Workplace Big Five Profile™

Introducing Change Style Indicator® & Influence Style Indicator™

Change Style Indicator® measures an individual's preferred style in approaching and addressing change, while Influence Style Indicator™ measure's an individual's preferred style as they influence others.

Both are designed to help individuals for a leader role in managing and influencing their team.

About Change Style Indicator®

The Change Style Indicator is designed to measure an individual’s style preferences in approaching and addressing change. It is a leadership assessment that provides leaders of all levels with insights on personal preferences for managing through change and provides context for how those around them might perceive and respond to their preferred style. This assessments will provide insights and knowledges on both initiated and opposed change and places the respondent on a continuum between:

Conserver: prefers the known to the unknown
Pragmatist: prefers to explore the current situation in an objective manner
Originator: prefers a faster and more radical approach to change

With the Change Style Indicator, leaders will:

Learn about three unique styles for dealing with change
Discover their personal position on the continuum of change style preferences
Learn how a preferred style affects how others perceive an individual and how a style influences the perceptions of others
Explore the advantages and strengths that each style offers in a team effort
Improve interpersonal communication and understanding
Avoid conflicts and reduce unproductive meeting time
Realize the value of all perspectives when resolving issues
Enable the group’s creativity, collaboration, and innovation
Increase teamwork and cooperation

About Influence Style Indicator™

The Influence Style Indicator is an assessment instrument designed to understand an individual's preferred style as they influence others. The assessment addresses one’s preferred, secondary, and underutilized influencing styles.
Outcomes:

Learn more about the two primary orientations: Advocating - Individuals put forward ideas and offer logical and rational reasons to convince others of their point of view; Uniting - Individuals advocate for their position by encouraging others with a sense of shared mission and exciting possibilities
Learn about five unique influencing styles: Rationalizing, Asserting, Negotiating, Inspiring and Bridging
Understand when each influencing style is best used and what the potential pitfalls may be
Improve the ability to connect with others using a variety of influencing styles Be able to identify others’ preferred style

With the Influence Style Indicator, leaders will:

Examine what their chosen influence style looks like to others
Determine best opportunities to flex their style to address a variety of situations
Improve their ability to connect with others using a variety of influencing styles
Investigate how timing and discretion are important considerations in influencing
Reach an understanding of how influencing styles can impact organizational decision making
Be able to identify others’ preferred styles

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