The Life Skills Inventory is a brief assessment that helps people identify their life skills proficiencies and deficiencies.  It can be used for personal change, career or employment counselling and for school to career transition.  It tests for:

• Communication skills
• Stress management skills
• Anger management skills
• Money management skills
• Time management skills
• Career skills

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The Life Skills Inventory (LSI) is designed to meet the need for a brief assessment instrument to help people identify their life skills proficiencies and deficiencies. It is based on the notion that success in developing a career, being successful in a career and life, and making effective career transitions is highly dependent on the effective use of critical life skills.

Life skills are a wide array of psycho-social and interpersonal skills, which can help people to make informed decisions, communicate effectively, and develop coping and self-management skills that may help an individual to lead a healthy life and a productive career.  Many critical life skills were found in the research that could be used to help people be more successful professionally and personally. These skills focused primarily on an ability to: communicate effectively, manage stress well, manage negative emotions such as anger, manage money, manage time, and implement effective career skills. The skills make up the scales for the Life Skills Inventory.

A person’s life skills IQ is comprised of many types of intelligence and include life skills such as:

• Physical Intelligence Life skills related to nutritional practices; interest in regular exercise; consistent and adequate sleep; practical and safe use of substances; optimism about one’s ability to take care of health problems; relaxation; and deep breathing.
• Mental Intelligence Life skills related to the ability to engage in clear thinking and recall of information, with minimal interference from emotional baggage; ability to think independently and critically about money; possession of basic reasoning skills; the ability to manage time; open to new ideas; knowledge of one’s cultural heritage; and an interest in lifelong learning.
• Career Intelligence Life skills related to maximizing one’s skills and abilities; the ability to maintain a sense of control over the occupational demands in the workplace; power to balance time and energy spent at work, with family and leisure; knowledge of one’s interests, values, and personality; and knowledge of workplace politics, policies, and procedures.
• Emotional Intelligence Life skills related to an awareness of one’s emotions; the ability to maintain an even emotional state with appropriate emotional responses in reaction to life events; the ability to maintain control over emotional states; the ability to experience happiness and positive emotional states; and the ability to understand one’s feelings.
• Social Intelligence Life skills related to sharing intimacy, friendship, and membership in groups; the ability to practice active listening and empathy; interest in caring for others; and open to caring and showing commitment to the common good of people, community, and the world.

The Life Skills Inventory (LSI) helps individuals identify life skills people may need to develop to become healthier and more productive and provides a wealth of suggestions for improving these skills. The assessment addresses:

• Communication skills
• Stress management skills
• Anger management skills
• Money management skills
• Time management skills
• Career skills

The LSI is designed to be self-scored and self-interpreted without the use of any other materials, thus providing immediate results for the respondent and/or counselor. The assessment is self-paced, but can generally be completed in 20 minutes. The LSI is appropriate for a wide variety of audiences, from high school students to adults.