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At Transverse Leadership, we work closely with clients to deepen their self-awareness.  Used in conjunction with coaching, we offer a range of renowned assessments that enable individuals and teams to pinpoint blind spots, articulate preferences and validate assumptions about leadership style and future direction. Assessments a client completes depend on articulated coaching goals and action plans.  Our assessments are self-paced, offered online and can be taken from anywhere in the world.  Following are brief descriptions of most frequently used assessments.

MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR ®

For more than 50 years, The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality Inventory has helped millions of individuals throughout the world gain insight into themselves and how they interact with others.  The MBTI assessment helps people transform themselves – by giving them a powerful tool for improving how they communicate, learn and work.  Isabel Myers’ unique implementation of Carl Jung’s theory of psychological type, the MBTI instrument, determines preferences on four dichotomies: Extraversion-Introversion, Sensing-Intuition, Thinking-Feeling and Judging-Perceiving.

STRONG INTEREST INVENTORY ®

The Strong Interest Inventory instrument is the gold standard for career development, providing time-tested and research-validated insights that shape and direct career exploration and open a world of possibilities.  It generates an in-depth assessment of interests among a broad range of occupations, work and leisure activities and educational subjects.

THOMAS-KILMANN CONFLICT MODE INSTRUMENT ®

The forced-choice, TKI inventory identifies a person’s preferred conflict-handling style or mode and provides detailed information about how that individual can use the five different modes – competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding and accommodating – effectively. 

FUNDAMENTAL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS ORIENTATION-BEHAVIOR (FIRO-B) ®

This instrument, is one of the most widely used tools for helping people understand their own behavior – and that of others – in interpersonal situations.  It provides a clarity of perception that improves personal effectiveness.  The FIRO-B is based on three basic interpersonal needs (inclusion, control and affection) identified by renowned psychology pioneer Will Schutz, PhD. 

CPI 260 ®

The CPI 260 provides insight into your strengths and opportunities for development.  It contains 260 carefully selected items that are used to measure three vector scales in more than five broad areas.  This tool is built on more than 50 years of research and successful real-life application.

CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY 434 ®

The CPI 434 assessment provides a highly accurate, complex portrait of an individuals professional and personal styles.  Organizations trust this tool of help them find and develop successful leaders and cultivate a rich pool of talent to create organizational success.