This tool draws on validated character research from Harvard's Human Flourishing Program, the VIA Institute, and the Global Flourishing Study to help you reflect honestly on your own formation.
Answer 15 character items — drawn from three internationally validated surveys. Takes 5–8 minutes.
See your private profile — scores across seven domains of virtue, with reflection prompts specific to professional formation.
Submit your growth edges — only your three lowest-scoring domains go to your instructor, to shape the seminar conversation.
"Self-report assessments of character are strongly predictive of well-being outcomes — but they are most useful when answered with genuine honesty rather than aspiration. Answer as you actually are, not as you hope to become."
— VanderWeele & McGrath, 2025
Use these results not as a judgment, but as a map for formation.
These three domains scored lowest — consider them invitations, not verdicts.
The research behind this inventory shows that character is not fixed — it is formed through habits, decisions, environments, and practice. The fact that you are in professional formation right now means you are in one of the most character-shaping seasons of your life.
What one concrete practice could you adopt this semester that would directly strengthen your weakest growth edge? What would it cost? What would it produce?
Your full scores stay private. Only your three growth edges and your name will be sent — so your instructor can shape the seminar around what's actually showing up across the cohort.
Only your name and three growth edges are shared. Your full profile is visible only to you.