what is the least preferred coworker scale 
developed by american scholar fred fiedler the scale identifies whether an individual s leadership style is either relationship oriented or task oriented the least preferred coworker lpc scale requires a person to rate the one individual they would least want to work with the least preferred co worker using a range of 18 to 25 opposing positive or negative adjectives with ratings from 1 to 8 the lpc score is then computed by totaling all the ratings a high lpc score indicates that the individual is a relationship oriented leader while a low lpc score suggests a task oriented leader 