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Pearman Personality Integrator® Certification
Certify to administer and interpret the Pearman Personality Integrator® from Multi-Health Systems (MHS). It measures personality twice: the natural pattern, and what a person actually demonstrates. The distance between the two is where the coaching conversation lives.
Assessment facts: MHS, storefront.mhs.com/collections/pearman, read 6 NOV 2026.
What the Pearman™ measures
Developed by Dr. Roger R. Pearman. Two parts, read together.
The Pearman™ Personality model
Personality on a continuum, with no forced choice between types. It measures the natural and the demonstrated use of eight mental functions: what feels most comfortable, and what a person most often does in everyday work.
The FlexIndex
Psychological flexibility, agility and resiliency across five essential elements of flexibility. It shows when adapting is working, and when it may be costly or unsustainable.
Model, eight resources and FlexIndex: MHS, storefront.mhs.com/collections/pearman, read 6 NOV 2026. Paraphrased.
The FlexIndex: five skills
The skills that let a person work well inside and outside their natural type.
Proactivity
Solving problems before they arrive.
Composure
Staying calm and level-headed under pressure.
Connectivity
Forming working connections with others.
Variety-Seeking
Seeking out new and useful experiences.
Rejuvenation
Coping with stress and recovering from it.
Scores sit on a bar that averages 100. With the Leadership Lens, a marker shows where top leaders score on each skill. MHS reports that FlexIndex scores relate to transformational leadership and to job and relationship satisfaction.
Source: MHS, Pearman Personality Integrator® brochure (marked "subject to change"), read 6 NOV 2026. Paraphrased.
How it measures
No forced choices, so no stereotypes.
Natural and demonstrated
Every function is scored twice: how natural it feels, and how often you actually use it. The gap between the two is often where the strain is, and where coaching starts.
A continuum, not a box
People answer by sliding a marker, from Very Unnatural to Very Natural and from Never to Always, instead of choosing one type over another. That is how the Pearman™ can produce over 1,000,000 distinct profiles.
Built on Jung
It measures the eight mental functions from Carl Jung's work on psychological type, refined by Dr. Roger R. Pearman's more than 30 years of research and practice.
Source: MHS, Pearman Personality Integrator® brochure (marked "subject to change"), read 6 NOV 2026. Paraphrased.
Two report lenses
Each has a Client report and a Coach report.
Leadership Lens
For people in leadership roles. It connects type behaviors and FlexIndex skills to four leadership competencies, authenticity, coaching, insight and innovation, and adds an Average Leadership Marker to compare results with top leaders.
Workplace Lens
For individual contributors in workplace initiatives. It shows comfort with, and demonstrated use of, the eight mental functions and the five elements of flexibility.
Report descriptions: MHS, storefront.mhs.com/collections/pearman, read 6 NOV 2026. Paraphrased.
What you work with in a debrief
A Coach report for you, a Client report for them, both customizable.
In the Coach report
- A guide to running the feedback session
- Follow-up questions for each function and FlexIndex skill
- A Development Commitment Table and an Action Plan
- Confidence intervals and item-level responses
- Your client's results next to the norm group
Pairs with the EQ-i 2.0®
An EQ-i 2.0® module brings a client's EQ-i 2.0® results into the Pearman™ report, so personality type and emotional intelligence can be read together. The report connects a person's overall attitude and their perceiving and judging functions to specific emotional intelligence skills, which shapes development and brings blind spots into view. If you already use the EQ-i 2.0®, the Pearman™ adds what it doesn't measure: how a person is wired, and how far they can flex.
See an MHS sample: Pearman™ Leadership report with EQ-i 2.0® ↓
Source: MHS, Pearman Personality Integrator® brochure (marked "subject to change"), read 6 NOV 2026. Paraphrased.
The science
MHS describes "strong evidence of statistical reliability and validity"; full detail is in the Pearman™ manual. Source: MHS, Pearman Personality Integrator® brochure, read 6 NOV 2026.
Where it's used
Leaders
Leadership development, executive coaching and succession planning.
Teams
How each member takes in information, decides and communicates, so a group can use its differences.
Students, 18 and older
Student success and career planning in colleges and universities.
Source: MHS, Pearman Personality Integrator® brochure (marked "subject to change"), read 6 NOV 2026. Paraphrased.
What certification includes
For HR professionals, executive coaches and consultants.
- Your own Pearman™, with a one-on-one debrief with James, before the training.
- Two live online days, 8 AM–5 PM ET. Hands-on interpretation practice, ethical and psychologically safe debriefs, and real workplace scenarios.
- A private course portal with all curriculum and supplemental materials, and recorded sessions for playback.
- An assessment administration account to run the Pearman™ for your clients and teams, with coach-facing report content for debriefs.
- You're certified, with an official MHS-issued certificate.
- Complimentary 1-year membership to the Association for Psychological Type International (APTI). APTI is a global community of professionals who use psychological type, with educational opportunities, special interest groups and a community of support and learning. aptinternational.org
Steps 1–4 from LeaderEI®'s course. Certificate: MHS, storefront.mhs.com/collections/pearman, read 6 NOV 2026. APTI membership: MHS Pearman train-the-trainer materials and the APTI "Claim Your Free Year!" flyer from MHS.
Continuing education credit
Credits: MHS Pearman Personality Integrator® Certification Program certificate (14.5 CE contact hours; ICF 11.25 Core Competency and 4.25 Resource Development; 14.5 SHRM PDCs). ATD points: MHS notice to training partners, 29 OCT 2025 (Pearman Certification, 14.5 points, for certifications completed on or after 1 AUG 2025). MHS's full credit statements are in the footer.
Multi-Health Systems, Inc. has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. This program qualifies for a maximum of 14.5 points.
2026–2027 dates
Live online, 8 AM–5 PM Eastern, both days. $1,777.
2026
2027
Dates from the live leaderei.com store, verified 6 NOV 2026.
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Who leads it
Your trainer
James L. Castleberry
James L. Castleberry is an MHS Master Trainer in EQ-i 2.0®/EQ 360®, MSCEIT® 2, Pearman™, and Certified Executive and Emotional Intelligence Coach. Naval Intelligence Commander (Ret.), sought for warmth, practical tools, psychological safety and ongoing mentoring. 55+ organizations served worldwide.
He leads every LeaderEI® cohort himself.
Questions before you enroll
How is the Pearman™ different from other type assessments?
MHS describes it as placing personality on a continuum instead of forcing a choice between types. It measures eight mental functions in both their natural and demonstrated use, and adds the FlexIndex for flexibility.
Which report should I use, Leadership Lens or Workplace Lens?
The Leadership Lens is for people in leadership roles and compares results with top leaders. The Workplace Lens is for individual contributors. Certification covers both.
Do I take the Pearman™ myself?
Yes. You take it and get a one-on-one debrief before the live days, so you experience it the way your clients will.
Can I combine it with the EQ-i 2.0®?
Yes. Many practitioners pair personality type with emotional intelligence. See EQ-i 2.0® & EQ 360® certification.
Are other dates available?
All sessions run 8 AM–5 PM ET. For more flexible scheduling, contact us.
Next cohort: November 24–25, 2026
Live online, 8 AM–5 PM ET. $1,777.