Are you ready to take your performance to a new level?

  • discover new ways of thinking and behaving

  • improve your effectiveness in your role

  • cope better with stress, pressure, and change

  • achieve self-set goals

  • apply more flexible and creative thinking

  • improve your interpersonal relationships

  • increase your personal effectiveness

  • get more harmony in your life

Personal Performance Coaching will help you discover your thinking styles.

Research by Human Synergistics International has established that certain “constructive styles” of thinking lead to:

  • Greater feelings of satisfaction

  • Increased effectiveness

  • Improved well-being

  • More creativity

  • Reduced stress

  • Increased self-worth and confidence

  • Higher salary levels

  • Professional success

"Constructive Styles"

"Constructive styles" of thinking act like an accelerator.


"Defensive Styles"

Other, more “defensive styles” of thinking, will act like a handbrake.


Personal Performance Coaching

A thinking coach will help you reduce your "defensive" thinking and increase your "constructive" thinking


Life Styles Inventory™

The Life Styles Inventory™ helps individuals to develop Constructive thinking and behavioural styles that are proven to be related to job performance, quality of interpersonal relationships, and problem-solving effectiveness.

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What is included in this programme?

  • Life-Style Inventory™ (LSI 1) (online assessment)

    The best way to start any coaching is to get reliable and accurate data about how you think.

  • - Personal Coaching Sessions - (virtually through zoom)

    O​ne-on-one coaching and support from a professional coach and accredited practitioner.

  • Self-Development Guide (eDocument)

    A 75-page Self-Development Guide to help you learn the thinking styles and find ideas for self-development.

A few happy clients ...

... and what they have to say:

Like a light bulb being switched on!

by Lisa McCarthy

Working through the "Breakthrough Thinking" process with Karl was like a light bulb being switched on. The process combined with Karl's focused, personable and expert coaching allowed me to identify and understand both how I think, and how the conflicts created by my thinking process were holding me back. I left with a breakthrough strategy for myself supported by three personal objectives.

This process is unique, extremely effective and has helped me shift into a new gear as a leader.

by Linden Vazey

This process is unique, extremely effective and has helped me shift into a new gear as a leader. I'm excited to see the results that reframing my thinking will produce. I highly recommend Karl to anyone who is looking for results, fast.

The positive energy you injected was infectious.

Adam Heath

Karl, thank you for the insight you recently shared as part of our individual and team-based LSI exercise. I personally found the work to be exceptional and have had similar feedback from other members of the team. The positive energy you injected was infectious and appreciated, as was the personal care you took with each of our individual 1-to-1 debriefs.

"Know thyself" - Socrates

Knowing who you are now is the first and most important step in deciding who you will be in the future.Years of research have established that the information needed to allow insight, growth and self-improvement to occur is contained within our thoughts.

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8 Steps to higher performance

  • Step 1 - Life-Style Inventory™ (LSI).

    Developed by Dr. J. Clayton Lafferty, the Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) measures 12 specific styles or patterns of thinking that can either contribute to or detract from personal effectiveness.

  • Step 2 - Results Debrief

    An accredited practitioner explains your results, help you interpret them and get clarity on where to focus.

  • Step 3 - Coaching Session

    You will define your first objective for accelerated performance. I will be here to keep you on track.

  • Step 4 - Coaching Session

    You will define your second objective. This will build on your first objective. You will be gaining momentum by now.

  • Step 5 - Coaching Session

    You will define your third and final objective before we tie it all together with a personal strategy.

  • Step 6 - Coaching Session

    By now your new thinking habits will be getting stronger. A personal strategy will lock in your new level of performance.

  • Step 7 - Re-test

    It will be time for a re-test of the LSI to objectively measure your change in thinking.

  • Step 8 - Review & Celebrate

    Review your results, celebrate and decide on your next steps ...

A few more happy client's ...

