Coaching Assessments | Finding Strengths, Personality Type, Interests and Values

Access standardized personality and aptitude tests with expert applications.

Virtue Medicine Iowa City Professionalism Strength-Finding Psychological Assessments Many of our clients find that coupling coaching presence with standardized assessments and experienced interpretation can really clarify opportunities for growth and advancement. Our thoughtfully-designed packages accomplish this. Each package focuses on specific phases of life and career and the challenges that come with them. These might include an educational or career transition such as choosing a college major or one’s first job, or improving interpersonal and leadership skills, or preparing for a pivot in a career for better opportunities. For these and other personal and professional challenges, our packages use empirical assessments to create a deeper understanding of strengths, interests, values, and aptitudes. This brings positive change!

We are experienced in the use of the assessments listed here, and our packages are designed for the coaching areas that are the most requested. If you are looking for something very specific for your growth that is not well matched to one of our coaching packages, please contact us and we will happily consider how best to meet your unique needs.

Because these assessment packages do not include medical or mental health history, assessment or diagnosis, no health insurance claims forms are provided. Individuals with co-existing mental health concerns are invited to schedule a health care appointments with our mental health providers, if the assessments are intended to be woven into medical or psychological needs.

Dr. Tansey Leadership Style and Priorities Assessment
Leadership Style and Priorities Assessment

Dr. Tansey’s very-popular coaching package is designed for leaders and executives to better articulate their values, strengths, and interpersonal styles as directly influence a) leadership effectiveness in complex environments, b) growth edges in self-awareness and emotional intelligence, c) professional priorities in career development.

The package includes one 90 minute initial coaching visit, followed by the completion of three empirically-validated assessments: Values in Action-Strength Finder (VIA), Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B) and Myers-Briggs Trait Inventory (MBTI) for Leadership. All three assessments can be completed by clients at a time of their convenience, using secure online portals. Quantitative and qualitative reports will be completed and interpreted by Dr. Tansey in preparation for a second 90-minute coaching session, in which the coaching client is invited to apply the findings to the identified needs and action plans. Package Fee $2000, with 50% paid at time of scheduling and the balance due at final appointment. Additional coaching is available on an hourly basis, if desired.

Professionals of all types have found this experience of integrating the strength-finding assessments with Dr. Tansey’s coaching presence and deep listening to be valuable for times in which they are feeling stuck, frustrated, or simply needing a fresh vision and articulation of their professional goals.

This package can also be effective when provided to all members of a leadership team, followed by small group coaching for the team to understand strengths and differences, towards more effective collaboration and management skills. Organizational small group coaching has some additional assessments and coaching fees, customized to the team needs. More can be found at our Professionalism Programs.
Dr. Parks Consulting Through Coaching Packages
Dr. Elizabeth Parks is a communication scholar and collaborator at Virtue Medicine, and Principal, at Sage Consulting.

Wicked Problems Package

Wicked Problems are tenacious challenges that are challenging to define, have no clear binaries of the exact right or wrong thing to do, have no immediate or ultimate solution, and are caught up in complex systems in which every problem is a symptom of another problem. Do you find you have a Wicked Problem and it’s past time to make progress address that challenge? I can help you a) clarify the questions, b) name the core values impacting and shaping the wicked problem, c) identify the key stakeholders and social networks that are involved in the decision making process, and d) explore different perspectives and plans to help shape policy, procedures and practices for yourself and your communities.

The package includes three 75-minute visits and the completion of one empirically-validated assessment, the Values in Action-Strength Finder (VIA) assessment. This assessment can be completed by clients at a time of their convenience after the first coaching visit, using a secure online portal. In the second coaching visit, these values will be applied to identify key people and processes that intersect with these values and better articulate how they work together to shape the wicked problem. In the third coaching visit, diverse perspectives of the wicked problem will be explored and next steps to begin addressing the resistances to resolution explored. Total package cost: $2,000 (USD).

Culture Shock and Transition Package

Have you moved to a different culture and find yourself experiencing heightened stress and exhaustion from adapting to your new space? This may be moving between countries and national cultures, between regions in a country, between different work or organizational cultures, or different family cultures. Whatever the culture shift may be, we can work together to a) assess your experience with cultural transition and culture stress and/or shock, b) develop better understanding of the similarities and differences between your new and previous cultures to help you gain confidence in what is needed in your new space, and c) development of positive steps forward that you can take to successfully navigate adaptation to your new environment while remaining true to yourself.

The package includes one 75-minute initial coaching visit, followed by the completion of a personalized culture-stress/culture-shock assessment at your convenience. This will be followed by a second 75-minute coaching session in which the coaching client is invited to apply the findings to create a set of identified needs and basic action plan. Total package cost: $1,500 (USD).

