BELONGING & STORYTELLING ARTICULATION DESCRIPTORS
Look for descriptors that are unique and powerful for the person whose identity you are describing.
Achiever
Work hard and possess a great deal of stamina. Take immense satisfaction in being busy and productive. (E) Success-Oriented, Adaptive, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious.
Activator
Make things happen by turning thoughts into action. Want to do things now, rather than talk about them.
Adaptor
Prefer to go with the flow. Tend to be "now" people who take things as they come and discover the future one day at a time.
Administrator
Detail oriented. Able to organize, schedule, keep track of many parts of a project, help others stay on task.
Analytic
Search for reasons and causes. Ability to think about all of the factors that might affect a situation.
Apostle
Causal to launches of movements and initiatives. Sees beyond the current norms to new ways of being and doing as a community.
Arranger
Can organize, but they also have a flexibility that complements this ability. Like to determine how all of the pieces and resources can be arranged for maximum productivity.
Artist
Creative ability to draw, paint, write, make music, build, (etc.) or arrange to express ideas, concepts, and other intangibles.
Believer
Have certain core values that are unchanging. Out of these values emerges defined purpose for their lives.
Builder
Makes things out of parts. Turns many small things into one larger thing. Often must alter the small things in order for them to fit together.
Calmer
Brings peace and calm to people and situations
Challenger
(E)The Powerful, Dominating Type: Self-Confident, Decisive, Willful, and Confrontational
Chef
Designs and cooks recipes with creativity and science.
Cleaner
Eliminates grime, debris, mess, and residue. Cleans spaces, objects, people, pets, etc.
Commander
Have presence. Can take control of a situation and make decisions.
Combiner
Mixes things, ideas, people together in creative useful ways.
Communicator
Find it easy to put their thoughts into words. Good conversationalists and presenters.
Competitor
Measure their progress against the performance of others. Strive to win first place and revel in contests.
Connector
Have faith in the links among all things. Believe there are few coincidences and that almost every event has meaning.
Consistent
Keenly aware of the need to treat people the same. Crave stable routines and clear rules and procedures that everyone can follow.
Contextualist
Enjoy thinking about the past. Understand the present by researching its history.
Cook
Preparer of food
Counselor
Listens and give guidances on personal, social, or psychological experiences, interactions, conflicts, and problems
Counter
Someone who pays attention to amounts, numbers, and orders of things, people, ideas.
Crafter
A person who crafts with craftiness. Sparkles, glue, wood, metal, etc. Uses tools and creates with intentional quality.
Creator
Someone who produces something(s) out of nothing(s)
Curious
Finds interest in places that others don't. Asks questions. Reads the footnotes.
Defender
A person who defends ideas, people, spaces, etc. against that which would make them less vs. more.
Deliberate-er
Best described by the serious care they take in making decisions or choices. They anticipate obstacles.
Deliberator
Someone who likes to deliberate. Either thinks through decisions from many angles or likes to discuss ideas and decisions with others for longer than most.
Designer
Creative capacity to design.
Developer
Recognize and cultivate the potential in others. Spot the signs of each small improvement and derive satisfaction from evidence of progress.
Discerner
Can see or sense the truth even when it is obscured.
Disciplined
Enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best described by the order they create.
Empath
Can sense other people's feelings by imagining themselves in others' lives or situations.
Encourager
Gives courage to others.
Energizer
Brings and increases energy to a group. Helps the weary feel rejuvenated. Keeps momentum going.
Entertainer
Someone who entertains with stories, music, art, humor, creativity, surprise, etc.
Enthusiast
(E) The Busy, Fun-Loving Type: Spontaneous, Versatile, Distractible, and Scattered
Evangelist
Someone who regularly attempts to get others to believe or participate in what they believe or participate in.
Faithful One
A reliable person. Can be counted on. Someone who is stable in their beliefs.
Finder
A person who finds things that are difficult to come by. Especially when needed to complete a project.
Fixer
Someone who fixes things and enjoys the challenge of taking what is broken and repairing it.
Focused
Can take a direction, follow through and make corrections necessary to stay on track. Prioritize, then act.
Futurist
Inspired by the future and what could be. Energize others with their visions of the future.
Giver
Someone who gives of themself, their possessions, their energy, or resources for the sake of others.
Governor
Someone who controls or influences the actions of a group to guide them in a particular way.
Guide
Instills courage, motivates action, brings clarity, shows the way.
