"For all who genuinely aspire to value and love other people"
The Personality Assessment
About the RELATE™Assessment
Now available for couples therapists, high schools, universities, churches, non-profit ministries, the U.S. military and other government agencies.
After years of counseling and personality research, author Charles Causey developed this updated lens by which to experience personality. The level of insight and detail into each personality after selecting answers to 48-Questions will aid individuals in a deeper understanding of human dynamics.
Author Background
Charles Causey (BA, BS, MDIV, MSS, DMIN), loves to research and write about how people interact in relationships. His book Candor: The Secret to Succeeding at Tough Conversations (Moody Publishers, 2021) is used as an effective resource to identify problems, assist business interactions, speed up meetings, and reach optimal decisions. In his follow-up book, RELATE: Unlocking the Power of Personality Type to Strengthen Your Relationships (Valley Forge, 2024), Charles plumbs into the psychology of personality types to identify a new lens by which to experience personality and relationships. Readers of RELATE will become familiar with the six personality types and proficient at identifying these types in people around them. Charles is a 34-year combat veteran and army chaplain. He is also the author of eight books and loves interacting with people in order to help them achieve their relationship goals. Besides his current work in the military, Charles is a conference speaker and leadership coach where he introduces professionals to key concepts from his books including Unbreakable (a marriage book co-authored with Tony Miltenberger), Words & Deeds (NAV Press/Tyndale House), Candor, and RELATE. He is married to his sweetheart Lauri and they have four children. Charles loves to run, hike, and play pickle ball. He is a Pikes Peak Marathon and JFK 50-Miler finisher and would love to someday run the Leadville 100.
FAQs
1. How do I learn more about my personality type?
Answer: If after reviewing the information on your personality type from this website you would like more information, then you have two options; either purchase the RELATE book for $14.99 on Amazon.com or purchase a 12-page tutorial sheet on your specific type for $2.99 here on this website that explains your 22 Lead Character Traits, Strengths, Potential Blind Spots, your Superpowers, stress areas and Expert Tips on how to thrive. Go to the "Six Types" tab or "Personality Resources" tab to find out more and to order and download the pdf.
2. How do I find out who I am compatible with?
Answer: Many people have asked if there are two of the six types that are more compatible. It seems like there should be a simple answer to this question but there is not. There are types that are more similar, such as the Role Model and the Loyalist, or the Energizer and the Expressive; however, they may or may not be more compatible. There is a lot that goes into what makes up a person's personality such as family size and birth order, gender, the type of home environment a person has experienced... Each person is made up of experiences which forge them into unique individuals. Past victories, past trauma, past trials, and time invested overcoming challenges all contribute toward the way each person thinks and acts. Chapter Nine is a key chapter in RELATE which explains how each of the types get along with each other, their potential struggles, and triumphs, etc. So our recommendation is to read Chapter Nine after identifying your personality type to see what might deliver to your satisfaction "the perfect relationship." Or, if you don't have the book and want a quicker solution, order the 35-page Assessment on this website explaining how the six types relate to each other. Go to the "Six Types" tab or "Personality Resources" tab to find out more and to order and download the pdf.
3. How do I change my partner?
Answer: Change is hard, especially when desiring to change someone else. The best advice we have is to try to get as much feedback on yourself as possible first. How might you be contributing to the relationship stress you're experiencing? That is what makes the RELATE assessment so important, it gives you not only your strengths but your potential blind spots as well. Could a few of these be a source of irritation for your partner, which might be partially responsible for causing the divide? Second, once you feel that you understand yourself better, then have your partner take the personality assessment if they are open to it. Once both of you have your assessment, then you can sit down and discuss with each other what might be the source of your struggles. It truly takes two to work on the relationship. For a deeper look into how your two types can relate, even if you are the same type, order the 35-page Assessment on this website explaining how the six types relate to each other. Go to the "Six Types" tab or "Personality Resources" tab to find out more and to order and download the pdf.
4. Why are there only six types?
Answer: This is one of the features unique about the RELATE assessment tool. Instead of up to 16 types with other assessment models, we found that six personalities adequately address most of the population with the specificity we were looking for in order to aid relationships. Obviously no personality model is perfect and there will always be people who are somewhere in the middle. However, RELATE offers an easy to understand and retain model where the letters RELATE stand for the six types: Role Model, Energizer, Loyalist, Assertive, Trailblazer, and Expressive. This is so much better than telling others you are a number, or you are a set of letters. Being a Role Model or an Energizer means something! The words of each type are not empty labels, they are descriptors that get right to the heart of each personality type. What we call “personality” chiefly manifests itself into six distinct types in humanity, and people will easily find themselves within one of these types.
5. What is the difference between an Executive and an Explorer?
Answer: Three of the personality types represent similar patterns in how they participate in the world and in what is important to them. The Role Models, Loyalists, and Assertives make up the family, or supergroup, called Executives; this is because they respond similarly in how they use power, how they handle difficulty, and how they process data. Similarly, the Energizers, Trailblazers, and Expressives are described by the term Explorers because of how they see the world and how they approach the unknown. These two collections of personality types, the Executives and the Explorers, comprise the RELATE ensemble, just as the National Football League is comprised of the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference. Executives love structure, are ruled by deadlines, and focus on making decisions. Explorers love to understand new concepts, adapt easily to change and are more diplomatic with power, instead of seeing things as black and white.
6. Why are there two types of Loyalists?
Answer: Within the Loyalist group, the majority of them (70-75 percent) fall into the Executive category, but there is a sub-type minority (25-30 percent) that falls into the Explorer category. This is the only personality type which straddles both the Executive and Explorer families. Executive Loyalists prefer to see issues as black and white and are quicker to make judgements than Explorer Loyalists. Explorer Loyalists, however, like to keep things as uncomplicated as possible, for as long as possible, even avoiding people or situations where they suspect they will have to have a serious conversation about responsibilities and obligations. Executive Loyalists are quick to fall in line and obey whatever their supervisor might demand, if within reason. Explorer Loyalists, on the other hand, are constantly on a quest for meaning and purpose and would like to have a greater amount of freedom than simply being told specifically and repeatedly what to do.
7. Are there any RELATE training events in my area?
Answer: There may be. This is a static website that is updated infrequently. The best way to find out what is going on as far as training events, or if you would like to request the author or one of his creative consultants to speak to your group or train your leaders, please fill out a contact form (see button below)