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Awareness Quotient (AQ): Go Beyond the Identity Compass Report

A 2-hour session for Certified Identity Compass Practitioners who want to move beyond interpretation into development — and give feedback at the level where behaviour is constructed.

Eligibility: IC training completed. This is intentionally not advertised publicly.

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Problem

Most feedback stays at the level of description: what the client does, prefers, or reports. It’s accurate — but it often doesn’t change anything.

Promise

AQ reveals construction: how the client is building self, meaning, and response in the moment — and where “at-choice” thinking becomes possible.

Proof

Built from Constructed Development Theory (CDT) and the Identity Compass dataset. Used in leadership, coaching, and organisational contexts via the Institute for Adult Development.

Workshop Focus

What We Will Explore

1) Extract AQ from IC Data

  • How AQ is derived from Identity Compass patterns
  • What AQ actually measures (and what it doesn’t)
  • Benchmarking: identifying the client’s starting point (e.g. AQ6)

2) Decode CI Combinations

  • How CI combinations reveal construction, not just preferences
  • How to spot “constraint patterns” vs “choice patterns”
  • Where clients get stuck: polarity, certainty, identity lock-in

3) Turn Insight into Vertical Development

  • Translating AQ into a clear developmental pathway
  • Feedback language that increases awareness without destabilising
  • How this becomes Stage 1 of Next Level Coaching™
Outcomes

You Will Leave Able To…

Give Better Feedback

Move beyond “what the profile says” to “what the client is doing with their mind” — in language clients can actually use.

Create a Development Path

Use AQ as a benchmark and build a coherent vertical development arc for the client, rather than a list of insights.

Upgrade Your Positioning

Shift from “profile interpreter” to developmental practitioner — increasing impact, differentiation, and commercial value.

Who This Is For

  • Certified IC Practitioners who want deeper developmental work
  • Coaches who feel they’ve hit the ceiling of interpretation
  • Practitioners supporting leaders under complexity and pressure

Who This Is Not For

  • Anyone looking for a new typology label or personality “type”
  • Those who want scripts and procedures instead of a new lens
  • People who have not completed IC training

Important Note

This is a closed workshop. You’ll be working with concepts that assume IC fluency. If you’re unsure whether it’s the right fit, email and ask.

Format

2 Hours • Live Online • Interactive deconstruction + applied examples

Fee

€149 • Closed practitioner cohort • Limited price and places

What You Need

Your IC fluency • A client case (optional) • A willingness to shift lens

Reserve your place

Email to secure a seat. Include your IC practitioner details and (optionally) your preferred date.

Planning ahead: a fuller summer version will run as an expanded practitioner intensive.