Combine Views for a Clearer Picture

How can you use the Circumplex to improve organisational adaptability and effectiveness?

The Circumplex is the driving force behind HSI’s integrated system for organisational measurement, feedback, and development. Our Circumplex-based surveys measure the factors that drive performance at multiple levels throughout organisations. These surveys include:

Individual Level:

Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) (measuring individual thinking and behavioural styles)

Leadership Level:

Acumen Leadership WorkStyles™ (LWS) (the styles exhibited by leaders)

Leadership/Impact® (L/I) (the impact of leaders on the behaviour of others)

Team or Group Level:

Group Styles Inventory™ (GSI) (group-level patterns of interaction)

Acumen Team WorkStyles™ (TWS) (styles exhibited by individuals in team settings)

Organisational Level:

Organisational Culture Inventory® (OCI) (behavioural norms and expectations)

Organisational Effectiveness Inventory™ (OEI) (outcomes of, and factors leading to, culture)

Culture for Diversity Inventory™ (CDI) (norms related to diversity management)

Linked together by the Circumplex, these assessments provide a structured system for taking a close look at an organisation to decide what’s working, what’s not, and how to fix it.

Introducing the Circumplex

Constructive Styles

Passive/Defensive Styles

Aggressive/Defensive Styles

A Well-Rounded Solution

HSI’s Circumplex surveys are the tools you need to initiate, guide, and monitor organisational change initiatives. Use our integrated system to:

• Analyze and understand the organisation at different levels: its culture and subcultures, the climate of groups and teams, and the personal styles of leaders and members.
• Combine the feedback to identify areas of concern: counter-productive norms and styles that work against integration and adaptability and, in turn, reduce effectiveness.
• Decide how the organisation could—and should—perform: identify targets in terms of member satisfaction and engagement, cooperation and coordination within and across teams, and organisational service quality, growth, and innovativeness.
• Identify the Circumplex styles that are holding the organisation back: and, more importantly, the styles that should be promoted and strengthened to meet performance objectives.
• Give members the information and tools needed to initiate targeted and consistent changes: with changes at the organisational level reinforcing those at the individual and team levels (and vice versa).
• Profile and monitor the organisation’s progress over time: use follow-up assessments to gauge progress, redirect change efforts, and link changes in culture to improvements in performance.