Harmonizer
Look for consensus. Don't enjoy conflict; rather, they seek areas of agreement.
Healer
Causes and coaxes health out of illness.
Helper
Looks for ways to contribute to the well being of others. Finds satisfaction in being helpful. (E) The Caring, Interpersonal Type: Demonstrative, Generous, People-Pleasing, and Possessive
Hoper
Determined to expect that good will come.
Host
Gathers and serves. Creates comfortable space and enjoyable experiences for others.
Hunter
Seeks to find what is needed for sustaining, providing for, meeting needs, or eliminating danger.
Ideationist
Fascinated by ideas. Able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.
Imaginer
Can visualize and think about non-existent scenarios
Implementor
Puts resources and actions into play to accomplish strategy and vision. May not generate vision or strategy.
Includer
Accept others. Show awareness of those who feel left out and make an effort to include them.
Individualist
(E) Sensitive, Withdrawn, Expressive, Dramatic, Self-Absorbed, and Temperamental
Individualizer
Intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. Have a gift for figuring out how different people can work together productively.
Input-er
Need to collect and archive. Accumulate information, ideas, artifacts or even relationships.
Intellectionist
Characterized by intellectual activity. Introspective and appreciate intellectual discussions
Interpreter
Can understand and translate language, ideas, feelings, etc. so that others can also understand.
Inventor
Conceives of ideas that do not exist and brings them into reality.
Investigator
Likes to find the reason why and the information related to. (E) Intense, Cerebral, Perceptive, Innovative, Secretive, and Isolated
Jokester
Tells jokes, plays pranks, tries to bring humor, keeps the group mood light, and offsets the serious.
Learner
Great desire to learn and continuously improve. Excited by learning process, rather than the outcome.
Listener
Sets aside self to give attention to another or a group. Hears, considers, and contemplates rather than waiting for their turn to speak.
Loyalist
(E) The Committed, Security-Oriented Type: Engaging, Responsible, Anxious, and Suspicious
Maximizer
Focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. Seek to transform something strong into something superb.
Mentor
Someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person.
Mover
The friend you call when you gotta move. Someone who gets things done. Does the work. Causes action.
Nurturer
Gives gentle care and compassion to coax life and health to the forefront
Optimist
Believes things are good or going to be even when it appears otherwise
Organizer
Takes messes and disorder and rearranges it into useful order.
Peace Maker
(E) Easygoing, Self-Effacing, Receptive, Reassuring, Agreeable, and Complacent
Planter
Puts seeds, ideas, energies, feelings and people into situations that will cause them to grow into their potential selves
Positivist
Have contagious enthusiasm. Upbeat and can get others excited about what they are going to do.
Proclaimer
A person who proclaims the ideas, truths, stories, and descriptions they believe need to be heard.
Prophet
A person who says the difficult truths. Sometimes predicts future results or events.
Provider
Someone who provides the resources needed.
Rescuer
A person who will risk to care for others or things in danger.
Reformer
(E) Rational, Idealistic Type, Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic
Relator
Enjoy close relationships with others. Find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.
Responsible
Take psychological ownership of what they say they will do. Committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty.
Restorer
Adept at dealing with problems. Good at figuring out what is wrong and resolving it.
Self-Assured
Feel confident in their ability to take risks and manage their own lives. Have an inner compass that gives them certainty in their decisions.
Self-Controller
Capacity to resist desire for pleasure, emotional gratification, judgement, anger, hurtful words,
Significance-er
Want to make a big impact. Independent and prioritize projects based on how much influence they will have on their organization or people around them.
Stabilizer
A presence that brings stability through coherence, words, actions, or
Strategist
Create alternative ways to proceed. Faced with a given scenario, will spot the relevant patterns and issues.
Strengthener
A person who, by their presence, words, or action, gives strength to others.
Teacher
Someone who teaches.
Thinker
Someone who considers thoughts and ideas for extra time and from many angles in an effort to understand.
Trainer
A person who trains others, teaches specific skills, increases capacity, helps groups coordinate their understanding.
Wanderer
Someone who doesn't stay put. Wanders from place to place or idea to idea looking for what there is to experience.
Whimsicalist
Marked by whimsey. Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way.
Wise One
A person who has absorbed from their relationships and experiences in a way that can be used to inform and guide themselves and others.
Wonderer
Similar to curious but often just lets thoughts run their course, following them without guiding them, just to see where they will go.
Woo-er
Love the challenge of meeting new people and winning them over. Derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection with someone.
