Leadership Archetype Assessment
The Leadership Archetypes help you reconnect with your leadership identity beyond your clinical role and understand the relational patterns you naturally cultivate with your team.
When you discover your primary archetype, you stop trying to lead like others and instead leverage your authentic strengths. Through our assessment and reflective practices, you'll identify both opportunities and blind spots in creating psychological safety with your team.
Each archetype embodies an element of our trauma-informed Cultivate TRUST leadership model. Explore our free Leadership Archetype Assessment as a step toward authentic leadership and meaningful connection.
Leadership Archetypes
Authenticator
You're the one people turn to when they need clarity and direction, and you have a natural gift for cutting through confusion with values-aligned action. You are the most skilled in the element of Transparency, which is the practice of authenticity. Your strength lies in your ability to see next steps clearly and mobilize others when they feel stuck around operations. Your team appreciates knowing exactly where they stand with you and what they should prioritize. This gift of clarity can sometimes feel isolating. You might wonder if your directness creates distance when you're actually trying to create connection.
Reflection: What happens when your candor becomes your armor? When does speaking truth become a way of keeping people at arm's length?
Nurturer
You naturally attune to others and know how to create environments where people feel genuinely seen and valued. You are the most skilled in Repair, which is the practice of sustained connections. Your strength lies in understanding that when your team feels supported, they naturally extend that same care to their clients. Your presence creates a sense of belonging that people carry with them long after they leave your office. Sometimes this deep attunement can feel overwhelming. You might notice yourself absorbing your team's stress or struggling to maintain boundaries around your own needs.
Reflection: What happens when your care becomes your identity? When does nurturing others become a way of avoiding your own need for support?
Meditator
You see the connections others miss, the invisible threads that bind people together, and you feel responsible for weaving them into something beautiful. You are the most skilled in the element of Unify, which is the practice of harmony. Your strength lies in your ability to hold multiple perspectives simultaneously and create spaces where everyone feels included. This means you are inclusive and create a trusting work environment by building connections and facilitating gatherings in a meaningful way. This gift of seeing all sides can sometimes leave you feeling like you're holding everyone's truth except your own.
Reflection: What happens when your harmony becomes a way of avoiding conflict? When does unity become a burden you carry alone?
Problem Solver
You see the gaps others overlook, the systemic issues that create suffering, and you feel compelled to build bridges toward better solutions. You are the most skilled in the element of Seeking, which is the practice of balanced thinking. Your strength lies in recognizing patterns, exploring inventive solutions, and establishing sustainable systems that serve your team’s and community's deepest needs. You can stay calm in the storm of complex problems while others feel overwhelmed. This gift of problem identification can sometimes feel like a burden. You might notice yourself seeing issues everywhere, struggling to rest in the space between the problem and solution.
Reflection: What happens when your solutions become a way of avoiding feelings? When does problem solving become a refuge from the messiness of the human experience?
Visionary
You see the potential in your team, and you know how to awaken that possibility with energy and care. You are the most skilled in the element of Tact, which is the practice of delivery. Your strength lies in your ability to tap into your team's intrinsic motivation and help them connect with their creativity. You create trust through intentionality, ensuring your team feels supported while encouraging them to reach toward meaningful change. This natural ability to foster collective dreaming transforms individual work into shared purpose. Sometimes this capacity for vision can feel isolating. You might wonder if others truly understand the depth of what you're trying to foster and create.
Reflection: What happens when your vision becomes a way of escaping the present? When does inspiration become a substitute for the slow work of building a more human-centered world?
Ready to discover your leadership archetype?
Perhaps you felt the recognition in these words. Maybe you've seen yourself in multiple archetypes, or perhaps one resonated deeply.
Understanding your natural patterns helps you lead in ways that honor both your humanity and theirs. Your leadership identity exists beyond your clinical training. It's time to discover and trust it.
Each archetype embodies an element of our trauma-informed Cultivate TRUST leadership model, offering you a framework rooted in connection rather than control, sustainability rather than performance.
Explore our free Leadership Archetype Assessment as a step toward authentic leadership and meaningful connection.
Your journey toward relational leadership begins now.