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Integrated development system

The Human Synergistics' Integrated Development System is a multi-level system for human performance measurement and development. The system enables organisations to initiate change programmes at the individual, group and organisational levels either simultaneously or sequentially.

Our distinctive Circumplex forms the foundation of the integrated system and is a quantitative measurement instrument providing a common language and theme to link these multi-level development efforts.

Our materials target three key development areas:

Individual Development

Behavioural Styles based measurement

Diagnostic assessments such as the Life Styles Inventory (LSI) and Leadership/Impact (L/I) use the circumplex to measure 12 specific ‘styles’ of thinking, behaving and leading. The circumplex brings order to a complex array of factors which are related to the effectiveness of people and the systems they create.

Competency based measurement

Diagnostic assessments such as the Management Effectiveness Profile System (MEPS) and the Coaching for Superior Performance Inventory (CSPI) focus on identifying and developing specific skills and process areas.

Team Development

Behavioural Styles based measurement

The Group Styles Inventory (GSI) also uses the circumplex to identify group behaviours and highlight those that are helping and hindering a group from achieving high performance.

Experiential learning

Team development simulations such as Desert Survival defined an entire genre of group problem-solving exercises. These allow people to experience for themselves the forces of synergy – when the co-operative efforts of two or more people produce ideas, solutions and products that exceed the quality of those produced by individuals working alone.

Organisational Development

The Organisational Culture Inventory (OCI) is probably the most widely used measure of organisational culture in the world. It uses the circumplex to measure the behavioural values, norms and expectations that exist throughout the organisation and - because OCI is part of our integrated development system - can link back to leadership behaviours as a primary change strategy.

The Organisational Effectiveness Inventory (OEI) is a research-based measure of the factors that influence culture – the antecedents of culture - which in turn become the levers for cultural change.