Thanks for celebrating 10 Years of Living Wholehearted with us!
Over the years in our counseling, coaching, and organizational development work, we have utilized many clinical, biblical, relational, and business tools and assessments to help bring about transformation in the lives of leaders.
Being trained in nearly fifteen assessments, we settled on the Core Values Index (CVI) years ago with it’s unmatched clarity and reliability in all settings. With a 97% test/retest reliability rate, we can’t ignore the value it brings to understanding each person’s natural hard-wiring and the way it accurately identifies who a person is, anywhere they go, over their entire lifespan. This helps to transcend work, ministry, and home environments and get to the core motivations, communication styles, and conflict strategies from birth to death.
With the CVI in mind, we thought it would be fun to share the history of Living Wholehearted in your own preferred communication style. Without even knowing your own CVI results, you will likely be drawn to one version or another. Based on the four Core Values of the CVI (Banker, Builder, Innovator and Merchant), you can “choose-your-own-adventure” below!
If you’ve never taken the CVI, but now you are getting curious, you can take it here. In the meantime, just follow your personal preference as to how you most enjoy taking in new information.
Are you a….
BANKER: DETAILED
Your love of knowledge is a Core Value and having the right information is important to you. You enjoy routine and predictably effective systems and often think in linear patterns. You care about the facts, the data, and the details. If this sounds like you, go here for a detailed timeline.
BUILDER: TO THE POINT
You rely upon accomplishing tasks and getting things done now: actions and results! Bullet-point communication and lists are for you! If this sounds like you, go here for the shortest version of our timeline.
INNOVATOR: COMPLEX
Understanding, compassion and strategic thinking are your strengths. You love brainstorming ideas, recognizing connections in the midst of complexity, and developing new systems and processes that help bring efficiency. If this sounds like you, go here for a more creative approach to our timeline.
MERCHANT: ROUNDABOUT
Building and sustaining relationships is what is most important to a Merchant. You work well with others and you love to discover new possibilities. You are a storyteller and are emotionally intune with the needs of others. If this sounds like you, go here for a more playful version of our timeline.
Bankers: Living Wholehearted Timeline
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Builders: Living Wholehearted Timeline
Jeff and Terra met in college in 1998, married in 2001, and launched Living Wholehearted in 2011. They began with a name, a website, offices in Tualatin (Oregon), and the Living Wholehearted Lodge & Retreat. Living Wholehearted went from a staff of 2 to a current team of 11. What began as counseling and coaching resources for leaders of all kinds has expanded to include:
- retreats and workshops
- speaking engagements and interviews
- a national conference
- spiritual direction
- Courageous Girls website and curriculum
- a podcast
- the Wholehearted Leadership Cohort (leadership development)
- 2 books: Courageous: being daughters rooted in grace and Shrinking the Integrity Gap: between what leaders preach and live
Living Wholehearted has partnered with various organizations over the years like Trueface Ministries and is excited about their latest partnership with Christian Parenting. There is exciting growth ahead, including the new LW Lodge & Retreat that is under construction (coming summer 2021)!
Innovators: Living Wholehearted Timeline
