HTV Coaching’s Toolkit Themes

Integrated tools for deeper insight, intentional growth, and lasting impact. I utilize a variety of toolkits with specific themes to customize client coaching programs. The toolkits I use most often are The Energy Leadership™ Toolkit, Hogan Assessments Toolkit, and Everything DiSC® Toolkit.

Why Multiple ToolKits?

In work psychology, there are clear distinctions between a state and a trait. Understanding both provides a complete understanding of behavior and performance.

State: Temporary conditions influenced by external factors.
Traits: Stable characteristics forming personality.

Hogan Assessments add a third dimension: reputation—how others experience your leadership. This bridges the gap between intention and impact, helping leaders align who they are with how they’re perceived.

Why It Matters

Holistic Insight: Offers a complete behavioral picture.
Contextual Relevance: Tailors strategies to current situations.
Long-term Planning: Helps predict behavior and identify growth potential.
Better Decision-Making: Combines immediate and stable influences.
Personalization: Enhances coaching, leadership, and team dynamics.

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The Energy Leadership™ ToolKit

The Energy Leadership™ toolkit, developed by the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), is designed to elevate your leadership style and positively impact your life, workplace, and organization. By focusing on State of Mind, this methodology helps you identify and shift the inner thoughts, beliefs, and emotions that may be hindering your success. Energy Leadership™ is considered a State Model because it focuses on the present conditions and situational influences that affect an individual’s and a team’s energy, behavior, and performance.

Core Energy Coaching™: What is Core Energy Coaching™? A transformative method that uncovers and addresses inner blocks, fostering new perspectives and beliefs for sustainable success.
Energy Leadership™ Index (ELI) Assessment: Assessment — iPEC Energy Leadership™ An attitudinal assessment that transforms abstract concepts like worldview into tangible metrics. The ELI measures your energetic response under normal and stress conditions, enhancing self-awareness and improving stress response. With over 30 years of multi-disciplinary, research-based methodology, the ELI is recognized as one of Forbes’ Top 10 Assessments every leader should take.
Energy Leadership™ Development System: A comprehensive coaching add-on designed to help you become your ideal leader. Includes explorations on emotional intelligence, time management, delegation and productivity.
CORe Leadership Dynamics™: As individual modules or a comprehensive program, enhance your leadership skills by harnessing intangibles like awareness, confidence, acceptance & presence in the moment.
Law of Being: A comprehensive coaching add-on; By utilizing belief systems about oneself and the world, clients can unlock their true potential.
Workshops: Engaging and impactful workshops that deepen your understanding and application of Energy Leadership™ principles.

Only individuals with extensive training, practice, and certification in Core Energy Coaching™ and the use of toolkit elements are authorized to offer these services. As an Energy Leadership™ Index Master Practitioner and certified CORE Dynamics™ Executive and Transitions Specialist, I am committed to helping you reduce stress, connect with your purpose and passion, and find fulfillment in all areas of life.

“iPEC Core Energy Coaches have received specialized training to uncover inner blind spots, gently bring awareness to the client, and shift these inner blocks to cultivate new perspectives and helpful beliefs that support the client’s success from a deep and sustainable level.”

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The Everything DiSC® Toolkit

Everything DiSC® is a Trait-focused model that helps people understand themselves and others, empowering better teamwork. This knowledge boosts self-awareness, openness to new ideas, and fosters a learning organization. Key benefits include identifying priorities, recognizing motivators, and managing workplace stress triggers.

Assessments

WORKPLACE®: Build productive working relationships for teams and individuals.
MANAGEMENT®: Enhance the potential of your direct reports.
AGILE EQ®: Develop emotional intelligence to support a thriving culture.
SALES®: Adapt your behavior to meet customer needs and boost sales.
PRODUCTIVE CONFLICT®: Transform uncomfortable encounters into stronger relationships.

As a certified DiSC® coach & facilitator, I’m pleased to partner with Focus Performance System, a premier DiSC distributor for over 20+ years. Learn more about each assessment report here: DiSC® | Focus Performance Systems

Coaching Sessions

Assessments are included in many coaching packages or can be added at an additional cost.

Workshops

2-hour virtual or in-person workshops are available on the above topics. Customize your workshops with DiSC® add-ons; contact me for details. By utilizing the Everything DiSC® Toolkit, you can create a more harmonious and productive work environment, driving both personal and organizational success.

The Hogan Assessment Toolkit

Reveal your leadership DNA. Align intention with impact. Lead with clarity.

The Hogan Assessment Toolkit is a research-backed suite of personality assessments used by top organizations worldwide to predict leadership potential, uncover derailers, and align values with culture. Grounded in trait-based psychology, Hogan focuses on stable personality characteristics and how they shape behavior over time—especially under pressure. Unlike state-based models, Hogan offers a Trait + Reputation lens, helping leaders understand not just who they are, but how they’re experienced by others.

Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI)
Measures day-to-day strengths and leadership style.
Used to assess potential, fit, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Hogan Development Survey (HDS)
Identifies behaviors that may emerge under stress and derail success.
Helps leaders manage risk and build resilience.
Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI)
Reveals core drivers and cultural fit.
Clarifies what energizes leaders and how they shape team dynamics.

Reputation vs. Intention

One of Hogan’s most powerful insights is the gap between how leaders intend to show up and how they’re actually experienced. This data helps clients:

Align leadership style with team needs
Build trust and credibility
Navigate feedback with clarity and confidence

Coaching Integration

Hogan assessments are woven into coaching engagements to:

Accelerate self-awareness
Support succession planning and team design
Guide strategic development conversations
Create personalized growth plans rooted in data

Only certified Hogan practitioners are authorized to administer and interpret these assessments. As a trained Hogan facilitator, I use this toolkit to help leaders uncover blind spots, amplify strengths, and lead with greater authenticity and impact.

The Brain By Design™ Toolkit

Brain By Design brings practical, neuroscience‑based tools that help people think more clearly, regulate stress, and build habits that support high performance. This approach strengthens self‑awareness, improves decision‑making, and fosters a resilient, adaptive learning culture. Key benefits include reducing cognitive overload, improving emotional regulation, and creating sustainable behavior change.

Modules

HABITS BY DESIGN: Build brain‑friendly routines that increase focus, reduce friction, and support consistent performance.
FEARLESS BY DESIGN: Understand the neuroscience of fear and stress so you can navigate uncertainty with clarity and confidence.
PRODUCTIVE BY DESIGN: Use cognitive science to improve prioritization, reduce overwhelm, and work more efficiently under pressure.
HAPPY BY DESIGN: Apply evidence‑based practices that elevate mood, strengthen resilience, and create more positive daily experiences.
CONFIDENCE BY DESIGN: Leverage brain‑based strategies to quiet self‑doubt, strengthen inner trust, and show up with grounded confidence.

Coaching Sessions

Brain By Design tools are integrated into many coaching packages or can be added individually to support targeted growth.

Learning Experiences

2‑hour virtual or in‑person sessions are available for each module. These can be combined or sequenced to create a cohesive development pathway tailored to your team’s needs. By utilizing the Brain By Design Toolkit, individuals and teams can strengthen mental agility, reduce stress, and create the conditions for clearer thinking, better decisions, and more sustainable success.

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