{"id":3910,"date":"2013-04-01T06:03:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T06:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2022-09-18T18:43:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T18:43:52","slug":"personality-tools-for-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/personality-tools-for-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Personality Tools for Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it appropriate for a coach to give personality assessments?\u00a0 Most personality assessment<\/a> tools have a certification process prior to administering the tool.\u00a0 If a coach is also certified in that personality assessment tool, administering the assessment falls under that role or capacity.\u00a0 Coaching begins where the assessment ends.\u00a0 Specifically, using the results of an assessment, a coach works with a client to understand the information, develop a strategy for what they want to change, and then design actions to move forward.<\/p>\n

As a tool for understanding a client, the results of a personality assessment provide benefits and risks.\u00a0 On the benefit side, personality assessments provide insight, a framework for understanding, and an awareness of personal nuances.\u00a0 On the risk side, some people disagree with the results and are frustrated by the information.\u00a0 As a coach, the biggest risk is in believing that now, with a personality label, you know your client; people are different personalities at different times and have different interpretations of the questions at different times.<\/p>\n

One of the competencies for coaching is being present.\u00a0 The ideal in coaching is to be aware of who your client is in the moment – be fully present to their personality and flex to them in that moment based on who they are right now.\u00a0 In the ICF-approved coach training<\/a> at the Center for Coaching Certification, the tool on personalities is specifically designed to be aware of who the client is in the moment and then flexing to them appropriately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it appropriate for a coach to give personality assessments?\u00a0 Most personality assessment tools have a certification process prior to administering the tool.\u00a0 If a … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[70,77,55,81,80,88,115,87,79,76],"class_list":["post-3910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-client","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-core-competency","tag-effective-coaching","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-professional-coach","tag-skills","tag-understand","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n