Govern with Greater Wisdom, Faithfulness, & Steady Courage.
The CMI for Board Members helps Christian school trustees understand how their temperament shapes the way they steward mission, support the Head of School, and fulfill the real work of governance with greater virtue and fidelity.
For Trustees and Board Members of Christian Schools
In a Christian school, board service is never merely the stewardship of policies and budgets. It is the stewardship of an institution's mission and witness. Trustees are charged with guarding the school's Christ-centered identity, helping secure its long-term health, supporting and evaluating the Head of School, and contributing to a board culture marked by truth, trust, courage, and disciplined unity.
The CMI helps board members understand the natural patterns they bring into that responsibility. It shows how temperament affects the way a trustee deliberates, asks questions, handles conflict, offers support, gives feedback, honors boundaries, and responds when pressure rises. It helps explain why some parts of board service feel natural and why others may become recurring areas of weakness if left unattended.
What makes the CMI especially valuable for Christian boards is that it does not stop with a personality profile. It connects temperament directly to the real duties of governance and then points toward the virtues needed to carry those duties faithfully. It treats temperament not as fate, but as a starting point for wiser stewardship, stronger character, and more faithful service.
Some trustees naturally bring boldness and clarity but need greater patience, restraint, or humility. Others naturally bring harmony and encouragement but need more courage in accountability or firmer commitment to hard truths. Others bring careful discernment but need help acting with greater confidence and steadiness. The CMI helps name those tendencies honestly and then offers concrete guidance for growth in prudence, courage, temperance, justice, and fidelity.
This is why the CMI for Board Members is more than an assessment. It is a practical instrument for Christian formation in governance. It helps trustees grow into the kind of board members their school truly needs: men and women whose judgment is wiser, whose service is steadier, and whose governance is more deeply aligned with the school's mission in Christ.