Gifts Compass Inventory® (GCI)

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The Gifts Compass Inventory® (GCI)

The GCI Assessment

The Gifts Compass Inventory® (GCI) is a simple, insightful self-awareness tool that reveals your strongest natural gifts—the ways of thinking, relating, and working that feel most authentic and effortless to you. Used by psychologists for more than a decade, the GCI is now available to the public. It is a carefully validated instrument grounded in the remarkable work of Carl Jung, the pioneering psychologist who introduced the concepts of introversion and extraversion.

The GCI is the first validated instrument in a century to express Jung’s original model of eight psychological types. While other 16-type systems were later adaptations of his work, only the GCI stays true to these foundational eight dispositions. We don’t reduce you to a personality label or a number. Instead, we introduce the eight types as living gifts—your natural aptitudes and the ways you are uniquely designed to engage with the world.

Your natural aptitudes, or gifts, can lead you to the life you were born for. Whatever life path you choose, using your best gifts will make the journey easier, happier, and more successful.

The Gifts Compass Inventory® (GCI) is a simple self-awareness assessment that profiles your best gifts. Your natural aptitudes, or gifts, can lead you to the work, and the life, you were born for.

We will not label you with a personality type or a number; we illustrate your gifts—your core aptitudes, your inborn “superpower.”

How Will the GCI Help Me?

Your natural aptitudes—your gifts—can guide you toward the life you were meant to live. Whatever path you choose, living from your gifts makes the journey lighter, more joyful, and far more fulfilling.

The GCI helps you see these gifts clearly. It shows how you naturally make decisions and engage with the world, giving you a deeper understanding of your strengths and helping you choose what feels authentic and energizing. It also offers practical guidance for life choices—revealing which roles or careers fit you well and how you can collaborate more easily with others.

Whether you’re exploring new opportunities or simply seeking greater clarity and confidence, the GCI provides a personalized pathway toward doing what you love and contributing in the ways you naturally thrive.

Used by psychologists and coaches for more than a decade, The GCI is now available for public use. it is a meticulously validated instrument founded on the astonishing insights of psychologist Carl Jung who coined the terms “introversion” and “extraversion.”

The GCI is the first validated instrument in 100 years to articulate Jung’s original model of psychological types. Many other 16-type instruments have been derived from his work, but only the GCI accurately depicts his original 8 types.

The people who know Jung’s work best, trained Jungian Analysts, have widely endorsed the GCI.

SCIENTIFIC VALIDATION

Trusted by Experts, Backed by Research

Endorsements

What People Are Saying About The GCI

Gifts Compass has the outstanding merit of staying close to Jung’s original intention of linking psychological type theory to the individuation process. It is a brilliant contribution to the field of typological theory and practice. Of all the attempts to apply psychological type theory to models of counseling and coaching, this is by far the best.

Murray Stein,

Former President of the International Association of Analytical Psychology (Jungian Psychology)

Gifts Compass provides a highly developed and theoretically well-founded tool that allows for an understanding of typology which is far more accurate than other typology models. . . . Especially the link to Jung’s theories of the individuation process provides a dynamic model which is highly useful when considering developmental processes.

Misser Berg

President of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (Jungian Psychology)

I have worked with CEOs and other organizational leaders for over 40 years and used a variety of assessments to help them along their developmental journey. Nothing compares to the Gifts Compass Inventory (GCI) for revealing the underlying patterns for both strengths and shadow. The GCI offers insights into how to help them develop and mature as persons and leaders in ways no other instruments have.

Norman Wolfe

Organizational Development Consultant, Author of The Living Organization

In the Gifts Compass, I have found a highly creative and differentiated advancement of C.G. Jung's original ideas on psychological types. Being an image-based, user-friendly model, it appeals to the soul and the imagination, to professionals and laypersons alike. Unlike other models I have worked with, it avoids the sense of "boxing in'' or stereotyping as it illustrates unrestricted type preferences and the possibility for individuals to hold preferences that seem contradictory or paradoxical. Perhaps most critically, the Gifts Compass remains true to Jung's idea of the individuation process, reminding us that psychological type does not constitute the personality as a whole, and that in-depth work with types necessarily involves Page 4 of 13 one's active engagement with the realities of psychological one-sidedness, the shadow, and the unconscious.

Stacy Wirth

Analytical Psychologist, Switzerland

The GCI is a powerful instrument both in assessment and treatment. It is a dynamic tool and one can take the GCI along the analytical journey to see the changes within the psyche and also in relationships in the outer world.

Gunilla Midboe

Analytical Psychologist, Sweden

The GCI Provides a very clear overview of a person’s psychological makeup, in terms of types, on both the conscious and unconscious sides of the psyche. The overview is quite helpful for understanding the tension of opposites at work in the client’s individuation.

