Dr. Dan Reinhardt and CREST Leadership use profiles to guide midlife leaders After eighteen years of pastoral leadership, Dr. Dan Reinhardt took a sabbatical to pursue a doctorate in ministry leadership. As he conducted his thesis research he discovered the absence of leadership training material for mid-life leaders. CREST Leadership is an outgrowth of Dan’s…
Read MoreGet the Most Out of Your Profile Data Fourth in a series explaining how Certified Practitioners help you process profiles After you complete a Leading From Your Strengths profile assessment, you receive a 20-page personalized profile report. Its length alone provides a considerable amount of useful information. You will gain some initial insight simply by…
Read MoreFour Ways You Are Unique Third in a series explaining how Certified Practitioners help you process profiles Your Leading From Your Strengths Profiles presents four areas of strengths in which you are unique: solving problems, processing information, managing change, and facing risk. Each person operates within these four areas each day. They are inescapable. A…
Read MoreAre You Independent or Interdependent? A Practitioner Helps You Know Second in a series explaining how Certified Practitioners help you process profiles Leading From Your Strengths Profiles empower you to discover and use your God-given strengths and be stronger for it. Because the profile questionnaire can be completed and delivered in 10 minutes or less,…
Read MoreFirst in a series explaining how Certified Practitioners help you process profiles Often Christ-followers are unaware that their differences with others actually represent enormous strengths. The Leading From Your Strengths (LFYS) Profile is a tool that helps you discover your unique strengths and how to use them. This personalized, detailed 20-page report accurately describes your…
Read MoreA devotional about valuing your strengths The United Kingdom’s Imperial State Crown is worn by the sovereign only once a year – at the opening of Britain’s Parliament – and very occasionally as part of the coronation of a new British monarch. It is adorned with several legendary jewels, including the Black Prince’s Ruby, weighing…
Read MoreWhen the Leading From Your Strengths profile was released in 2001, a friend presented Dr. Greg Hibbins with a complimentary copy. Greg completed the assessment – and the personal impact was profound. “The profile data helped me to understand who I am in Christ even after being in ministry so many years,” says Greg. “I…
Read MoreA devotional about valuing strengths In 1 Corinthians 12:18, Paul writes, “God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased” (1 Corinthians 12:18, NKJV). He explains that God has purposely placed each of us in specific settings to use our strengths. The word “set” used in this passage…
Read MoreA Devotional about Valuing Strengths A diamond, formed as a crystal over centuries, is among the most precious of gemstones. Gem experts study the most effective ways to cut facets in a diamond to maximize its color and beauty. Facets – these flat-smoothed planes cut on a diamond’s surface – allow a diamond to make…
Read MoreLife Coach Helps Create Children’s Adventure Kit after Taking Her Own Profile Karen Van Riesen first discovered Leading From Your Strengths profiles in 2008 when she trained to become a Christian life coach. The profile assessments were listed as a helpful resource to use with clients, so she completed one for herself first. The impact…
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