Interpersonal Relationship Measures (FIRO®)

Understand the emotional and behavioural drivers of relationships

This questionnaire identifies three of the most fundamental elements that drive our behaviours in our relation to others. The author, Will Schutz, identified that people needed to feel significant, competent and likeable and that thios lead to behaviours which he described as inclusion, control and openness. One of the most impactful; of ‘personality’ questionnaires it requires more than an intellectual understanding of the dimensions. Hence it is highly recommended that people go through an experiential workshop to understand the full depth and breath of FIRO theory.

Test Details and Sample Reports

FIRO^® has many uses and is regularly applied to areas and issues such as self-esteem, decision-making, negotiations, team compatibility and defensiveness.

The Fundamental Interpersonal Relationships Orientation (FIRO^®) theory focuses on the link between personal needs, values, emotions and defences and how these impact on all our relationships, both in our personal life and at work.

FIRO^® helps people to understand how they interpret the world through the medium of their own needs and experiences. By increasing self-awareness it leads to emotions become less disruptive and relationships being more understandable and productive.

FIRO^® is a philosophy, an approach, a toolkit and a process, all of which can be used wherever human relationships are important. In assessment terms it is based on a set of questionnaires that cover behaviour (Element-B), feelings (Element-F) and self-concept (Element-S). The Element-B questionnaire, which is the updated version of the old FIRO^®-B, concentrates on:

• Inclusion – maintaining the right amount of contact with people;
• Control – gaining the right amount of control over people;
• Openness – achieving the right amount of openness (self-disclosure).

It looks at the degree to which a person wants to include, control, and be close to others, and how much other people are perceived to include, control, or be close to that person.

Number of items:
Each questionnaire has 54 items answered with the mind-set of
‘the way it is’ and ‘the way I want’

Sample Reports

Candidate Sample Report