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Leadership style and personality assessment has been utilized for decades, yet the results or product often gets lost in the massive amount of generalized information that the reports produce for each person. The experience is often described as informative and enjoyable but the information they learn does not often get applied to the workplace. In the use of The Power of Temperament, every individual can learn specific nuanced information about their temperament and how it shows up in the workplace. Traits can be expressed in helpful and unhelpful ways, and through The Power of Temperament we help people learn how to maximize the productive expressions. Participants will learn how to use this new information to improve communication, team cohesion, and productivity.

Learning Objectives:

1) Understand temperament and neurobiology and how it impacts leadership, team building and work performance.

2) Identify one’s own trait profile and how traits can be expressed productively and/or destructively.

3) Engage in experiential activity to understand how we can shift to more productive expression of our traits to improve work performance, communication and team cohesion.

Outline:

What is Temperament?
Traits vs States
Expression of traits (productive and nonproductive). Different expressions due to different environmental conditions.
Administer The Power of Temperament Questionnaire, score it. Identify top helpful traits and top unhelpful traits.
Discuss results in small break out groups
Engage in experiential activities to learn skills to shift trait expression

Dr. Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher, PhD, FAED, CEDS-C

Dr. Astrachan-Fletcher serves as Regional Clinical Director at the Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Andrea Seefeldt, PsyD, CEDS

Andrea Seefeldt has been in practice for over 12 years and is certified by the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (CEDS). She completed her PsyD in Clinical Psychology at Adler University in 2014, with a doctoral internship at Indiana University Counseling and Psychological Services and a fellowship at the University of Chicago Student Counseling Services.

Location: Hopemark Health, 8 S. Michigan, Suite 1505, Chicago, IL 60603

REGISTRATION RATES:

NIEAPA Members - FREE

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Non-Members - $40
Other EAPA Members - $10 (discount code required)
Students - FREE (discount code required)

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Discount codes are available for students and other EAPA members. To receive the discount code, please contact the NIEAPA office at board@nieapa.org.

As we approach the close of 2026, I want to take a moment to thank each of you for your continued commitment to NIEAPA and the Employee Assistance profession.

Throughout our careers, we have witnessed change, embraced challenges, and remained dedicated to supporting individuals, families, and workplaces. Our collective experience, knowledge, and willingness to support one another remain among our greatest strengths.

As we look toward 2027, my hope is that we continue to build a chapter where seasoned professionals share their wisdom, emerging professionals find their voices, and meaningful connections flourish.

NIEAPA is only as strong as the members who choose to be involved. I encourage each of you to bring your ideas, talents, and enthusiasm as we move forward together.

Thank you for allowing me the privilege of serving as your President. Our best work is not necessarily behind us; there is still much to accomplish.

Cheryl Bristor-Wilson, LCSW, CADC, CEAP
President, NIEAPA

"NIEAPA members shall seek to develop an awareness of their own personal and cultural values and beliefs as one way of appreciating the importance of multicultural identities in our own lives and in the lives of those we serve. NIEAPA members shall have and continue to develop specialized knowledge and understanding about the values, traditions and systems of all employees at the workplaces they serve."

The Resource Directory is a central source of services that fall under the EAP umbrella and is a great tool for all. We encourage you to use and share with your colleagues.

Please use the Resource Directory if you are looking for up to date information on treatment centers' recent changes, additions or reduction of services. The link also provides contact information for each center's outreach professional.

This list has been provided by the Chicagoland Professional Liaison Association, which is an organization for outreach professionals in the behavioral health field working in the Greater Chicagoland area. We thank the group for sharing this information with their NIEAPA colleagues.

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