... and what they have to say:

I highly recommend Karl as your next business mentor, coach or facilitator.

by Ian Gower

Having worked with Karl now on several different projects, I can highly recommend him when methodical unbiased problem solving, team development coaching or Collective Agreement Negotiations are required. The experience, methods and tools Karl uses, help break down the issues into a clear and concise picture, without the conflict we have had in the past. The time spent "Setting the Scene" with Karl, will greatly reduce the overall time it would normally take to work through problem solving or negotiation. Once again, I highly recommend Karl as your next business mentor, coach or facilitator.

Karl is an excellent guide to extracting the maximum value from the Life-Styles Inventory™ (LSI)

by Andrew Creahan

Karl is an excellent guide to extracting the maximum value from the Life-Styles Inventory™ (LSI) and Theory of Constraints Thinking Process (TOCTP) tools. His extensive knowledge of the tools themselves and his ability to ask the right questions has been much appreciated.

Karl was a great coach for me.

by Jacqueline Lynne

Karl was a great coach for me. He was able to understand where I was coming from and was able to help me through the difficult moments that I really struggled through. There were times when I couldnt find the answer. Karl was able to read the situation and break the information down until I was able to establish my own solution. He was professional and very effective in his methods as a coach.

Fulfil your potential!

The greatest value of LSI 1 lies in the fact that no other self-assessment tool actually reveals and measures the thinking and behavioural styles that help or hinder you in fulfiling your potential.

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Hey, it's Karl!

I'm Karl Perry and it would be an honour to be your coach.

Over the past 10 years, I have coached hundreds of people from all walks of life through the Life Styles Inventory™. I have helped all of them get the clarity they need for a breakthrough. Let's get you started ...
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The Programme:

A mix of online content and one-on-one coaching sessions

  • 1

    Introduction to the Life-Style Inventory™

    • Let's get started - Your guided tour

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Welcome - Why the Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI)?

    • Why get a coach?

    • Introduction to Human Synergistics Tools for Personal and Leadership Performance

    • Life-Style Inventory™ - Product Information Sheet

    • The Circumplex

    • Circumplex Hand-out for LSI (downloadable)

    • History and Key Researchers

    • LSI Performance Data

    • Reliability and Validity

    • Congratulations!
  • 2

    LSI Results Debrief

    • The technical debrief - your results

    • Life Styles Inventory™ Self-Development Guide

    • Assignment 1

    • Which thinking styles will you be working on?
  • 3

    Exploring the Self-Development Guide

    • Self Development Guide - Introduction

    • How to Use Your LSI and Self-Development Guide

    • What the LSI 1 measures
  • 4

    Coaching Session

    • Coaching session - Personal Objective 1

    • Assignment 2
  • 5

    The thinking styles

    • Video descriptions of the styles

    • Humanistic-Encouraging

    • Affiliative

    • Approval

    • Conventional

    • Dependent

    • Avoidance

    • Oppositional

    • Power

    • Competitive

    • Perfectionistic

    • Achievement

    • Self-actualizing
  • 6

    Coaching Session

    • Coaching Session - Personal Objective 2

    • Assignment 3
  • 7

    LSI and language by Circumplex cluster

    • LSI Language by Circumplex cluster
  • 8

    Coaching Session

    • Coaching Session - Personal Objective 3

    • Assignment 4
  • 9

    Coaching Session

    • Coaching Session - Personal Strategy

    • Assignment 5
  • 10

    LSI Re-test

    • It is time for a re-test

    • Coaching Session - Review your results and decide on next steps ...
  • 11

    Next steps

    • You're almost done!

    • Before you go...

What else is included?

Our unique process and platform creates the ideal environment for success!

  • Thinking Tools

    Learn powerful thinking tools you can apply to any problem or challenge to unlock breakthrough results.

  • Re-test

    Objectively assess your progress with a re-test of your Life-Style Inventory™.

  • Success Community

    Join a constantly expanding community of like-minded​ people sharing their success.

More happy client's ...

