Group Styles Inventory (GSI)

The Group Styles Inventory (GSI) is a team based measure, which assesses the behaviours observed by team members during a team decision-making session.

GSI_p

Each team member completes the inventory and the combined responses represent a clear profile of the behaviours used by the team in its efforts to achieve quality decisions with high acceptance.

The GSI measures the constructive and defensive elements of group processes with the 12 styles used in the Human Synergistics Circumplex.

Certain group styles are productive and lead to high quality decisions to which members are highly committed. Other group styles are counterproductive and lead to solutions of marginal or poor quality and limited group acceptance.

At YourThinkingCoach.com we combine the Group Style Inventory with another systems methodology called the TOC Thinking Processes.

The TOC Thinking Processes are a suite of logic trees that provide a roadmap for change.

They guide the team through the decision making process of problem structuring, problem identification, solution building, identification of barriers to be overcome, and implementation of the solution.

The combination of the measurement tools and the TOC Thinking Processes allows teams to develop Strategy and Objectives that will logically improve the level of constructive thinking and behaviour and reduce the reliance of learnt passive defensive and aggressive defensive styles.

From these Strategies and Objectives teams can develop action plans that deliberately create new experiences that will reinforce the new desired behaviour, increase team synergy and provide for better group decision making.

Fee:  $65 + 15% GST per person

Group Styles Inventory™ requires facilitation by an accredited and experienced coach.

Fee:  $1500 + 15% GST (4 hour workshop session)

Read more:   Group Styles Inventory™

Contact us:

Please call Karl Perry on +64 21 901 501 to discuss the Group Styles Inventory™ profiling.

Unique Characteristics of the Group Styles Inventory™

  • Provides group members with a ‘safe’ way to talk about behaviours within the team and the impact these have on group performance.
  • Allows group members to clearly identify what is helping and hindering the team in its efforts – leading to improvement planning for enhance performance.
  • Meets rigorous academic and psychometric standards.
  • Integrates with the Life Styles Inventory and the Organisational Culture Inventory® (OCI) measures to show the link between individual, group and organisational level behaviours.