★ As Featured on Harvard Business School’s Cold Call Podcast
How Harvard Business School reduced team breakdowns from 45 to 1.
A practical system for reading how people think, communicate, and make decisions so you can adapt quickly in real-world situations.
- Handling the unexpected
- Putting others at ease
- Seeing practical solutions
- Time management
- Long-term planning
- Handling conflict
- Making a personal appeal
- Asking specific questions
- Planting a seed
- Use humor; keep it casual and fun
- Give space for them to speak
- Make it easy and simple
- Emphasize practicality
- Follow up regularly in a relaxed way
- Lack of time to reflect
- Time pressure
- Rigid structure
- Validate their feelings
- Actively listen with no judgment
- Avoid reasoning with them
- Avoid telling them what to do
- Be specific and brief
- Keep it casual
- Create action-oriented next steps
- Compliment their adaptability
- Tread extremely lightly
- Focus on the short-term
- Give creative license
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Harvard Business School Reduced Team Breakdowns from 45 to ONE
Hear the story behind the shift in this Harvard Business Review Cold Call podcast episode featuring TypeCoach.
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CASE STUDY - HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
How HBS reduced team breakdowns from 45 to 1
TypeCoach Influence Training
The skillset to appreciate and leverage differences in how teammates think, work, and decide.
Interactive Team Chart (and other tools)
Personalized tips for engaging with each teammate based on the combo of your temperament and theirs.
Team Report
A playbook customized for each team member based on their temperament for how to bring their best to this particular team.
PODCAST - HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
How organizations use TypeCoach
As a Cold Call listener, you get complimentary access to the full TypeCoach platform – the same tools used by teams at Amazon, HBS, and 2000+ organizations worldwide.
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WHAT LEADERS ARE SAYING
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Senior L&D Specialist AIS WW at Amazon
“TypeCoach is the single best resource I have found in helping people navigate the impact of personality and preference on projects, team-dynamics, and working relationships.”
John Waits
Cahaba
POPULAR USE CASES
How organizations use TypeCoach
- Executive Development
- High Potential Programs
- Team Workshops & Offsites
- Leadership Development
- Onboarding
- Sales Training
TYPECOACH PLATFORM
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TYPECOACH TEAM REPORT
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OUR CUSTOM GIFTS FOR YOU
Which best describes you?
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A common, neutral language for discussing differences, building trust, and reducing friction at every level. TypeCoach is designed to complement your existing programs, with built- in reinforcement tools that drive measurable impact on engagement, culture, and retention.
OUR CUSTOM GIFT FOR YOU
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SALES LEADER
Arm your team with the two skills that have the biggest impact on sales.
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The workshop that has elevated 25,000 teams.
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CONSULTANT
Trusted by thousands of consultants who have come to expect rave reviews.
TypeCoach gives independent facilitators a framework that gets to the heart of how people actually work together. Your clients don’t just leave with insights – they leave with a shared language and new habits that stick long after your sessions end. Learn about our many perks for consultants to help you grow your business.
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WHY TYPECOACH
Clear communication is one of the greatest enablers of success.
Increase your influence at every level
Connect more effectively upward, cross-functionally, and with customers.
Recognize what others need from you
Adapt your approach to reduce friction and build trust.
Navigate difficult conversations with confidence
Have hard conversations well - with clarity and empathy.
Understand how you communicate and make decisions
See your own preferences and blind spots more clearly.
LIVE SKILLS TRAINING
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The Influence Program
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The Team Program
Best for: Teams that want to reduce friction and perform at a higher level.
Master Classes
I highly recommend TypeCoach to anyone looking to enhance their interpersonal relationships, communicate more effectively, and build stronger connections with people in both their professional and personal lives.
Zuzana Lemaire
Senior L&D Specialist AIS WW, Amazon
I enjoyed learning more about communicating with other personality types. Can’t wait to leverage this at work!
Zoey Edwards
Allocation Analyst, TJX Canada
TypeCoach is the single best resource I have found in helping people navigate the impact of personality and preference on projects, team-dynamics, and working relationships.
John B. Waits, MD, CPE, FAAFP CEO
Cahaba Medical Care
TypeCoach masterfully blends the critical areas of understanding oneself, understanding others and how to use that information quickly and practically to be more effective.
Christopher Guzikowski
COO of Rise Private Wealth Management (Ameriprise)
The program is great to better understand how to interact with colleagues and stakeholders based on personality types.
Davide Telò
Senior Brand Specialist, Amazon
TypeCoach helped me better understand myself and others and allowed me to better tailor my approach to enhance communication, influence and get results.
Dena Colello
Specialty District Business Manager - Neuroscience, Takeda
TypeCoach is great to understand what makes different people tick and how to use the knowledge of preferences to effectively influence them.
Yogesh Gandhi
Skills Lead, Vodafone
The Type-to-Type function is so powerful for teams and groups working together and looking at ways to flex their Type to get the optimum results (i.e., 'my way' is not the 'only way').
Laurie Hillis
President of Megatrain
TypeCoach has really opened my eyes in ways to improve my communication and collaboration skills both at work and home.
Brendon Anderson
Director, Customer Engagement Team, Sobi
TypeCoach has the tendency to create a 'buzz' within a client group and extend curiosity around the programs. This has led to deeper use within the organisation, and the full suite of TypeCoach tools allows for ongoing application long after the facilitated session is finished.
Jules Gray
Founder of Corporate Faculty
Learning how to collaborate with others who are different than you is very valuable. It is also interesting to see how you are viewed by others.
Isabella Petrosino
Allocation Analyst, TJX
I find understanding about different team members will help me to work better with them.
Giang Duong
Senior Product Manager, Amazon
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely. If you are new to TypeCoach, we will provide you with no cost access for your entire HR/L&D team. If you want a fun, fast-paced, highly interactive 2-4 hour session with your team, this is a great next step.
Yes, you’ll receive one year of access for yourself when you hop on a quick demo so we can show you all 6 tools you’ll have access to.
A TypeCoach facilitator can offer a live workshop in-person or virtually. The TypeCoach signature Influence Program is also available every month, live in an open-registration format as well as through a self-paced (video-based) option. Lastly, you can become certified as a TypeCoach facilitator (4 live webinar series offered most months).
TypeCoach training and tools are most often used for team workshops, leadership development programs, sales training, onboarding and executive coaching.
45 out of the 158 teams needed faculty intervention on their field program abroad and they were relying on TypeCoach to teach the students the communication and collaboration skills required to reduce conflict and friction on the team. The number of teams needing faculty intervention went to 1 out of 158 in one year and TypeCoach was the only change in the program.
Increased engagement (and retention), trust, collaboration, motivation, acceptance of change, cognitive diversity, sales, communication skills, and influence.
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