FIRO-B® & FIRO-Business®
Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Assessment

FIRO-B® and FRIO-Bussiness® Assessments: Built on the 50-year history and reliability of the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation® (FIRO®) model, the FIRO® assessments help people understand their behavior—and that of others—in interpersonal situations. The FIRO-B® and FIRO Business® assessments can be used in a variety of settings and in combination with other solutions to improve organizational performance. The online FIRO-B® and FIRO Business® assessments are easy to use and administer. They quickly gather critical insights into how an individual’s interpersonal needs can shape his or her interactions with others.

HISTORY: The Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation–Behavior™ (FIRO-B®) instrument was created in the late 1950s by William Schutz, PhD. Schutz developed the FIRO-B theory to aid in the understanding and predicting of how high-performance military teams would work together.

In developing the FIRO-B theory, Schutz began with the premise that "people need people." He used the term interpersonal to indicate any interaction, real or imagined, occurring between people. He used the term need to describe a psychological condition that, if not satisfied, leads to a state of discomfort or anxiety.

In addition to his own observations of group behavior, Schutz was influenced by the psychological literature, including the works of Freud, Adorno, Fromm, Adler, and Jung, among others. He posited that interpersonal needs could be grouped into three categories: Inclusion, Control, and Affection. The FIRO-B model describes the interaction of these three categories of interpersonal need along two dimensions: expressed and wanted.

USE & APPLICATOIN OF THE FIRO-B & FIRO-Busiensss: The FIRO-B assessment is used in a wide variety of applications including: Leadership development, Team building, Individual interpersonal effectiveness, Retention

The FIRO-B instrument can also be used in conjunction with the MBTI® instrument for leadership development with the Leadership Report Using FIRO-B® and MBTI® and in team-building workshops.

SAMPLE FIRO® REPORTS:

FIRO-Business Profile PDF - FIRO Business Leadership PDF - FIRO-B Profile PDF - FIRO-B Interpretive PDF
MBTI and FIRO-B Leadership Report PDF

How To Take the FIRO-B and FIRO-Business

FIRST: You have to be a client or on the staff of a client and have received a letter, email, or phone call with instructions from us on which assessment instruments to complete. If you are not a client and interested in taking the FIRO-B or FIRO-Business, we will be happy to work with you; however, we need to be contacted with a phone call to review your unique situation in order to prepare for you an engagement letter for you to sign and return.

SECOND: You must not be under any stress or feel like you have to take the FIRO. You should have a “Shoes Off Mind-Set" and try not to answer questions in a work vs. private life mode - Answer the questions being true to who you are. Let yourself be pulled to the answer that is most preferable to your personality. The FIRO is voluntary - no one can require you to take the FIRO.

THIRD: Your results is confidential. No one will know your reported scores without your permission. It’s also important for you to know that it is unethical for FIRO information to be used in making career decisions on others. All types excel in all jobs for a wide range of reasons. In addition, know that the FIRO is NOT an IQ test, it’s only an instrument that gives an indication how you see the behavior of others and others see your behavior.

FOURTH: Take the FIRO Instrument by clicking on the SkillsOne Logo below, which will take you to the Strategic Path Group SkillsOne.com page. Log into the site using the following information in lower case type:

LOGIN: strategic

PASSWORD: path

User ID: Will be assigned to you if you do not finish the instrument. To pick up where you left off, access the SkillsOne.com just as you did before, with your User ID, and you will be taken back to where you left off.