative people seek out, establish, value, and maintain close associations with others. These individuals appreciate people and enjoy being in the company of others. In my current position I have to establish relationships with our customers and co-workers. They depend on me and I depend on them regarding deadlines, accountability and requests. I enjoy working with people and feel over time I have built strong bonds at work and in my personal life with people that I could trust and they could trust me. I was surprised by the high score in this category. I tend to not be that social and I do not go out of my way to meet new people. My limiting style is Perfectionistic. People that have this style work to make things the best they can be. My job is very detail orientated and there is room to make a lot of errors. I work with a person that I would consider a perfectionist. She is very talented and knowledgeable and I try to mimic the way she works. Her perfectionistic ways are sometime on overdrive and she expects everyone to be like her. She has gotten into arguments with others. Her message is good but tends to be delivered in a bossy stuck up manner. I would like to be more of a perfectionist, but do it in a way that would bring people together rather than making people feel intimidated dealing with me. My other limiting style is Power. Individuals who seek power are motivated by a need to gain prestige, status and influence: they achieve false, temporary feelings of self-worth by striving to be "in charge" at all times. I am an individual contributor at work. I do not have anyone reporting to me. I only have to manage my work and customer account relationships. I would like to have a position in the future where people report to me. I feel I need to be more competitive, out-going, and individualistic to be recognized, promoted, or be considered for a people management position. I agree with the survey results for this category. I do not like people that are overtly power hungry. I have worked for and with people like that, and these people were very unpopular in the workplace. I saw corruption and discrimination used by power hungry people in my work experience. When it comes to planning and organizing within my job function, I use the Conventional style. I have learned the procedures at my job. I have also done my job enough times to know what works and what does not work. I have learned from my co-workers the way I should do my job based on procedures, policies, and best practices. My job is pretty straightforward. I have deadlines that I need to meet. I know what is expected of me. There usually are no surprises. The Conventional style does not change often and