Jerry Gilpin

Background

I’ve worked as a teacher, a priest and a chaplain, and since 2007 I’ve been a self-employed coach, running my own business,  completing well over 6000 hours of coaching and facilitation work.  I work with people from many organisations – from Headteachers and College Principals to senior clergy; from partners in law firms to CEOs of voluntary organisations; from parish priests and lay workers to academics, new managers and leaders in the technology sector.

Psychological Type

Going through an MBTI feedback process (INTJ) in my first role in the church was eye-opening: it explained why I found staff meetings frustrating, even though I loved my ES-P colleagues!  When I started coaching full time, the first instrument I qualified to use was the MBTI Step 1 (with Ann O’Sullivan at Emmaus House), and I’ve subsequently been through accreditation with Steps 2 and 3, as well as other type instruments.  I love seeing what these different approaches bring to the table.  I joined BAPT when I qualified in 2006, but didn’t really get involved until about 2016; since then I’ve been Secretary, Treasurer and I’m now President of BAPT.  It’s a role I feel is a privilege, and an opportunity to help the organisation fulfil its core purpose of supporting those using the Jungian type model and advocating for its use.

Other Interests

Alongside my interest in type, I am fascinated by the work of Iain McGilchrist on brain lateralisation and its impact on personality, philosophy and culture.  I read quite widely, both non-fiction and fiction (my first degree was in English) and dabble in writing poetry when my brain quietens down enough to make sense of the world!  I love the music of Bob Dylan and Bach; the football of Arsenal FC, walking in the natural world, the visual arts, cooking (and eating), and my small circle of family and close friends and wide circle of colleagues, clients and connections.  With INTJ preferences, none of these would be a surprise…