Decision Style Inventory

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Directive

Single-minded and uses rules to make decisions. Enjoys being productive, individual achievements and power/status. Acts rapidly, takes charge and can be persuasive. May be impatient aggressive/ manipulative.

Coping Strategy: You want specifics on how the change will affect you and what your own role will be during the change process. If you know the rules of the change process and the desired outcome, you should be able to act rapidly and aggressively to achieve change goals. You resist change if the rules or anticipated results are not clearly defined.

Analytical

Technical, logical, careful and methodical. Likes to have data and order and enjoys problem-solving. Prefers structure and enjoys scientific study, and happy working alone.

Coping Strategy: You see change as a challenging puzzle to be solved. You need plenty of time to gather information, analyse data, and draw conclusions. You may resist change if you are not given enough time to think it through.

Conceptual

Creative and artistic, future oriented. Likes to brainstorm, wants independence and uses judgment. Optimistic, uses ideas vs. data, looks at the big picture, rebellious and opinionated, and committed to principles or a vision.

Coping Strategy: You are interested in how change fits into the big picture. You want to be involved in defining what needs to change and why. You will resist change if you feel excluded from participating in the change process.

Behavioural

Supportive of others, empathetic, wants affiliation, nurtures others, communicates easily, uses instinct, avoids stress, avoids conflict, relies on feelings instead of data, and enjoys team/group efforts.

Coping Strategy: You want to know how everyone feels about the changes ahead. You work best when you know that the whole group is supportive of each other and that everyone champions the change process. If the change adversely affects someone in the group, you will perceive change as a crisis.

You shouldn't compare your scores to others' scores, but, rather, use it to consider your own pattern of decision making and how you might develop your decision making skills.