If your organisation currently uses MBTI™ as a developmental tool, you will already recognise how psychometrics can help:

• Increase self-awareness
• Promote mutual understanding
• Enhance teamworking
• Improve communications
• Develop effective leadership styles

Like any instrument, however, MBTI™ has its limitations. It can explain how leaders lead. But it cannot anticipate the values or strategies that a leader will espouse or follow. A great deal of what made Margaret Thatcher the leader she was grew from what she believed in, as well as from her ESTJ style. Mahatma Gandhi, however, succeeded by following a strategy diametrically opposed to Thatcher's beliefs, but totally in line with his own.

 

MBTI™ is good at portraying personality, but it does not explore the character of leadership - what drives good leaders. That's what the Leadership, Character & Strategy (LCS) instrument does best.

 

Built from over fifteen years' practical work with hundreds of leaders, LCS provides a breakthrough in leadership development. It has been used successfully in Investment Banks, European Development Institutions, wholesale and retail organisations, local government, and many other organisations. It works excellently in conjunction with MBTI™ and other leadership development tools, and provides a level of understanding that those who have used it have found extremely valuable.

 

LCS focuses not on the 'how' of leadership, but the 'why' - strategy rather than style. It gets to the roots of clashes of values and helps sort out organisational politics

 

Above all, it enables leaders to develop strategies that will work for them. Acting with integrity means leading in accordance with personal beliefs and values rather than trying to follow rules and role models that conflict with what you believe in. LCS provides each person who takes it with a written report showing how his or her character aligns with current lifestyle, the role he or she is fulfilling, and the model of leadership he or she is working with. The report provides, in addition, observations on strategic choices that are consistent, and compatible with the individual's character and values.

 

Like the MBTI™, LCS is also an excellent tool for team development.