“Everybody has one—a personality, that is—and yours will help determine the boundaries of your success and life fulfillment. Do you recognize that your essence and personality are your most important assets? It has already helped shape your experiences and will continue to do so for the rest of your life.” (Schultz & Schultz, 2012, p. 2)
Summer brings new rhythms and perhaps space to learn and grow as a leader. Or maybe your summer is already full but you are looking to the fall calendar and planning for staff development or leadership team training for a new church year. The Center for Congregational Health staff are not only certified and trained coaches but they are certified in two unique personality assessments to help you understand yourself and the perspectives and natural gifts you bring to your role, help to name what is stealing your energy and push you into new perspectives of understanding yourself and the world. For a staff team, these tools can provide a new way of understanding one another and create new ways of working together. They are particularly helpful for a realignment of roles, onboarding new staff and creating plans for improvement.
Contact us if you’d like to learn more about coaching with either of these tools. Short term and long term coaching are available.
IEQ9
The Enneagram stands out as a uniquely sense-making tool for self-discovery. This comprehensive system explores the core motivations (like “I need to express myself authentically”), fears (like “others controlling me”), and desires that shape your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. By shining a light on these fundamental drivers, the Enneagram offers a roadmap for personal growth and transformation.
Through a careful examination of your patterns and tendencies, the Enneagram reveals aspects of yourself that may have been hidden, acting as a catalyst for self-reflection. This revealed and awakened awareness empowers you to confront limiting beliefs, harness untapped strengths, and chart a course for intentional development.
The iEQ9 is an Enneagram assessment that uses a 175-question test to help users understand themselves and their Enneagram type. The extensive report you receive identifies your core enneagram type and identifies your unique pattern of thinking, feeling and action patterns, as well as your blind spots, worldview, core fear, gifts and challenges. It determines how much stress you’re experiencing in the five key areas. It provides guidance around communication, team behavior and leadership and management.
Workplace Big Five
Created in 1986, the Workplace Big Five is based on the Five Factor Model, one of the most scientifically proven personality models. The workplace is changing. When you harness the strengths, motivations and personality traits, the puzzle pieces come together, and your organization thrives. By leveraging personality research to better understand people, you can honor their complexity and individuality. In doing so, you unleash their potential.