InterStrength™ Essential Motivators
"The Certification program has provided an opportunity unlike any other to comprehend our
psychological core through the Essential Motivator lens. Priceless."
David Pierpoint
This live and online Certification program is for professional practitioners who want to…
Attendance in the course is limited to 20 people to ensure a learning environment with more interaction and personal attention. We will be following best practices for transforming classroom programs into a positive, online learning environment. There will be group activities, intersession assignments, and application work as well.
In addition you will receive a 1-year free membership in the private InterStrength online-community where we foster peer-to-peer learning. In a private circle for your course cohort, you can ask questions, share insights, and have insightful discussions with your learning cohort. You will have unlimited access to the cohort circle for as long as we are using that platform. Upon completion of the course sessions, you will also be invited to join the larger certified community in the Network+ Circle where you will continue to share with a broader group and...
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Essential Motivators Certification
Course Begins July 7, 2023
No Pre-requisite
Fridays @ 9am Pacific Time
Weekly Discussion Groups Mondays @ 4pm Pacific Time
Live on Zoom (also recorded for lifetime access)
Essential Motivators: Tips and Benefits
InterStrength Essential Motivators™
(aka Temperament)
What are your core psychological needs, values and talents? Where can you shift?
What needs are so essential to your existence that you will go to great lengths to get them met?
What is your purpose?
Your core psychological needs and values have been with you from the beginning as well as the talents that help you scratch the itch that the needs create. This is the heart of who we are, so you will learn more about the essence of the roots of your personality as well as of those around you. This will open up a deep understanding of different perspectives, different talent agendas, and sources of conflict and stress. The Essential Motivators lens is grounded in the patterns David Keirsey called temperament and that were further differentiated and refined by Linda Berens.
What's your Essential Motivator SuperPower™?
Improvising SuperPower™
Gifted at employing the available means to accomplish an end. Creativity is revealed by the variety of solutions they come up with. Talented at using tools, whether the tool be language, theories, a paint brush, or a computer. Tune into immediate sensory information and vary their actions according to the needs of the moment. Gifted at tactics. Can easily read the situation at hand, instantly make decisions, and, if needed, take actions to achieve the desired outcome.
Needs and Values
The core needs are to have the freedom to act without hindrance and to see a marked result from action. People of this pattern highly value aesthetics, whether in nature or art. Their energies are focused on skillful performance, variety, and stimulation. They tend toward pragmatic, utilitarian actions with a focus on technique. They trust their impulses and have a drive to action. They learn best experientially and when they see the relevance of what they are learning to what they are doing. They enjoy hands-on, applied learning with a fast pace and freedom to explore.
Stabilizing SuperPower™
Talented at logistics and at maintaining useful traditions. Masterfully get the right things in the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity, in the right quality, to the right people, and not to the wrong people. Know how things have always been done, so they anticipate where things can go wrong. Have a knack for attending to rules, procedures, and protocol. Make sure the correct information is assembled and presented to the right people.
Needs and Values
The core needs are for group membership and responsibility. They need to know they are doing the responsible thing. They value stability, security, and a sense of community. They trust hierarchy and authority and may be surprised when others go against these social structures. People of this temperament prefer cooperative actions with a focus on standards and norms. Their orientation is to their past experiences, and they like things sequenced and structured. They tend to look for the practical applications of what they are learning.
Theorizing SuperPower™
Prefer using their gifts of strategic analysis to approach all situations. Constantly examine the relationship of the means to the overall vision and goal. No strangers to complexity, theories, and models, like to think of all possible contingencies and develop multiple plans for handling them. Abstractly analyze a situation and consider previously unthought-of possibilities. Researching, analyzing, searching for patterns, and developing hypotheses are quite likely to be natural modus operandi.
Needs and Values
The core needs are for mastery of concepts, knowledge, and competence. Want to understand the operating principles of the universe and to learn or even develop theories for everything. Value expertise, logical consistency, concepts, and ideas and seek progress. Tend toward pragmatic, utilitarian actions with a technology focus. Trust logic above all else. Tend to be skeptical and highly value precision in language. Learning style is conceptual, and want to know the underlying principles that generate the details and facts rather than the details alone.
Catalyzing SuperPower™
Tend to be gifted at unifying diverse peoples and helping individuals realize their potential. Build bridges between people through empathy and clarification of deeper issues. Use these same skills to help people work through difficulties. Thus, can make excellent mediators, helping people and companies solve conflicts through mutual cooperation. If working on a global level, they champion a cause. If working on an individual level, they focus on growth and development of the person.
Needs and Values
The core needs are for the meaning and significance that come from having a sense of purpose and working toward some greater good. They need to have a sense of unique identity. They value unity, self-actualization, and authenticity. People of this pattern prefer cooperative interactions with a focus on ethics and morality. They tend to trust their intuition and impressions first and then seek to find the logic and the data to support them. Given their need for empathic relationships, they learn more easily when they can relate to the instructor and the group.
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