What is the LIFO® method?

LIFO® stands for "Life Orientations", a model of human behaviour developed by Dr. Allan Katcher and Dr. Stuart Atkins. The program is user-friendly and offers a clear insight into the strengths of people, teams and organizations.

A thorough profile analysis based on the LIFO® method opens opportunities for better self-management, communication and cooperation.

The LIFO® method is unique because it focuses on behaviour in real situations and the way people respond under normal and stressful conditions. The LIFO® method is a leverage for change in individuals, teams and organizations. LIFO® enhances better teamwork, effective decision-making and problem-solving.

More than 9 million people and 20,000 organizations worldwide have been trained in the LIFO® method  to improve their performances. You can find more about the LIFO® method on our websites http://www.bcon-lifo.com and http://www.schubertconsulting.com

What does LIFO® mean for Organisational Development?

The LIFO® method  applies to many issues in organizations and can easily be integrated into programmes to improve both effectiveness and cooperation. For more than 35 years,  LIFO® is a widely valued method  in the following areas:

• Personal effectiveness
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Assessment and Development Centres
• Diagnostics in Consulting Projects

LIFO® based workshops, training and coaching help managers and employees to acquire the skills they need for dealing successfully with the daily challenges in business. Consultants, trainers and coachescan also choose to become  LIFO® certified. They will then be supported with excellent training material in order to guarantee succesful interventions. The most popular programmes are those addressing personal leadership styles, teamwork, change-management, creativity, selling styles, train-the-trainer and negotiation.

The following companies are working or have worked with the LIFO® Method:

Allianz, Deutsche Bank, Audi, British Airways, Carrefour, Inno, Lunch Garden,
Brico, Lyreco, Lufthansa, Deutsche Telecom, Aquafin, Douwe Egberts, Honda,
Sanoma, VRT, Pfizer, Johnson&Johnson, Estée Lauder, Total, Nestlé, Coca Cola, Rolls Royce, Nutrexpa, Grupo Ferrer, EADA, Petroplus Refining, etc.

Themes of the 2009 Global conference:

INNOVATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL LIFO® APPLICATIONS and
HOW LIFO® CAN HELP TO PROVIDE CLIENT SOLUTIONS IN TIMES OF CRISIS 

Spain is one of the newest countries to join the global LIFO® network and it is with particular pleasure that we invite the rest of the LIFO® world to visit us and to inspire the fledgling network in the Iberian peninsula.

Our Objectives are:

• To welcome new and existing licensees to a forum where exchange and learning will take place.
  
• To promote synergies between participants and to encourage the formation of networks and the development of joint projects as a follow-on from the conference.
  
• To provide updates on newly developed tools and materials.
• To share with HRD professionals from other specialist areas with the aim of encouraging cross fertilization of ideas.

Target groups of the conference

The core activities of the conference are open to LIFO® licensees from all over the world. In addition the lifo® conference will be open to potential user groups, such as HRD professionals, OD consultants, HR and Learning and development specialists, coaches, business managers and CEOs.

Participants will come from European countries such as Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Spain, as well as the United States, Canada, South America, Japan, China, the Philippines, and Australia.

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The Organizers

The companies of the two founders of the LIFO®  method, Allan Katcher Intl Inc. and Stuart Atkins Inc., were acquired in September 2001 by the largest Japanese training and consulting bureau, Business Consultants, Inc. of Tokyo, Japan. In early 2009 the non Japanese LIFO® activities have been taken on by the newly formed         THE SCHUTZ COMPANY which now provides for the continuing coverage through local agents, and is the US Agent.

This year's host, the LIFO® agent for Spain and Andorra is SCHUBERT CONSULTING SL with its base in Barcelona.

The LIFO® network is an alliance of independent consultants whose joint efforts promote the expansion and improvement of the LIFO®  method.