Conflict Communication Package

Pursue consulting through coaching designed for collaborative work that is experiencing conflict in the workplace. Work together to assess a) perceived interpersonal conflict, b) individual and interactive conflict communication styles, c) shared best outcomes, and d) best ways forward through the conflict engaging effective communication practices. This coaching approach can be especially effective when clients are committed to better understanding themselves and each other and moving forward in ongoing relational teamwork into the future.

The package includes two individual 30 minute initial coaching visits, followed by the completion of two empirically-validated assessments: a conflict communication style assessment and a communication competence assessment. Following this initial orientation to the conflict communication desired outcomes, two individual 90 minute conflict communication coaching sessions will precede the facilitation of two paired/dyadic coaching visits to work through the conflict together. The package closes with two individual 30 minute final coaching visits to set up individualized plans moving forward. Total package cost: $5,500 (USD).

Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Package

Pursue consulting through coaching designed for leaders and executives to better articulate their values, strengths, and interpersonal styles. Work together to assess a) leadership effectiveness in complex environments, b) growth edges in self-awareness and emotional intelligence, and c) professional priorities in career development. This coaching approach can be especially effective when provided to all members of a leadership team, followed by small group coaching for the team to understand strengths and differences and work together toward more effective collaboration and management skills.

The package includes one 90 minute initial coaching visit, followed by the completion of three empirically-validated assessments: Values in Action-Strength Finder (VIA), Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B) and Myers-Briggs Trait Inventory (MBTI) for Leadership. All three assessments can be completed by clients at a time of their convenience, using secure online portals. Quantitative and qualitative reports will be completed in preparation for a second 90-minute coaching session, in which the coaching client is invited to apply the findings to the identified needs and action plans. Total package cost: $2,000 (USD).
Dr. Cartaya Assessments for Students or Professionals
Cartaya Personal Insight Packages

50% of fees are collected at the time of initial scheduling, with the balance due at the final appointment.

Package Fee: $850
The Personal Insight coaching packages help build awareness of interests and self-confidence, assisting clients to match talents and skills to vocational, educational, and extracurricular choices. The very personalized information is especially helpful for understanding an individual’s personality style and strengths in preparation for college or professional schools, career and job exploration, and improved vocational satisfaction. The Personal Insight package includes an initial 60 minute in-person conversation followed by two assessments from the following: Myers Briggs Interests Inventory, Strong Interest Inventory, Skills Confidence Inventory, The Values in Action/Character Strengths Assessment, or The StrengthsFinder 2.0. Once the assessments are complete, a 90-minute coaching session integrates the findings for the client. All assessments can be completed through an online portal at a time convenient for the client. Want an even deeper evaluation of strengths? Add-on one more assessment from the selections above and an additional 60 minute coaching session for $375.

Professional Packages

Basic: $1250
90-minute initial consult, with 2 custom-chosen assessments + one 90 minute coaching session.

Extended: $1500
90-minute initial consult, with 3 custom-chosen assessments + two 90-minute coaching sessions.

These sophisticated assessment packages focus on professional development and effectiveness, long-term priority and goal setting, succession planning, and/or leadership skills such as communication, problem-solving, conflict management, motivation, influence and negotiation. These are well-suited for those who are looking to advance in their leadership opportunities and want to ensure insight and optimize successes.

In consultation with Dr. Cartaya, the assessments might include any of the following: MBTI, FIRO-B, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), StrengthsFinder 2.0, California Personality Inventory (CPI), EQi-2.0 and others. The administration and interpretation of these exams requires additional attention by Dr. Cartaya, which is included in the fee. Both the Basic and Extended Packages can be completed through an online portal at a time convenient for the client.
Coaching Strength-Building for Organizations and Teams
Our organizational coaching is a flexible but strongly outcomes-oriented service. We tailor our assessment and professional services to the needs and goals of the organization, towards improved problem-solving, conflict management or mediation, productivity, creativity and alignment of values. We often focus on the interface of leadership styles and teams, new and powerful forms of communication and understanding, leveraging diversity and strengths into clearer goals or stronger strategic-planning. In addition to providing individual assessments to employees, managers, or leaders within organizations, we also recommend incorporation of our Team Skills-Training or other Virtue Medicine professionalism training programs for bringing self-awareness into powerful behavioral and attitudinal growth.

For organizational needs, please also see our Professionalism Programs. We are available during business hours at: 319-338-5190. Dr. Tansey also offers an initial organizational consultation service for needs-assessment or triage for organizations exploring our available services and expertise for goodness-of-fit.