Vanessa Prins

Analytical Psychologist, Belgium

The GCI provides important insights into how to develop one’s natural talents and how to find greater fulfillment in life, both professionally and personally. It is a holistic tool that enables a clearer understanding of the need for personal growth at different stages of life. I love using the Gifts Compass with my coaching clients on their personal journeys of discovery.

Magdalena Poradzka

Leadership Coach, Poland

“The GCI is extremely valuable for working with clients, since it accurately characterizes their strengths and flaws, preferences and dislikes, which reflect the way they typically relate with themselves and the world at large. All of this is precious information for practitioners and clients during the journey of self knowledge and self-development.”

Pedro Mendes

Jungian Analyst, Switzerland

“During these challenging times, I have found GCI to be a useful and objectively nonthreatening way to describe a subjects’ psychological typology with the particular focus on projection and shadow or opposing typologies. This allows for a natural segue into a discussion of individuation. Grounded in Jungian Analytical Psychology, I highly recommend GCI to anyone who would wish to understand their own restlessness and gifts as well as how to effectively apply this knowledge to clinical work.”

Kathleen Moreau

M.A. , Diplomate – Jungian Analyst – C. G. Jung Institute, Küsnacht, Switzerland

"The GCI provides important insights into how to develop one’s natural talents and how to find greater fulfillment in life."

"Gifts Compass has the outstanding merit of staying close to Jung’s original intention of linking psychological type theory to the individuation process. It is a brilliant contribution to the field of typological theory and practice. Of all the attempts to apply psychological type theory to models of counseling and coaching, this is by far the best."

Murray Stein, PhD

Author of Jung’s Map of the Soul; former president of the International Association of Analytical Psychology and the International School of Analytical Psychology

Choose the Right Plan for You

PRICING & ACCESS

One-Time GCI Access

$99

Purchase the Gifts Compass Inventory® (GCI) for one-time use. Discover your natural gifts, explore careers that match your strengths, and see how well your gifts align with your current work.

50% Discount for adding a Work Profile to our Work Profile Database
Register and fill out a free Work Profile, then click “publish.” After it is reviewed, it will be published to our Work Profile Database and you will receive a 50% discount code.
You can also compare your gifts from your GCI Profile to your Work Profile using the Work Profile Comparative Report.

The Life Atlas® Program

$280

Unlock lifelong access to the GCI, the Discover Your Passion Assessment, and the Work Profile Suite. Revisit them whenever you wish for renewed clarity as your gifts mature and your values unfold.

Lifelong access to the GCI, Discover Your Passion Assessment, and the Work Profile Suite. Use all instruments as many times as you like, with updates included. Perfect for tracking growth as your gifts, values, and passions evolve.

Get a 50% discount for either choice when you first publish a Work Profile to the Work Profile Database.

Receive a 50% discount on either option when you publish a free Work Profile to our database. Simply register, complete your Work Profile, and click “publish.” Once it’s reviewed, we’ll send you your 50% discount code.

GCI

The GCI Profile Includes

An interactive compass diagram with pop-up content to inform you of every element of the compass.
A bar chart that shows your relative enjoyment of the eight core gifts
A full description of your two best gifts, your preferred Orientation, and Archetypal Heading.
A 12-page report that provides the relationship between Jung’s types and the GCI compass.
A 12-page report on applying your results in the areas of work, relationships, leadership, family, personal growth
Guidance for next steps

Practical Uses

Let Your Gifts Guide You

The Life Atlas® tools can alter the course of your life for the better. You start with the GCI to know how you are uniquely gifted. Most of our website’s resources—tools, articles, podcasts—are grounded in the GCI. It is the indispensable first step toward clarifying your self-awareness and fostering personal growth.

The insights gained from the GCI are applicable in multiple ways:

The Life Atlas® tools can help you understand yourself in ways that truly make a difference. They all begin with the GCI—understanding how you are naturally gifted. Because so much of what we offer is built on this foundation, the GCI becomes the natural first step toward greater clarity and personal growth.

What you discover through the GCI can touch every part of your life. It helps you see your strengths more clearly, find work where you can thrive, collaborate more easily with others, and deepen your relationships through greater empathy and understanding.

Personal Development: Understand your intrinsic dispositions and areas for growth.
Career Planning: Align your strengths with compatible career paths
Team Dynamics: Enhance collaboration by recognizing and valuing diverse gifts within groups
Relationships: Increase your empathy and understanding of others

FAQs

How long will the assessment findings be available to me?

If you purchase the full Life Atlas® Program, all assessments and the results will be permanently available to you. When you purchase an instrument, you can retake it as many times as you like. If you purchase “One-Time GCI Access,” only your results from the one-time use will be saved.

How long does it take to complete the GCI?

There are 40 questions on the GCI. They should take less than 20 minutes to answer. Before you answer the questions, you will be asked to write a brief summary of three experiences that were especially enjoyable for you. How much time you take to consider and write about those experiences is entirely up to you. The 40 questions are asked about the experiences you have described.