... and what they have to say:

Karl has had a significant impact on my thinking and the way that I operate in general.

Grant Kedian

I have worked with Karl for the last year or so. Through this time Karl has had a significant impact on my thinking and the way that I operate in general. Highly recommend Karl to anyone that wishes to dive deeper into their "go to" behaviours, and reassess and add to the tools that they have at their disposal.

Clearing the way for the development, practice and embedding of new ways of thinking.

Jonathan Curran

Karl combines the elements of High Performance Engagement, systems and TOC thinking and a razor sharp approach to coaching to bring incredible value to our interactions. He has a brilliant way of using ordinary conversation to help you unpack your own baggage, clearing the way for the development, practice and embedding of new ways of thinking.

Karl is extremely professional and knowledgeable as a coach and I definitely gained a lot from his sessions.

Bryan Nicholson

I selected Karl as my LSI Coach as part of the University of Auckland Leadership Development Programme. Karl is extremely professional and knowledgeable as a coach and I definitely gained a lot from his sessions. I would recommend Karl to anyone that wants to develop their leadership skills further. Whether you are a new or experienced leader Karl has an excellent ability to relate to you and find areas to develop in.

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More happy client's ...

... and what they have to say:

Thank goodness I had the good fortune of meeting Karl when I did!

By Tina Harris-Ririnui

Thank goodness I had the good fortune of meeting Karl when I did! When I first met Karl I felt I was an ineffective leader, I felt I lacked influence, I couldn't articulate myself as well as I used to be able - I was failing and I was struggling to get on top of things. Karl 'coached' (and challenged) me to identify and confront the way I think, which impacted on the way I behaved. Through a series of coaching sessions my self-awareness started to grow - the whys became clearer and in a staged-approach, what I needed to do resulted in positive thinking and behaving. My 'mojo' is back! I have clarity, better balance, self-satisfaction, more decisive, I'm happy and I'm an effective leader again. We all need coaches or mentors in our lives to shine light on what we sometimes don't see. Thank you Karl for your guidance and friendship, you are a fantastic being.

If you have a problem Karl will help you find a way to turn it into an opportunity for improvement.

By Thomas Parrish

Karl has a set of logical tools to problem solve all systems. If you have a problem Karl will help you find a way to turn it into an opportunity for improvement. Karl’s application of Theory of Constraints systems thinking along with his deep knowledge of the Human system are a strong combination to create your next breakthrough solution. Karl has helped me to understand more about myself and how I can get the best out of my relationships with people through problem solving with people, thereby increasing my satisfaction and improving the outcomes that I collectively achieve with others. I can highly recommend Karl and encourage people to use his skills to help understand more about yourself.

Highly recommended.

by David Baker

Karl guided me through the Human Synergistics Life Styles Inventory process in a very engaging, thoughtful and interesting way. Highly recommended.

A fantastic coach.

by Clive Cornford

Karl is a fantastic coach. What has impressed me the most about Karl is the sensitive way he encourages authentic self reflection particularly in those areas that can be confronting and/or challenging. As a consequence real and lasting personal and professional change can occur.

I now use these proven techniques in my own coaching - they work!

by Jo Lee

Karl has put the "spring back into my step" - I now feel motivated, inspired and positively charged to power into 2016. Karl has been my Coach and Mentor for the 2 years I have been a People Advisor. The skills and techniques Karl uses have enabled me to focus on clearly understanding my objectives and to set goals to chip away those 'barriers" which I had previously thought would stop me from achieving success. I now use these proven techniques in my own coaching - they work! I would strongly recommend Karl to anybody who wants to achieve success.

Proven Results!

The data speaks for itself (Actual client results)

Your investment:

12 Week Accelerated Programme. Choose to break your investment into three equal monthly payments or pay up front. (Prices are in NZ Dollars).

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"Never leave the site of a goal without first taking some form of positive action towards its attainment." - Anthony Robbins

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