Partners, Tools & Other Resources

alliance & network partners

CoachSource - delivering executive coaching solutions worldwide, with roots from the Alliance for Strategic Leadership (A4SL), Keilty Goldsmith & Company, and the work of Marshall Goldsmith.

GP Strategies (BlessingWhite / Bath Consultancy Group) - a global consulting firm dedicated to creating sustainable high-performance organizations.

Peakinsight / GlobalCoach - offers coaching, leadership development and organizational change consulting and focuses on innovation, collaborative learning and sustainability.

Thunderbird School of Global Management - mission is to educate global leaders who create sustainable prosperity worldwide.

International Coach Federation (ICF) - the world's largest organization of professionally trained business and personal coaches.

Virginia is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Past President, ICF Switzerland, active member of International Coaching Federation, and adheres to the ICF Code of Ethics.

tools, assessments & questionnaires

MRG’s LEA 360° & Individual Directions Inventory (IDI)

Virginia holds a certified license to administer the MRG LEA 360° assessment (Management Research Group Leadership Effectiveness Analysis 360°, and the IDI.

The LEA provides valid and reliable feedback from self and others - direct reports, peers, and bosses - on the use of 22 leadership behaviors. Because the feedback is based on behaviors, change and improvement efforts are realistic and tangible.

The IDI connects motivations, behaviors and work in ways that make progress possible. Measuring 17 key dimensions, the Individual Directions Inventory is designed to reflect the degree to which an individual gains emotional satisfaction from work and life.

Hogan Assessments Systems . The Leadership Forecast Series

Virginia is certified to administer, interpret and debrief Hogan assessments.  The reports provide leaders with an understanding of their strengths, challenges, and underlying motivators.

• Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) – “Bright Side of Personality” 

• Hogan Development Survey (HDS) – “Dark Side of Personality”

• Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI) – “Inside of Personality”

• Hogan 360°

• Hogan EQ - Emotional Intelligence

Element B (originally FIRO B)

Virginia is a licensed practitioner on the Element B, based on FIRO theory, created by Will Schutz, Ph.D.  This instrument's primary purpose is to provide information for expanding self-awareness:

• Inclusion - Inclusion refers to how much interaction a person wants.

• Control - Control refers to influence, decision making and being in charge.

• Openness - Openness refers to sharing of personal feelings and thoughts with others.

Instinctive DrivesTM

The Instinctive Drives questionnaire reveals your innate drives and motivations, uncovering exactly what you need to be at your best personally and professionally.

DiSC® profiles

This instrument helps people identify how much of each of the four dimensions of behavior (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Conscientiousness) they tend to exhibit in a particular situation. Knowing team members’ profile, helps managers discover how their behavioral style may be interpreted by their colleagues.

StandOut 2.0 Strengths Assessment

Assess your Strengths, Find you Edge, Win at Work from the Marcus Buckingham Company.

The MAPP™ Career Assessment Test

The 22-minute MAPP test comprises 71 different questions regarding your ‘likes’ and ‘dislikes’, and should be taken rather quickly, since the ‘reflexive’ answer is preferable to the ‘intellectual’ answer.

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