Discover how you think, lead, and connect through the ESTE Self-Assessment. Rooted in four Creative Thinking Modes—Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, and Engineering—ESTE reveals your unique approach to solving problems, building relationships, and making decisions.

When you understand what motivates and inspires you, you gain the clarity to move forward with purpose. Your personal insight becomes a tool for confident communication, career alignment, and long-term fulfillment.

Unlock Your Potential

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A quick, science-backed personality quiz for professionals.
Spend less than 20 minutes ranking real-world choices across work and life. Our assessment is grounded in educational and psychological research, helping you discover how you naturally think, feel, and lead.

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Take the Self-Assessment

Unlock clarity and confidence in your career.
Receive a 10+ page roadmap tailored to your ESTE Avatar—designed to help you make aligned decisions, grow your strengths, and advance with purpose.

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See yourself—and others—more clearly with the ESTE Paradigm.
Combine your interests, abilities, and preferences to guide relationships, decisions, and communication with greater intention. Deepen self-awareness. Strengthen connections. Build support.

Engage in the ESTE Paradigm Shift

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What Makes ESTE Different?

Backed by Research
Grounded in proven models like RIASEC and OCEAN—tailored for real-world career insight.

Bias-Aware by Design
Crafted to reduce bias and honor your real-life context.

More Than a Type
Understand your creative strengths and emotional lens—your ESTE Avatar reflects both.

Built to Evolve
Captures who you are today—and grows with you over time.

Built by Experts
Created by educators, developers, and lifelong learners who believe in your potential.

The ESTE Paradigm
ESTE promotes growth by supporting self-awareness, relationship-building, and community strength.

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Take the Next Step, with ESTE

You’ve seen the numbers—demand for professionals who know their strengths and communicate with clarity has never been higher. The ESTE suite of tools is designed to meet you where you are and help you move forward with confidence.

Whether you're just getting started or ready to go deeper, there's a clear path waiting for you:

ESTE® Self-Assessment & Professional Affirmation Roadmap

Gain personalized insight into how you think, connect, and lead. This 10+ page roadmap helps professionals make aligned decisions and grow with confidence in work and life.

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Self-Assessment Supplement


Deepen your self-awareness with an AI-enhanced report and guided planning tools. This supplement builds on your original assessment and Professional Affirmation Roadmap to help you apply your strengths across personal and professional goals.

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1:1 Consultation with an ESTE Expert


After reviewing your Professional Affirmation Roadmap, meet with an ESTE coach to clarify your strengths and identify blind spots, improve communication, and build a strategy for growth. Walk away with actionable steps and personalized support to elevate your impact.

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Professional Coaches Weigh in on ESTE Leverage

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    The assessment gives reliable details about what you're good at and what matters to you. This helps my clients find what makes them happy

    Kathy Simmons. Executive & Leadership Coach

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    It provides you with resources to give seasoned clients the assurance they need to make a change.

    Lynette Ward. Career Coach

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    “I can speak in their preferred communication style.”

    Caitlin Johnson. Executive Coach

FAQs

  • The ESTE Psychometric Self-Assessment is available for $97 This is the right choice for any individual self-assessment.

    The Caregiver and Youth Package includes two Self-Assessments: Adult and Youth. $99.

    For Classroom, District, and Enterprise pricing, please contact us.

  • You will receive the ESTE Self-Assessment, Professional Affirmation Roadmap for your Avatar, and Personalized Resource Guide.

  • After you’ve made your purchase, you can access the ESTE Self-Assessment at your convenience. When you’re ready, follow the link in your email. The self-assessment will take approximately 15-20 minutes.

    Immediately following your assessment, you will learn about your Avatar. Within one business day, you will receive an email with your personalized Professional Affirmation Roadmap and Resource Guide.

  • You will get an informative, educational, and actionable roadmap as a basis for exploring potential careers.

    The assessment identifies the innate Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, and Engineering traits in each of us.

  • The ESTE Framework is the idea that each person has natural tendencies toward the application of Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, and Engineering.

    The Framework relates each of these four Creative Thinking Modes by breaking down their preferences toward process and outcome.

    For example, an Entrepreneur enjoys exploring to find solutions for others. The end product for the Entrepreneur is Innovation.

  • The ESTE Self-Assessment is based on over a century of psychological research in personality and innovation. ESTE has taken this historic reference data, applied modern theories, and removed limitations that added confirmation bias or stereotype.

    Each self-assessment will weigh the user’s Creative Thinking preference for Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, and Engineering, as well as their preferred Feeling style. This modern approach produces a fast and accurate result that users can quickly apply to their personal and professional environments.

    The ESTE Leverage team consists of Entrepreneurs, Scientists, Technologists, and Engineers. Our team of experts draws on years of experience in education and psychometrics across multiple industries.

  • We love to connect with the ESTE Leverage community! If at any time you have a question or simply want to chat, feel free to contact us!

  • ESTE Leverage offers both in-person and virtual meetings to discuss assessment results. This flexibility ensures that you can choose the format that best suits your needs and geographic limitations.

    For information and scheduling, please contact us!