Core Qualities

Femke Gordijn

Adapted from:

A Core Quality is…

The specific strength of a person usually taken for granted

Characteristics that belong to you, which you have not

learned

Core Qualities

• Determination• Receptivity• Persistence• Flexibility• Courage• Loyalty• Care

With the core quality comes the distortion

too much

Strength becomes pitfall

Core Quality Pitfall

A distortion is too much of something good

too much

Strength becomes pitfall

Determined ?

A distortion is too much of something good

too much

Strength becomes pitfall

Determined pushy

With the Pitfall comes the Challenge

Determined pushy

?

With the Pitfall comes the Challenge

Determined pushy

Patience

Core Quadrant

Pitfall

Allergy

Core Quality

Challenge

With the Challenge comes the Allergy

pushy

passivity

Determined

Patience

Four Entries

• Core Quality your specific strength

• Pitfall the label people put on you

• Challenge what you would like to have

more of

• Allergy what you find difficult to

handle in other people

Core Quadrant

Core quality Pitfall

Allergy Challenge

Core Quadrant

Laisser-faire

rigid

Flexible

structured

Core Quadrant

arrogant

submissive

Self-confident

modest

Context Core Quadrant

environment

behaviour

skills

paradigms

qualities

Self