Insights Discovery: Improving communication agility for a 20-person startup

For a US tech startup, I was brought in to create a baseline of consistent communication norms and behaviors. It was a perfect situation for Insights Discovery®, a powerful psychometric assessment and training methodology for greater team collaboration and performance.

Assessment

The entire growing organization, from the executive suite to the newest hire, completed their Insights Discovery® assessment and received their Personal Profile as part of a broader communication training journey.

The detailed report shared each team member's preferred communication style, flagged their possible blind spots, and guided them to concrete actions to improve their communication effectiveness with people from all preferred styles.

Training

In a companywide virtual session, I helped teams understand their profiles and how the primary four "color energies" show up in our work and life. Then, in a series of activities, participants dived into the methodology and explored practical ways to shift their communication approach with intention instead of reactivity.

"Best part of program was learning the four colors and how to effectively communicate with each one. Our company continues to grow and we are all similar and different at the same time and I feel like this is the first thing I am applying to my day-to-day here since I see and workday closely with so many other employees."
Training participant

Impact

Participants rated the Insights Discovery® session as the highest from the entire communication training program. For weeks following the program, I heard of follow-up conversations between managers and their teams around the color energies, showing that the shared language was taking root.

Today, I offer the training every few months to the company's new joiners as it continues to scale. The Insights® color energy model remains a core pillar for ongoing team development activities.

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