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Working styles and team personality maps (DISC, MBTI and strengths in a team)

A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 10 details that are specific to your organisation.

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Length
30 min
Lessons
6 lessons
Frequency
When a new team forms, at the start of a project
Last reviewed
21 Oct 2026
Your strengths, blind spots and adapting your approach
What would you do?

You have to announce a change in the workplace layout

Try it: this is one of 20 interactive activities in the course.

What's included

Three pieces that work together

Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.

Self-paced course

Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.

  • 6 lessons, about 30 minutes
  • Scenario, tabs, sorting activity, flashcards and quizzes

Live session deck

An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.

  • 10 slides
  • Quiz, poll, word cloud, scale slides
  • A closing slide for your contacts

Two surveys

Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.

  • Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
  • 30-day check-in
  • Anonymous by default
  • Results feed your next refresher

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, learners can

Each objective and the lesson that covers it.

IDObjectiveSourceWhere it's covered
TO 172.0Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessment-Whole course
SO 172.1Explain why people prefer to work differently and what a working-style profile can and cannot tell youBest practiceWhole course
SO 172.2Describe four broad style preferences used in this course and recognise them as tendencies, not types of personBest practiceWhole course
SO 172.3Name one strength and one blind spot in your own preferred way of workingBest practiceWhole course
SO 172.4Adapt how you communicate to a colleague's preference without stereotyping themBest practiceWhole course
SO 172.5Agree team working agreements, and state plainly that profiles are never a basis for selection, rating or promotion + your infoBest practice; organisation's HR policyWhole course

Your part: what a template can't do for you

  • Your workplace details: fill in the 10 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
  • Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.

Course outline

6 lessons, about 30 minutes

Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.

ContentInteractiveVideoYou customise
1

Why we work differently

3 pages

6 min
Before you beginNoteList
One project, two plansTextImage
What is going on?ChecklistKey factQuiz
2

What profiles can and cannot say

3 pages

5 min
Facts and limitsTabsYour infoNote
Fair use or not?Sorting activity
CheckFlashcardsMatching quiz
3

Four broad style preferences

3 pages

5 min
Four tendenciesTabsYour info
Everyone is a mixTextSorting activity
CheckQuizMulti-select quiz
4

Your strengths, blind spots and adapting your approach

3 pages

5 min
A strength and a blind spotAccordion
Adapt the messageFlashcards
Try itScenarioQuiz
5

Team maps and working agreements

3 pages

5 min
Building a team mapProcessNote
Grey areasScenarioYour info
A working agreementAccordionChecklistMatching quiz
6

Your next steps and final assessment

2 pages

4 min
Your next stepsProcessYour infoYour infoNote
PracticeQuizKey factNoteButtonYour info

Live deck and surveys

10 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop

Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.

ContentTitle, agenda, "profiles are conversation starters. They are never used to select, rate or promote
PollHow do you prefer to receive news of a change?
ContentFour broad tendencies with invented labels; "most of us are a mix
QuizA manager wants to shortlist candidates using a profile. Best response? Agree · Say profiles are not a selection tool and use skills-based criteria ✔ · Use it for senior roles only · Keep it secret
QuizA style is a preference, not a limit." True ✔ or false?
Word cloudOne thing that makes it easier to work with you
Content · customiseCustomise: our approach" with {{PROFILING_TOOL_NAME}}, {{POLICY_LINK}}, {{HELP_CONTACT}}, {{ESCALATION_ROUTE}}
ScaleHow confident are you adapting a message to a colleague's preference?
Open-ended / Q&AOne working agreement our team should make
Content · customiseClosing {{HELP_CONTACT}}, {{SURVEY_2_URL}}, {{COURSE_URL}}
Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min
  1. Overall rating 5 stars
  2. Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
  3. What was most useful? multi-select
  4. Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
  5. Which part is still unclear? multiple choice
  6. How clear are you that profiles are never used to select or rate people? 1-5 scale
  7. Which course should come next? ranking
  8. I feel my working style is respected by my team. 1-5 scale
  9. One thing we should change or add open text
  10. Would you recommend this course? NPS
30-day check-in
  1. Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
  2. How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
  3. Do you know where to find the team working agreement? yes / no / not sure
  4. A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
  5. Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking

Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.

Make it yours

10 fields to fill in, and you're ready

Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.

  • The organisation's own choice of profiling tool, if any, and the labels it uses{{PROFILING_TOOL_NAME}}
  • Help contact{{HELP_CONTACT}}
  • Policy link{{POLICY_LINK}}
  • Escalation route{{ESCALATION_ROUTE}}
  • Next course link{{NEXT_COURSE_LINK}}
  • LMS or record system{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}
Show all 10 fields
  • Survey 1 URL{{SURVEY_1_URL}}
  • Survey 2 URL{{SURVEY_2_URL}}
  • Course URL{{COURSE_URL}}
  • Live session URL{{LIVE_SESSION_URL}}

FAQ

Common questions

Can I run working styles and team personality maps (DISC, MBTI and strengths in a team) training online?

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

How often is this training needed?

When a new team forms, at the start of a project, and after a reorganisation, always as a voluntary conversation starter.

Who needs this training?

Teams, new managers, project groups and facilitators of team-building; run by team development and L&D teams.

What records should I keep?

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Can I edit the content?

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

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Ready to run it?

Open the live deck to see how the session runs alongside the course and both surveys.

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