Assessments help us see and understand aspects about our personality that would otherwise go unnoticed. With personality assessments, there are no right answers other than to be true to who you are at the time you are completing the instrument. Notice that we used the word “Instrument” and not “Test,” that’s because you have to agree with the reported information that come back to or it’s not valid. Thus, these assessments are only instruments to help you discover and understand yourself. There are many instruments listed below and they all have unique applications for specific situations except for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; which, is applicable in a wide range of situations to help us understand and accept ourselves and others.

Myers-yBriggs Type Indicator® (MBTI): This instrument assesses your preference for Extroversion (E) vs. Introversion (I), Sensing (S) vs. Intuition (N), Thinking (T) vs. Feeling (F), and Judging (J) vs. Perceiving (P) to come up with a four letter type description of your personality. Based on over six decades of research and studies on the MBTI, there is much that one can understand about their personality type and their ability to accept and work with the differences of others. MBTI Instrument

Strong Interest Inventory®: This instrument is used to help you discover career paths and/or occupational skills that align with your personality type. The Strong Interest Inventor assigns Degrees of Correlation in rank orders for careers in six different skill set categories: Artistic, Social, Rational, Enterprising, Conventional, and Investigative. Understanding one’s most natural career skills is useful in solving problems and developing business strategies that align with the skills sets of the organization. Strong Instrument

CPI 260 - California Psychological Inventory™ 260: This instrument helps individuals and leaders understand a range of personal and work-related characteristics, motivations, and thinking styles to improve their work improve their performance. By describing individuals in the way others see them, the CPI assessments illustrates ways for one to identify and improve specfic areas of work and personality skill sets. The CPI has 50-plus years of exceptional history, validity, and reliability. CPI Instrument

FIRO-B® and FRIO-Bussiness® Assessments: Built on the 50-year history and reliability of the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations OrientationTM (FIRO®) model, the FIRO® assessments help people understand their behavior—and that of others—in interpersonal situations. The FIRO-B® and FIRO Business® assessments can be used in a variety of settings and in combination with other solutions to improve organizational performance. The online FIRO-B® and FIRO Business® assessments are easy to use and administer. They quickly gather critical insights into how an individual’s interpersonal needs can shape his or her interactions with others. FIRO Instruments

Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI): Is the world’s best-selling assessment for understanding how different conflict-handling styles affect interpersonal and group dynamics. It’s also a fast and powerful tool that can go beyond conflict management to support your team-building, leadership and coaching, and retention goals. The research-backed TKI offers a practical way to initiate safe and nonemotional dialogue to resolve conflict. That’s why it’s ideal for use in so many different situations. It can also improve organizational productivity by helping people gain insight into their own and others’ behavior—which in turn helps them make better choices about outcomes. TKI Instrument

Emotional Intelligence EQ-i 2.0®: This instrument measures five main categories (Self-Perception, Self-Expression, Interpersonal Relationships, Decision Making, and Stress Management) and fifteen subcategories of one’s behavior. The EQ-i 2.0 Instrument indicates for each subcategory if one’s behavior falls under, within, or above a normal range as well as assigns an overall Emotional Intelligence score. Based on this score, one can assess if their score is above or below scores consistently achieved by those who have found success in their life. The EQ-i 2.0 Instrument is an excellent starting point for executive coaching and Top Gun Sales training. EQi - 2.0 Instrument

It’s hard to put a price on the cost of an assessment and assessment facilitation process when the return on this investment could be priceless. Our objective is to help you, management, and staff find their path to success as a competitive team in your marketplace. Depending on what areas you may need to improve within your organization, one or a combination of the above instruments will aid you in taking your organization to the next level of success.