Management Intelligence – What is LIFO@?

What is LIFO®?

Management Intelligence programmes are powered by The Life Orientations Method™. Our sister company Life Orientations provides us with the methodological approach to underpin our offerings. So what is Lifo®?

The core of the Lifo® experience is a personal style survey which enables us to describe the way each of us lives our lives to achieve our goals and how our game plans work or don’t work for us. This insight helps us understand where we are going wrong and what is stopping us from achieving even higher performance. The Lifo® approach then offers convincing and persuasive suggestions on how to put it right.

This practical methodology is based on a sound psychological model that can be applied equally to individuals, teams and organisations. It enhances performance by letting individuals make the most of the strengths they already possess and appreciating the strengths of others, whether operating in day-to-day mode or under stress.

When getting it right first time matters, Lifo® offers a truly fast, effective and lasting path to high performance in individuals, teams and organisations through:

reducing ineffective behaviour and targeting the strategies that work
getting rid of self- or team-inflicted barriers to achieving high performance
giving insight and understanding into what makes people tick, so improving communication and motivation
increasing personal skills of persuading and influencing, delegation and planning

improving personal organisation and focus
improved problem-solving strategies
coping more effectively in stressful situations
identifying behavioural skill sets so helping match people to jobs and putting together better performing teams

The Lifo® Method has so many advantages over other instruments:

it does not suggest in any way, shape or form that there is only one good style of working and behaving
no-one is forced into a narrow stereotype or measured against pre-chosen criteria
it emphasises the strategies that can give each person the edge – it doesn’t just hold up a mirror
it explains how someone operates in normal and stressful circumstances
it is values-based and so goes to the heart of motivation and what makes someone tick
it will help tease out where communication is going awry and offer solutions
it celebrates strengths and throws light on why excessive use of those strengths doesn’t deliver hoped for outcomes
there is no “black box” interpretation – anyone completing the Lifo® survey is shown how it works and what it means