Look for descriptors that are unique and powerful for the person whose identity you are describing.
Achiever
Work hard and possess a great deal of stamina. Take immense satisfaction in being busy and productive. (E) Success-Oriented, Adaptive, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious.
Activator
Make things happen by turning thoughts into action. Want to do things now, rather than talk about them.
Adaptor
Prefer to go with the flow. Tend to be "now" people who take things as they come and discover the future one day at a time.
Administrator
Detail oriented. Able to organize, schedule, keep track of many parts of a project, help others stay on task.
Analytic
Search for reasons and causes. Ability to think about all of the factors that might affect a situation.
Apostle
Causal to launches of movements and initiatives. Sees beyond the current norms to new ways of being and doing as a community.
Arranger
Can organize, but they also have a flexibility that complements this ability. Like to determine how all of the pieces and resources can be arranged for maximum productivity.
Artist
Creative ability to draw, paint, write, make music, build, (etc.) or arrange to express ideas, concepts, and other intangibles.
Believer
Have certain core values that are unchanging. Out of these values emerges defined purpose for their lives.
Builder
Makes things out of parts. Turns many small things into one larger thing. Often must alter the small things in order for them to fit together.
Calmer
Brings peace and calm to people and situations
Challenger
(E)The Powerful, Dominating Type: Self-Confident, Decisive, Willful, and Confrontational
Chef
Designs and cooks recipes with creativity and science.
Cleaner
Eliminates grime, debris, mess, and residue. Cleans spaces, objects, people, pets, etc.
Commander
Have presence. Can take control of a situation and make decisions.
Combiner
Mixes things, ideas, people together in creative useful ways.
Communicator
Find it easy to put their thoughts into words. Good conversationalists and presenters.
Competitor
Measure their progress against the performance of others. Strive to win first place and revel in contests.
Connector
Have faith in the links among all things. Believe there are few coincidences and that almost every event has meaning.
Consistent
Keenly aware of the need to treat people the same. Crave stable routines and clear rules and procedures that everyone can follow.
Contextualist
Enjoy thinking about the past. Understand the present by researching its history.
Cook
Preparer of food
Counselor
Listens and give guidances on personal, social, or psychological experiences, interactions, conflicts, and problems
Counter
Someone who pays attention to amounts, numbers, and orders of things, people, ideas.
Crafter
A person who crafts with craftiness. Sparkles, glue, wood, metal, etc. Uses tools and creates with intentional quality.
Creator
Someone who produces something(s) out of nothing(s)
Curious
Finds interest in places that others don't. Asks questions. Reads the footnotes.
Defender
A person who defends ideas, people, spaces, etc. against that which would make them less vs. more.
Deliberate-er
Best described by the serious care they take in making decisions or choices. They anticipate obstacles.
Deliberator
Someone who likes to deliberate. Either thinks through decisions from many angles or likes to discuss ideas and decisions with others for longer than most.
Designer
Creative capacity to design.
Developer
Recognize and cultivate the potential in others. Spot the signs of each small improvement and derive satisfaction from evidence of progress.
Discerner
Can see or sense the truth even when it is obscured.
Disciplined
Enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best described by the order they create.
Empath
Can sense other people's feelings by imagining themselves in others' lives or situations.
Encourager
Gives courage to others.
Energizer
Brings and increases energy to a group. Helps the weary feel rejuvenated. Keeps momentum going.
Entertainer
Someone who entertains with stories, music, art, humor, creativity, surprise, etc.
Enthusiast
(E) The Busy, Fun-Loving Type: Spontaneous, Versatile, Distractible, and Scattered
Evangelist
Someone who regularly attempts to get others to believe or participate in what they believe or participate in.
Faithful One
A reliable person. Can be counted on. Someone who is stable in their beliefs.
Finder
A person who finds things that are difficult to come by. Especially when needed to complete a project.
Fixer
Someone who fixes things and enjoys the challenge of taking what is broken and repairing it.
Focused
Can take a direction, follow through and make corrections necessary to stay on track. Prioritize, then act.
Futurist
Inspired by the future and what could be. Energize others with their visions of the future.
Giver
Someone who gives of themself, their possessions, their energy, or resources for the sake of others.
Governor
Someone who controls or influences the actions of a group to guide them in a particular way.
Guide
Instills courage, motivates action, brings clarity, shows the way.
Harmonizer
Look for consensus. Don't enjoy conflict; rather, they seek areas of agreement.
