From Here

Finding your way from here.

Wherever you are in this question, you belong here. What you want for your life matters – even if you haven't said that out loud yet. This assessment takes about 15–25 minutes, and at the end you'll receive a personalized report with a clear picture of what's happening in your career, what your values and strengths are telling you, and a grounded strategy for what comes next.

The open text questions really help to make your report personalized to you. Write as much as feels useful – full sentences or an unfiltered brain dump.

Some of these questions sit close to things that matter deeply. Take a breath when you need one, but plan to complete the assessment in one sitting – your progress is not saved if you leave the page.

Your Current Context

Before we begin

A few things about where you are right now. These help your report speak directly to your situation and your life as it actually is.

Count from when you started, including any career breaks or parental leave.

Postpartum or early parenthood (youngest child under 2)
Physically sustaining a young child (nursing, pumping, or regularly disrupted sleep)
Pregnancy, perimenopause, or other hormonal shifts
A significant life transition beyond work (separation, loss, relocation, health change)
Caregiving for a parent or family member
None of these
Energy & Fit

Where your energy is

These questions help distinguish between exhaustion and a deeper structural question about fit. There are no right answers, only honest ones. Take a breath before you begin.
Q1
"When I take time away from work – a weekend, a holiday, leave – I return feeling restored and ready."
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Q2
"There are specific tasks within my current role that still genuinely energize me."
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Q3
"I regularly feel a conflict between what my work asks of me and what I believe actually matters."
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Q4
"I can identify a specific period or event when things shifted – before that, work felt meaningfully different."
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Q5
"I have periods of time in my day or week where I am able to genuinely switch off – not just pause, but actually settle."
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Q6
"When I imagine the same role with better conditions – less load, more support, better management – that version genuinely appeals to me."
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Q7
"I feel I have meaningful control over how I do my work – not just what I do, but how."
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Q8
"The professional identity I've built still feels like mine – my dissatisfaction is with the conditions around it, not the work itself."
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Q9
"I feel that my exhaustion is shaped more by my paid work than by other demands or roles in my life."
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One final question before we move on – this one has no wrong answer.

When work feels heavy, what tends to help you come back to yourself?

e.g. time in nature, movement, creative outlets, connection with people you trust – there's no right answer here

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Values & Direction

What actually matters to you?

What you value most tells you more about your direction than any personality test ever could. Choose the values that feel true for you right now, even the ones that surprise you.

Select all values that feel genuinely important to you – aim for 8–12.

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Achievement
Adventure
Alignment
Authenticity
Autonomy
Balance
Belonging
Challenge
Collaboration
Community
Compassion
Connection
Contribution
Courage
Creativity
Curiosity
Dependability
Dignity
Ease
Excellence
Fairness
Family
Financial Security
Flexibility
Freedom
Fun
Grace
Gratitude
Growth
Honesty
Hope
Humility
Humour
Impact
Inclusion
Independence
Influence
Integrity
Intuition
Joy
Kindness
Leadership
Learning
Leisure
Love
Loyalty
Nature
Patience
Peace
Presence
Purpose
Recognition
Resilience
Respect
Rest
Security
Self-expression
Service
Simplicity
Spirituality
Stability
Sustainability
Trust
Variety
Wellbeing
Wisdom
Values & Direction

Rank your values

Drag to reorder all your selected values – your top 3 become core values, 4–5 become secondary. Anything below 5 won't appear in your report but helps you clarify what rises to the top.

Tip: Imagine a career decision where two values conflict. Which one wins?

Values & Direction

Digging deeper

Anything from a quick note to a full paragraph helps.

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Q2a
"My current work regularly allows me to express the values that matter most to me."
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Q2b
"Outside of work, I find meaningful ways to express the values that feel most important to me."
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Autonomy
Mastery / Growth
Connection / Belonging
Impact / Contribution
Creativity / Expression
Recognition / Being Seen
Safety / Predictability
Something else
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Your Strengths

Before we go further

This next section is about where your strengths naturally lie – which is often different from what your current role uses, and sometimes different from what you'd put on a CV.

