Work & Career

Rate sixty activities and get your three-letter Holland code, your interest hexagon and the occupations whose interest profiles fit yours best.

This inventory lists activities from many kinds of work, from rebuilding an engine to running a support group. For each one, ask yourself a single question: would I enjoy doing this? Do not worry about whether you have the training, how much it pays or what other people would think. Answer quickly; your first reaction is the most informative.

How do you work, decide and communicate? Find your DISC style and blend, with practical tips for working with others.

This profile looks at how you tend to behave at work: how fast and forcefully you move, and whether your attention goes first to tasks or to people. It sorts those habits into four styles, Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Conscientiousness, and shows your blend.

When interests clash, what do you do first? Map your habits on two axes, standing up for yourself and caring about the other side, and see which of five modes you reach for.

Conflict is any situation where what you want and what someone else wants seem incompatible: a deadline, a holiday, a budget, the washing-up. Researchers describe five broad ways of handling it, and everyone uses all five at times. This test finds the ones you reach for first.

Six ways to lead, from painting a vision to taking charge in a crisis. See which styles you reach for, which you neglect, and when each one helps or hurts.

Most leaders have a favourite way of leading and a few they rarely use. This test is built on six leadership styles described by Daniel Goleman and colleagues: visionary, coaching, affiliative, democratic, pacesetting and commanding. You will meet workplace situations and choose what you would most likely do, pick between pairs of statements and rate a few statements about yourself.