LIFO Barret Model

As for the results of the LIFO questionnaire, my dominating behavioral style in both favorable and unfavorable conditions is Controlling. This means that I am quick to act, competitive, confident, persuasive, competitive, perfectionist, looking for constant development and new opportunities, taking the initiative, valuing time and having certain standards of quality. Acting according to my values and in compliance with long term goals, showing competence and doing my best to achieve goals are important for me and as a leader I expect followers to do the same and to work as hard as possible and achieve results and getting annoyed when they don’t. I like helping others, providing directions and telling people what to do. Sometimes it could be
Both models identify a lot of similar things of importance for me personally: responsibility, leadership, being proactive, constant development, creativity, efficient use of time and sense of expertise. The team feedback sessions for me being a project manager (leader) also proved these theoretical assumptions to be true: team members told me that I’m pushing and persuasive, always have an answer and ready to help, try to make efficient use of time and stick to the goals of the project. However, I don’t take into account personalities of team members, sometimes expect others to commit themselves to the work for 100% or even more and put forward only my way of solving each issue. I also take on more tasks that I’m able to do, which leads to inefficiency and overestimated expectations, which is bad for both roles of a leader and a follower. My Controlling behavioral style prevent myself from being an ideal follower: I’m always trying to take the lead even when I’m not an official leader of the group, which diminishes the authority of the manager and sometimes leads to conflicts. The positive aspect is that I’m always actively participating in discussions, bringing ideas, helping and explaining things. However, when I think that my idea is more valuable, I push it forward and don’t consider ideas of the others. I also expect high standards from the work of the
One of the main drawbacks that could be associated with the leader role is an autocratic leadership style which reveals in the form of excessive control, providing directions and not listening to different opinions and suggestions keeping to my own vision of the project in general and specific tasks. On the other side, the main problem of working under supervision is the desire to take the lead even when I’m not entitled. All the other gaps could be referred to both leader and follower roles including overestimated expectations, over-commitment and failure to perform all the tasks and too many interactions that interferes with duties and