A number of attempts have been made to "spiritualilze" personality assessments. Paul Ford shares more about why we need to look at BOTH personality and spiritual giftedness to fully understand our behavior.  
The full 90-minute interview is available on the GRIP-Birkman Coaches Cafe YouTube channel.  
For more information on GRIP-Birkman or becoming a GRIP-Birkman coach, go to www.gripbirkman.com. 

For more information about GRIP-Birkman and GB Coaching, go to www.itowe.org.
Videos of most podcasts are available on the GRIP-Birkman Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7nd3EzbVbMh1kNGiutDxQ

Paul Ford shares some of the history of how he connected with Roger Birkman and The Birkman Method to join two assessments into what we now know as GRIP-Birkman.  
The full 90-minute interview is available on the GRIP-Birkman Coaches Cafe YouTube channel.  
For more information on GRIP-Birkman or becoming a GRIP-Birkman coach, go to www.gripbirkman.com. 

For more information about GRIP-Birkman and GB Coaching, go to www.itowe.org.
Videos of most podcasts are available on the GRIP-Birkman Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7nd3EzbVbMh1kNGiutDxQ

You can only understand your spiritual giftedness in the context of Body Life. A core concept of GRIP is the three corners of the Gifts Triangle.  Body-Building language helps us understand the importance of each member playing our part to build up the Body of Christ. Paul Ford shares more of the history and principles of Moving from I to We that led to the beginning of what we now know as GRIP-Birkman.  
The full, unedited, 90-minute interview can be viewed on the GRIP-Birkman Coaches YouTube channel.  
Learn more about GRIP-Birkman at www.gripbirkman.com. 

For more information about GRIP-Birkman and GB Coaching, go to www.itowe.org.
Videos of most podcasts are available on the GRIP-Birkman Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7nd3EzbVbMh1kNGiutDxQ

Paul Ford shares some of the history and principles of Moving from I to We that led to the beginning of what we now know as GRIP-Birkman.  "Once you empower people to understand their gifting, motivation takes care of itself... (because) No one else can play your part in the church."  The full, unedited, 90-minute interview can be viewed on the GRIP-Birkman Coaches YouTube channel.  
Learn more about GRIP-Birkman at www.gripbirkman.com. 

For more information about GRIP-Birkman and GB Coaching, go to www.itowe.org.
Videos of most podcasts are available on the GRIP-Birkman Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7nd3EzbVbMh1kNGiutDxQ

Kingdom Accomplishing is about focused, intentional, prioritized, and measured progress toward Kingdom outcomes through the people God has provided.  Teams that fall short in the area of Accomplishing tend to match one of the following five types:  The Navel Gazers, Jack-of-all-Teams, Should's and Ought's, Busy C's and D's, and Success Storyers.  John Blake shares some very practical tips that coaches and team leaders can use to help teams discover how to become truly productive for the Kingdom of Christ as they move from I to We. 
See the article at www.gripbirkman.com and be sure to check out the full recording with comments and questions from GB coaches who were on the call on the Grip-Birkman Coaches Cafe YouTube channel.

For more information about GRIP-Birkman and GB Coaching, go to www.itowe.org.
Videos of most podcasts are available on the GRIP-Birkman Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7nd3EzbVbMh1kNGiutDxQ

"Connecting is about knowing each other deeply so that we do our work differently based upon our strengths, needs, and aversions... It is about being self-aware in order to appropriately see how the “I” can fit with the “We.”  This is interdependence in the real world.  And it doesn’t happen by mistake, or because of a good team leader, or because we like each other."
John Blake shares more about the need to be intentional about developing deeper connections to build stronger, healthier, more productive teams. 
See the full article on CONNECTING at www.gripbirkman.com. 

See the GRIP-Birkman Coaches Cafe with more comments and thoughts from GB Coaches on the GRIP-Birkman Coaches Cafe YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/kdfuvOfQUNE 

For more information about GRIP-Birkman and GB Coaching, go to www.itowe.org.
Videos of most podcasts are available on the GRIP-Birkman Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7nd3EzbVbMh1kNGiutDxQ

Jen Vernam shares why we are reluctant to be vulnerable and share from our brokenness. We explore why sharing is a vital value to building unity and increasing effectiveness in any team. She also suggests practical tips for modeling and encouraging healthy vulnerability--regardless of one's position (upfront, alongside, or from behind).
Full article at GRIPBirkman.com/sharing. 
Complete recorded Cafe with participants contributing on the GRIP-Birkman Coaches Cafe YouTube Channel: 

For more information about GRIP-Birkman and GB Coaching, go to www.itowe.org.
Videos of most podcasts are available on the GRIP-Birkman Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7nd3EzbVbMh1kNGiutDxQ

Larry Gay and Greg Langman discuss the importance of distinguishing between caring about  others and caring for one another.  The full  article  by Carrie MacFarland is at www.vripbirkman.com/caring/.  To see/hear the full dialogue with coaches in the Cafe, search the GRIP-Birkman Coaches Cafe channel in YouTube or click here: https://youtu.be/leylq1KrsH8. 

For more information about GRIP-Birkman and GB Coaching, go to www.itowe.org.
Videos of most podcasts are available on the GRIP-Birkman Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7nd3EzbVbMh1kNGiutDxQ

A 12-minute summary of the article at  http://www.gripbirkman.com/thriving/
"If we are only focused on results and don’t take care of ourselves along the way, we might get immediate flash-in-the-pan results, but our long-term effectiveness will suffer...Burnout has reached pandemic proportions in the workplace. In a recent Indeed survey, 52% of respondents said they are feeling burned out.. How then can we combat this pandemic and build healthy thriving teams that are also effective, productive, and bearing fruit for the kingdom of God over the long haul?" Let's talk about some of the  characteristics of thriving teams and how GRIP-Birkman can help.

Learn more from fellow GB Coaches talking about thriving teams in the full GRIP-Birkman Coaches Cafe at https://youtu.be/fi9zN91D3Jg  (The dialogue starts at about 12:15 minutes into the recording)
'

For more information about GRIP-Birkman and GB Coaching, go to www.itowe.org.
Videos of most podcasts are available on the GRIP-Birkman Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7nd3EzbVbMh1kNGiutDxQ