Some of these questions ask you directly. Others ask what the people around you see. If you find it easier to answer what others notice than what you'd claim for yourself – that's common, and it's useful.

Some of your strengths pre-date your training. Others were built by it. And some of the most valuable ones were built by the hardest parts of your life – the seasons that felt like they were only taking from you.

Strengths & Energy

What you're built for

This section helps to surface the things that come naturally to you, that energize you even when they're hard, and that other people notice before you do.

Think about the people who know you well – colleagues, clients, friends, family. What do they come to you for? What do they say you're good at, or trust you with, that you might not put on a CV?

Even one or two things. What others see in you is often more accurate than what you'd claim for yourself.

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Which of these feel most naturally like you – patterns that show up easily and feel energizing, not just things you've learned to do well. Select all that resonate.

If you're unsure, think about what came up in your answer above. What you just described often points directly at these.

Relational attunement
You read people and situations before others notice. Trust and connection come naturally.
Systems & structure
You see how things connect and find the process underneath the chaos.
Creative expression
You make things. Ideas become tangible. You think in images, words, or design.
Pattern recognition
You spot what's really going on. You gather, analyze, and see what the data means.
Big-picture thinking
You see the full picture before others do. Strategy comes before detail.
Translating complexity
You take complicated things and make them clear. Writing, speaking, explaining.
Teaching & guiding
People learn from you. You break things down and make them accessible.
Seeing what's not working
You notice the gap between how things are and how they could be.
Building & making
You bring new things into existence. Creation over maintenance.
Holding complexity
You sit with ambiguity. You hold both sides without rushing to resolve.
Assessment & Evaluation
Project Management
Teaching & Training
Leadership
Client / Patient Relations
Data & Documentation
Research & Writing
Group Facilitation
Business / Commercial
Technology & Digital
People work
relationships, conversations, supporting or leading others
Drains me
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Energizes me
Systems work
processes, structure, organizing how things run
Drains me
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Energizes me
Creative work
making, designing, generating new things
Drains me
Neutral
Energizes me
Analytical work
investigating, interpreting, finding what's underneath
Drains me
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Energizes me
Strategic work
planning direction, weighing options, setting course
Drains me
Neutral
Energizes me
Communication
writing, speaking, translating complexity
Drains me
Neutral
Energizes me

Select up to two.

1:1 relational work (mentoring, coaching, deep conversation)
Group facilitation (leading workshops, training, group sessions)
Team coordination (organizing people, managing projects)
Advocacy (speaking up for others, systemic change)
Community building (creating spaces, connecting people)
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Think of a time you were so absorbed in an activity – at work or outside it – that time seemed to disappear. What were you doing?

Even a few words help – a memory is more useful than a perfect answer.

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Financial Reality

Before this next section

The next section asks about your financial reality. An honest picture of the numbers helps your report give you a strategy that fits your actual life.

If you'd rather not share financial details, you can skip this section – your report will still cover your values, strengths, energy, and direction, but it won't be able to factor in financial readiness.

Financial Reality

The practical ground

An honest picture of what your financial reality makes possible. The numbers shape strategy, and they help your report give you a plan that actually fits your life.
Dependants (children or others in your care)
Supporting others financially
No major financial obligations beyond daily living
One last question

What feels like it's in the way?

When you think about making a change – even one you want – what feels like the biggest thing in the way? Select up to three.
MoneyI can't afford the risk right now
TimeI don't have the bandwidth to figure this out
OpportunityThe openings I'd need don't seem to be out there
Other peopleI'm worried about how it would affect my family or what others would think
Safety or visibilityThis direction carries real personal or professional risk
DirectionI don't know what I'd move toward
IdentityI've built so much in this career, I don't know who I am without it
Self-doubtI question whether I'm as capable as people seem to think I am
ConfidenceI'm not confident I could get hired somewhere else or build something on my own
Something unnamedI want to move forward, but something keeps me here

You've completed the assessment.

Your personalized report will arrive here within two business days.