IPSAT • The Identity Profile Self-Awareness Tool

How to Grow Your Self-Awareness + Lead Yourself Better

IPSAT ONLINE COURSE

You must know yourself before you can lead yourself.

The IPSAT is a process designed to help people gain the maximum value from a journey of self-awareness. There are three primary differentiators in our process, and three primary outcomes.

The Identity Profile Exercise is part of the IPSAT onboarding platform that walks a user through engaging with five pre-IPSAT assessments designed to help them understand each of the five components of their identity. For personality we use the a version of the 5 Factor Model called 16Personalities. For strengths we use Clifton Strengths (formerly StrengthsFinder 2.0), to simplify and standardize the process we use a skills inventory and personal values inventory created for the IPSAT, and for passion we use a resource called MyPassionProfile.

Users don’t have to retake assessments they have already completed, and they don’t have to do this all at once. They can logout and return every few days or over a few weeks depending on their schedule.

The Self Awareness Exercise is simply a response to 25 statements that are designed to guide IPSAT users into a much deeper and more practical level of reflection on how well they understand their identity and reinforce the idea that the pre-IPSAT assessments are a means to a bigger end.

The response to these 25 statements is what produces a score out of 100 and puts the user in one of four stages of identity self-awareness. We are very open about the fact that the score can be helpful, but it is not the most meaningful part of the process.

The Self Authoring Exercise is the most important part of our process. It is a technique that emerged from the research of two psychologists, one from the university of Toronto, the other from the university of Texas. In a nutshell what their research shows is that writing about yourself, especially when the subject matter is important, actually changes where your brain stores the information and how you feel about it. The self authoring exercise in the IPSAT process guides the user through writing five identity statements. The metaphor we’ve found helpful is to think of self authoring like you were a translator responsible for capturing the most important information about yourself from the five pre-IPSAT assessment reports and translating the computer generated language into personalized statements that are meaningful to you and helpful for the people around you.
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The first of the five self authored statements is an identity overview statement. This is 100 words or less explaining what happens when the five components of your identity work together in your life. This is a description of you at your best.
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The second is a best contribution statement. This is 50 words or less that explains how you can add the most value to others and make your best contribution to a team.

The third is a developmental priority statement. This is 50 words or less explaining what part of your identity you need to develop the most now.

The fourth is a potential derailer statement. This is 50 words or less explaining how your identity predisposes you to self-defeating behaviors that could sabotage relationships or derail your influence with others.

The fifth is a vulnerable settings statement. This is 50 words or less explaining the situations or environments in which your potential derailers are even more likely to surface. We think if you know how your identity could work against you and where or when it is most likely to happen you’ll be better positioned to design a mitigation strategy.

After completing the IPSAT, users have a 75-minute conversation with an IPSAT coach to process more deeply what they’ve learned and how to apply it. Next, users are given an opportunity to engage with a tool that helps them develop a Self Leadership Action Plan, which includes an additional 60-minute coaching conversation upon completion.

The focus of the IPSAT has three specific outcomes:
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First, the IPSAT experience gives people confidence and clarity about how they can add value to others and make their best contribution to a team.
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Second, it will help them prioritize where they need to grow the most now.
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Third, it will reveal the self-defeating behaviors that could sabotage relationships or derail their influence.

What’s included with the 8 Modules of this online course:

Interactive Video Lessons

Course videos use the Rali platform to include prompts for reflection questions you add to the video feed. You can also comment on the video or the responses of others. This unique platform allows you to engage on your schedule and interact with the feedback of others regardless of when they watch.

Bundle of Assessments

Self-awareness is the gateway to self-leadership. You have to know yourself in order to lead yourself. We focus on your Identity Profile, the unique combination of personality, strengths, skills, personal values and passions. You will engage with five pre-IPSAT assessments as part of this journey (personality based on the Big Five, Clifton Strengths, Skills Inventory, Personal Values Inventory, and MyPassionProfile).

Identity Profile Self-Awareness Tool (IPSAT)

The IPSAT is not a new assessment. It is a process designed to help you gain the maximum value from a bundle of assessments. We use a powerful self authoring process to help you write five short identity statements that explain how your personality, strengths, skills, values and passions work together in real life.

One-on-one Virtual Coaching

When you purchase the course you will be contacted by a certified IPSAT coach to schedule two virtual coaching sessions. The first session is 75 minutes and comes after Module 7, with a focus on processing the results of the Identity Profile Self-Awareness Tool (IPSAT). The second session is 60 min and comes after Module 8, with a focus on creating your self-leadership action plan.

IPSAT ONLINE COURSE

The 8 Modules.

Learn at your own pace and upgrade the quality of your life with our online course.

Big Idea in Brief
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‍Self-Awareness is a critical building block of emotional intelligence. Without it, regardless of your talent and training, you will under achieve. Self-awareness is not an end. It’s a gateway to effective self-leadership.

There are two dimensions of self-leadership and they hinge on the ability to tell yourself yes, and no. When you tell yourself yes, you build self-discipline. When you tell yourself no, you build self-control. The cumulative results at the heart of self-leadership, both in terms of self-discipline and self-control, will determine the quality and trajectory of your life. That’s why self-leadership is so important.