By the end of this course you will know yourself better than ever! Now it''s time to find out how your unique personal style affects your communications and decision-making at work! There are FOUR STEPS to this SLP: FIRST: Go back and take a look at the article from the background readings: http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/1998/10/a/ (click on "cancel" when the login window appears) You don''t have to read the whole article!! Please read from the heading The Organizational Engineering (OE) Paradigm and STOP when you get to The TRIZ / OE "Bi-System." SECOND: Take your best guess as to your top two "Strategic Processing Styles." Which seems to be your "primary" or #1 style, and which is your #2 style? You know yourself best, so this should be a highly educated guess! <grin>. Read the descriptions of the four styles, and think about it. Which two styles describe you best? Are you more of a: RS = Reactive Stimulator, LP = Logical Processor, HA = Hypothetical Analyzer, or RI = Relational Innovator? THIRD: Take a look at Figure 3, and see how your top two styles combine to give you a "Strategic Pattern." See whether the combination of your top two styles makes you a: Conservator Perfector Changer, or Performer FOURTH: Please write a 1 page essay in which you answer this question: How do you think your top two "Strategic Processing Styles" and your "Strategic Pattern" affect your communications and decision-making at work? OPTIONAL - TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR STYLES: If you''d like a more in-depth description of the Relational Innovator (RI) and Hypothetical Analyzer (HA) styles, check out this sample report: http://www.teambuildingtips.com/tools/iopt_individual_report_sample.pdf For a more in-depth description of the Logical Processor (LP), the most common of the four styles, check out Secrets of a Logical Processor by Shannon Nelson at the Organizational Engineering Institute: http://www.oeinstitute.org/joe/Secrets_of_LP.pdf (click "cancel" at the login screen) For a quick, easy overview of the four strategic processing styles (a series of tables that compares them): http://www.alterisgroup.com/news/organizationalcoaching.pdf You don''t need to read the whole article!! Just: Scroll down to p. 9 to the short table that gives a Summary of the four Strategic Style Characteristics Look at the four tables on pages 10 and 11 that show how your dominant (highest scoring) styles relate to others in terms of: Planning Preferences Organizing Preferences Controlling Preferences Leading Preferences