Situational Assessment Family

Introduction

Welcome to the Generational Style Assessment.

Instruments which take a "Situational" perspective generally use a four quadrant grid format to help an individual to determine which style he or she seems to favor the most, once known the person can access how readily he or she may be able to "flex" into their styles in order to match the different circumstances or "Situations" that may be encounted on a day to day basis.

Generational Style Assessment
The Generational Style Assessment is a self-scoring instrument to help determine an individual’s influencing style when relating to people from different age groups or generations in the workplace and helps them to adjust or “flex” their own approach. A brief synopsis of the four age groups used in this assessment is provided. This also shows the four generational relating or influencing styles likely to be most effective in relation to each age group that can be employed by an individual.

The four styles (Steering, Empowering, Building, and Supporting) arise from intersecting two dimensions; the level of clarity and focus required by an individual or group, and the level of energy or engagement that is needed. It aims to: Raise people’s awareness about the very different behaviours and characteristics of the four age groups that we identify (20’s, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s+). Alert individuals to their own relating style biases, and show them four discrete influencing behaviours. Help people to take age differences more seriously in seeking to get the best out of everyone and contribute to getting all groups to work together more harmoniously.