See yourself clearly. Lead yourself well.

The tools I integrate into coaching and leadership development:

Gallup CliftonStrengths™
Understand your natural way of thinking, feeling, and behaving. CliftonStrengths reveals your unique talent profile, the things you do best, naturally – and how to align your life and work around them. When teams understand each member’s strengths, leaders can match people to work they’re intrinsically motivated to do. The result? Higher engagement, better performance, and less wasted energy trying to fix weaknesses.

The odds of two people sharing the same top five strengths? 1 in 33 million. That’s how unique you are.

Emotional Capital Report (ECR)
Measure the ten dimensions of emotional intelligence that drive effective leadership. The ECR shows where you are now across inner knowing (self-awareness, self-regulation), other knowing (empathy, relationship skills), and outer knowing (influence, strategic awareness). Emotional intelligence isn’t fixed – it’s a skill you develop with intentional practice. This assessment tells you exactly where to focus your growth.

Leadership Blueprint™
Go deeper into the belief systems shaping your leadership. This assessment explores your mindset, how you lead yourself, how you engage others, and the impact you’re creating. It’s especially powerful for teams, revealing the specific behaviors and shifts required to move from functional to thriving.

Team Culture Blueprint™
Understand your team’s collective mindset and how it’s been shaped by past leaders, organizations, and experiences. This tool helps teams see the patterns keeping them stuck, and what it will take to intentionally build the culture they want instead of inheriting the one they have.

Customized 360 Assessment
Get a comprehensive view of your leadership impact through the eyes of those who work with you most closely. A 360 assessment gathers confidential feedback from peers, direct reports, supervisors, and other key stakeholders, revealing how your leadership shows up across different relationships and contexts. We customize each 360 to your specific leadership competencies and organizational context, ensuring the feedback is both honest and actionable. The power isn’t just in receiving the feedback, it’s in how we use it to create a focused development plan that closes the gap between how you think you’re leading and how you’re actually being experienced.

How these tools work:

Assessments are most valuable when integrated into coaching or development programs, not as stand-alone exercises, but as catalysts for reflection, conversation, and action. They’re starting points, not endpoints. Depending on your goals and challenges, some tools will be more timely and applicable than others. Together, we’ll determine which assessments will best serve your growth.

The science behind the tools:
These assessments are research-backed, globally recognized, and trusted across industries and sectors. They’re accessible, credible, and most importantly, they work when applied with intention.

Ready to see what’s been shaping your leadership from the inside?

Book a Free Discovery Call: laura@ldperformanceconsulting.com.