LIFO® is a training and organizational development tool used to increase communications and productivity among individuals and groups.  It begins by identifying each person's basic orientation to life and work both on favorable and unfavorable conditions and offers powerful learning strategies for greater personal productivity, increased influence with key people, and more effective teamwork.  These orientations to life are the directions we take through life – our game plan of values, goals and strengths that determine how we approach our work and how we treat others. 

LIFO® Method

The LIFO® Method founded by Stuart Atkins was developed in the United States in the 1970s by Stuart Atkins and Allan Katcher. It has been under constant development since then, not only by them but by other colleagues, agencies and licensees around the world.

By now, LIFO® Surveys are used in more than 20 countries, including Argentina, Australia, The Benelux Countries, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Germany, Malaysia, Norway, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, The Czech Republic, and The United States. More than 9 million people have already participated in various LIFO® Training Programs.

Originally, it was focused on personal development and group management but applications now include programs on: coaching, consulting, leadership, teaching, stress management, marriage, negotiation, parenting, selling, as well as learning and teaching.