Healer
Causes and coaxes health out of illness.
Helper
Looks for ways to contribute to the well being of others. Finds satisfaction in being helpful. (E) The Caring, Interpersonal Type: Demonstrative, Generous, People-Pleasing, and Possessive
Hoper
Determined to expect that good will come.
Host
Gathers and serves. Creates comfortable space and enjoyable experiences for others.
Hunter
Seeks to find what is needed for sustaining, providing for, meeting needs, or eliminating danger.
Ideationist
Fascinated by ideas. Able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.
Imaginer
Can visualize and think about non-existent scenarios
Implementor
Puts resources and actions into play to accomplish strategy and vision. May not generate vision or strategy.
Includer
Accept others. Show awareness of those who feel left out and make an effort to include them.
Individualist
(E) Sensitive, Withdrawn, Expressive, Dramatic, Self-Absorbed, and Temperamental
Individualizer
Intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. Have a gift for figuring out how different people can work together productively.
Input-er
Need to collect and archive. Accumulate information, ideas, artifacts or even relationships.
Intellectionist
Characterized by intellectual activity. Introspective and appreciate intellectual discussions
Interpreter
Can understand and translate language, ideas, feelings, etc. so that others can also understand.
Inventor
Conceives of ideas that do not exist and brings them into reality.
Investigator
Likes to find the reason why and the information related to. (E) Intense, Cerebral, Perceptive, Innovative, Secretive, and Isolated
Jokester
Tells jokes, plays pranks, tries to bring humor, keeps the group mood light, and offsets the serious.
Learner
Great desire to learn and continuously improve. Excited by learning process, rather than the outcome.
Listener
Sets aside self to give attention to another or a group. Hears, considers, and contemplates rather than waiting for their turn to speak.
Loyalist
(E) The Committed, Security-Oriented Type: Engaging, Responsible, Anxious, and Suspicious
Maximizer
Focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. Seek to transform something strong into something superb.
Mentor
Someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person.
Mover
The friend you call when you gotta move. Someone who gets things done. Does the work. Causes action.
Nurturer
Gives gentle care and compassion to coax life and health to the forefront
Optimist
Believes things are good or going to be even when it appears otherwise
Organizer
Takes messes and disorder and rearranges it into useful order.
Peace Maker
(E) Easygoing, Self-Effacing, Receptive, Reassuring, Agreeable, and Complacent
Planter
Puts seeds, ideas, energies, feelings and people into situations that will cause them to grow into their potential selves
Positivist
Have contagious enthusiasm. Upbeat and can get others excited about what they are going to do.
Proclaimer
A person who proclaims the ideas, truths, stories, and descriptions they believe need to be heard.
Prophet
A person who says the difficult truths. Sometimes predicts future results or events.
Provider
Someone who provides the resources needed.
Rescuer
A person who will risk to care for others or things in danger.
Reformer
(E) Rational, Idealistic Type, Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic
Relator
Enjoy close relationships with others. Find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.
Responsible
Take psychological ownership of what they say they will do. Committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty.
Restorer
Adept at dealing with problems. Good at figuring out what is wrong and resolving it.
Self-Assured
Feel confident in their ability to take risks and manage their own lives. Have an inner compass that gives them certainty in their decisions.
Self-Controller
Capacity to resist desire for pleasure, emotional gratification, judgement, anger, hurtful words,
Significance-er
Want to make a big impact. Independent and prioritize projects based on how much influence they will have on their organization or people around them.
Stabilizer
A presence that brings stability through coherence, words, actions, or
Strategist
Create alternative ways to proceed. Faced with a given scenario, will spot the relevant patterns and issues.
Strengthener
A person who, by their presence, words, or action, gives strength to others.
Teacher
Someone who teaches.
Thinker
Someone who considers thoughts and ideas for extra time and from many angles in an effort to understand.
Trainer
A person who trains others, teaches specific skills, increases capacity, helps groups coordinate their understanding.
Wanderer
Someone who doesn't stay put. Wanders from place to place or idea to idea looking for what there is to experience.
Whimsicalist
Marked by whimsey. Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way.
Wise One
A person who has absorbed from their relationships and experiences in a way that can be used to inform and guide themselves and others.
Wonderer
Similar to curious but often just lets thoughts run their course, following them without guiding them, just to see where they will go.
Woo-er
Love the challenge of meeting new people and winning them over. Derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection with someone.