Build Better Leaders with the Life Styles Inventory® 

Transform Thinking.

Elevate Performance.

Unlock Excellence.

Great leaders aren’t born – they’re developed. The Life Styles Inventory® (LSI) is a powerful, research-backed tool that helps individuals and leaders build self-awareness, shift unproductive behaviors, and lead more effectively.
Unlike personality tests which reinforce a fixed mindset, LSI measures how you think and behave today – and invites people to learn, grow, and improve.

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Why Use the Life Styles Inventory

Build Self-Awareness

Understand how your thinking and behaviour influences leadership effectiveness, performance, and relationships. Awareness is the first step toward growth.

Improve Performance

Data driven insights provide clear, actionable feedback on how your mindset affects decision-making, teamwork, and leadership effectiveness.

Develop Resilience & Adaptability

Learn to shift unproductive thinking patterns, handle challenges more effectively, and build a leadership approach that fosters long-term success.

Strengthen Relationships

Improve communication, collaboration, and team dynamics by understanding how your behaviour is perceived by others.

A Path to Growth – Not a Fixed Label

Unlike personality or preference based tools, LSI isn’t about fixed traits – it’s an invitation to learn, grow, and develop.

Track Improvements Over Time

Leadership development isn’t a one-time event – it’s an ongoing journey. Remeasure every 12-24 months to track progress and reinforce positive changes.
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What is the Life Styles Inventory (LSI)

Builds Self-Awareness That Leads to Real Change

LSI helps you understand what drives your actions, how others experience you, and where you can shift your thinking and behaviour to lead more constructively.

Not Set In Stone, An Invitation To Grow

It’s not about expecting the world or others to change to suit us, it is about making changes to be more effective in how we approach the world and others.

Powerful Insights + A Good Coach = Transformation

When paired with skilled coaching, the LSI becomes a powerful catalyst for accelerating personal and professional growth.
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Who Uses the LSI:


Leaders &
Managers

Use LSI to increase self-awareness, strengthen leadership effectiveness, and align leadership style with the culture you want. Role model constructive thinking and behavior at the top – where it matters most.

Individual Contributors & High Potentials

Professionals use LSI to gain insight into how they work with others and tackle tasks –  building stronger performance in their current role and preparing them to go to the next level of leadership.


Leadership & Development Experts

HR and L&D teams use LSI in their programmes to support leadership development, coaching, and cultural transformation. LSI provides a clear path for growth – helping leaders to evolve.

Coaches, Consultants, & Internal Change Agents

Accredited coaches use LSI to create deeper conversations, measure change over time, and support clients in shifting mindsets and behaviors. Become accredited to use LSI with your clients.

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Inside the LSI:

Understand How You See Yourself

The LSI 1 provides a powerful snapshot of how you perceive your own thinking styles. It highlights the patterns you’ve developed over time – both strengths and blind spots – and helps you reflect on how these influence your performance and satisfaction.

Inside the LSI1 report:

  • A personalised Circumplex profile showing your current Thinking Styles

  • Item level scores for the questions under each style to allow deeper insights

  • Self rated Satisfaction and Effectiveness scores

  • Narrative interpretation of your results

  • Suggestions for development based on your own results

See How Others Experience You

The LSI 2 gathers feedback from colleagues, managers, and team members to reveal how your behavior is perceived by others. It helps you explore the impact you’re having – whether constructive or unintentional – and where your self-perception aligns (or differs) from how others see you.

Inside the report:

  • A 360° view of how others experience your behaviors on the Circumplex

  • Breakout Profiles showing how different relationship groups might experience you differently – Managers, peers, direct reports

  • Item level scores under each style to allow for deeper insights

  • Task Effectiveness, Relationship Effectiveness, and other outcomes as rated by colleagues.

  • Narrative interpretation of your results

  • Suggestions for Development to enhance your effectiveness.

What Our Clients Say

The transformative power of the Human Synergistics framework, particularly the LSI 1 and LSI 2, were instrumental in enabling us to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement. We implemented these tools across all levels of our organisation, aligning them perfectly with our company values. This seamless integration made the program highly relevant and impactful for our people.
Freda Behrens
Freda BehrensHuman Resources Director, Lindt & Sprüngli Australia
The LSI tools provided leaders with great feedback and insights to craft a robust development plan for themselves to improve their relationships and in turn the experiences for our people. The data, insights, models and education provided by Human Synergistics have been a critical mechanism on our cultural journey.
Vanessa Riley
Vanessa RileyChief People Officer, Richard Crookes Constructions
"Embarking on a journey of 360 reviews for our executive team with Human Synergistics has been a pivotal experience for our organisation. The LSI was not only well-constructed but also delved deep into the nuances of executive roles. The analysis provided by the team was not just accurate but offered valuable insights."
Sean Curtian
Sean CurtianExecutive Director People & Culture, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Think Better. Lead Better. Perform Better.

The Life Styles Inventory isn’t just an assessment — it’s a launchpad for lasting leadership growth.

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