Can knowing your personality strengths help you be a better leader and a better parent at the same time? Today we discuss assessments like Myers-Briggs and Working Genius and how they can not only help you in your career but at home as well.
Alison is a leadership consultant and coach who helps teams achieve organizational health and clarity in their work. She coaches leaders to become more self-aware and to lead from their strengths. By developing trust, engaging in healthy conflict, and achieving clarity as an organization, businesses and individuals set themselves up for long-term success. Alison is a certified Myers-Briggs and Working Genius practitioner and is a member of The Table Group’s CAPA Pro group of consultants. Alison brings energy, perspective, and engaging sessions to the teams and individuals she serves. She is the founder and principal consultant at Ascent Consulting Group and travels across the country to work with clients and speak to teams. Alison lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and three children.
In today’s episode, we discuss…
- Self-awareness through understanding yourself via Working Genius (the what of your strengths) and Myers Briggs (the how you operate in the world from a personality perspective)
- How knowing more about yourself and others on your team or in your family can help prevent guilt and also decrease the judgment of others
- Using your high-energy, high-fulfillment tasks strategically
- How to understand blind spots and areas of improvement
- Asking the question “what’s fixed and what’s flexible” in your family or on your team
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Show Notes
Hey, hey friend! Welcome to Episode #74 of The Secrets of Supermom Show!
This episode is sponsored by The Supermom Society, the only membership of its kind that combines productivity training–so you can do more in less time–with parenting training–so you can confidently be the mom you dream to be. I want you to close your eyes and picture this:
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I have been so excited for my guest today because this is a guest I know in real actual life. Like, I can hug her and everything. I know Alison from a group we are part of with our children, and I had the pleasure of taking training from her after completing the Myers-Briggs and Working Genius inventories. It was so eye-opening to see how we work in certain ways in the group we are in, but also in how I operate in my leadership position in my career and at home. Because if a mom isn’t a leader I don’t know what is!!
We talk about how you can use these assessments in your career as well as at home and also talk about the book The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family by Patrick Lencioni (creator of Working Genius) and how this can be so beneficial for your family life. One of the questions inside is “what makes our family unique?,” and we did this as a family after this interview. It was awesome, and we have the poster board we made hanging in our laundry room. If you decide to do one, we would love to hear about it!
Alison Westerlind is a leadership consultant and coach who helps teams achieve organizational health and clarity in their work. She coaches leaders to become more self-aware and to lead from their strengths. By developing trust, engaging in healthy conflict, and achieving clarity as an organization, businesses and individuals set themselves up for long-term success. Alison is a certified Myers-Briggs and Working Genius practitioner and is a member of The Table Group’s CAPA Pro group of consultants. Alison brings energy, perspective, and engaging sessions to the teams and individuals she serves. She is the founder and principal consultant at Ascent Consulting Group and travels across the country to work with clients and speak to teams. Alison lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and three children.
I am thrilled to introduce you to Alison!
Myers-Briggs and Working Genius with Alison Westerlind
Today we discuss…
- Self-awareness through understanding yourself via Working Genius (the what of your strengths) and Myers Briggs (the how you operate in the world from a personality perspective)
- How knowing more about yourself and others on your team or in your family can help prevent guilt and also decrease the judgment of others
- Using your high-energy, high-fulfillment tasks strategically
- How to understand blind spots and areas of improvement
- Communication with teams (whether your work team or your volunteer team or your home team) and understanding via personality type
- How your personality type impacts your parenting and your interaction with your spouse or partner
- Asking the question “what’s fixed and what’s flexible” in your family or on your team
- Tools vs. labels when using these types of assessments
- Judging and perceiving modalities in Myers-Briggs and where conflict can often arise
- The most important part of learning your personality or leadership type is understanding more about yourself, not about being right or wrong
- The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family by Patrick Lencioni and how you can use organizational skill sets in your “family team”
- The importance of communication, trust, and clarity in any type of team
- Asking yourself, “What makes your family unique?” (We did this as a family after conducting this interview!)
- Deciding what is most important to your family and what is your “rallying cry”
- Discussing how to communicate as a family and how you share your goals
Are you interested in finding out more about Alison Westerlind?
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