The Character Traits Toolkit

The Character Traits Toolkit

From Awareness to Development: 3 Essential Practices

"Understanding your character traits isn't about assigning yourself fixed tags—it's about recognising the natural qualities that, when honoured and developed, create your most authentic and effective contributions."

This free toolkit provides three practical exercises designed to help you identify, understand, and develop your authentic character traits—the natural qualities that shape how you work, relate to others, and create value:

1. The Character Traits Identification Exercise: Guides you to recognise your core character traits through reflection on recurring patterns in how you naturally approach work, relationships, and challenges.
2. The Trait Development Practice: Helps you strengthen and refine your character traits through deliberate practice, understanding how traits evolve with attention and application.
3. The Trait Alignment Assessment: Provides a framework for evaluating whether your current work environment and responsibilities allow your authentic traits to flourish or require you to suppress them.

Throughout the toolkit, examples from professionals who have developed greater awareness of their character traits illustrate how understanding your natural qualities can transform professional satisfaction and effectiveness.

This resource stands alone as a practical tool, with deeper exploration available in School of WorkLife's The Longest Way Round: A Journey of Character.