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Leading From Your Strengths®by

Ministry Insights International, Inc.

COACHING AND BEHAVIORAL STYLE

LEADING FROM YOUR STRENGTHS

Mission Alive uses the LFYS profile during our Discovery Lab assessment of each church planter

As a coach, it is helpful for you to understand your LFYS profile so you can work with others more effectively

You may want to administer the LFYS profile to new coachees to help you determine how you can best work together

4 SCALES

“L” scale – Problem-Solving Style

(Lion scale)

“O” scale – Information Processing Style

(Otter scale)

“G” scale – Managing Change Style

(Golden Retriever scale)

“B” scale – Risk Facing Style

(Beaver) scale

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“L” SCALE

Problem Solving Style1

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Reflective Aggressive

Peaceful

Agreeable

Cautious

Cooperative

Humble

Mild

Bold

Driving

Pioneering

Direct

Competitive

Determined

Neutral

Indifferent to time Time is an issue –

don’t want to lose it


“O” SCALE

Information Processing Style1

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Realistic Optimistic

Objective

Critical

Cool

Reflective

Skeptical

Distrusting

Inspiring

Persuasive

Convincing

Sociable

Trusting

Neutral

Indifferent to loss of

approval

Fears loss of

approval


“G” SCALE

Managing Change Style1

0

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Dynamic Predictable

Hurried

Intense

Flexible

Progressive

Excited

Amiable

Systematic

Logical

Patient

Relaxed

Unhurried

Neutral

Indifferent to connection Fears loss of

connection with

anything


“B” SCALE

Risk Facing Style1

0

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0

Pioneering Structured

Radical

Unconvention

al

Fearless

Uninhibited

Self-willed

Rebellious

Precise

Perfectionis

t

Orderly

Diplomatic

Accurate

Meticulous

Neutral

Indifferent to quality Fears loss of quality


ALL SCALES


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Information Processing Style


Managing Change Style

Dynamic Predictable

Risk Facing Style

1

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STRENGTH MOVEMENT


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Information Processing Style


Managing Change Style

Dynamic Predictable

Risk Facing Style

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LEADING FROM YOUR STRENGTHS

Telling

Fast Paced

Shapes

Environmen

t

Reserved, Task Oriented

Questioning

Challenging

Emoting, Relational

Accepting, Agreeable

Receptive

B L

G O

Asking

Slow Paced

Works within

existing

circumstance

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APPLICATIONS

1. Understand how your behavioral tendencies

can cause tension in others.

2. Learn to adjust your behaviors to meet the

needs of others!

3. Coach others appropriate to their natural

strength and strength movement

HOW YOUR BEHAVIOR CAUSES TENSION IN OTHERS IF YOU’RE A

HI “L”

And the other person is a hi…

– your tendency to over-control a situation, if it limits their freedom

– your concern for results, without a motivational environment

– not taking time to listen; prioritizing time over relationships

– being quick, but not thorough enough

LOGB


HI “O”


– your apparent lack of result orientation; too emotional

– your desire for visibility/influence, especially if it limits their influence

– the lack of depth in some of your relationships; quickness

– lack of attention to details; your impulsiveness

LOGB


HI “G”


– time engaged in too much small talk

– your apparent lack of quickness

– your lack of initiative, especially if it

means they need to initiate

– your people/small talk orientation, not

focusing on the task

LOGB


HI “B”


– your slower and methodical pace

– your attention to detail

– not letting them know how you “feel”

– your desire to be more right/correct

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LOGB

HOW TO RELATE TO A HI…

L = be direct

O = be enthusiastic

G = be relational

B = be factual

HOW TO MOTIVATE A HI…

L = goals, challenge, results

O = groups, image

G = time together, personal

affirmation

B = facts, timelines, details

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YOUR TEAM

•What strengths does

your team have?

•What limitations will

you likely experience?

•What does your team

need to look out for?


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SF sf

DF David French

DS Dixon Settle

GS Greg Swindle

KF Kerin French

LF Lorie French

MA Mary Alice Settle

MK Mukuka Kennedy

MS Mary Swindle

NK Nchimunya

Kabunda

SF Stephen French

TM Thomas Simubali

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