Manager guide · 30 or 60 minutes

How to run a working-styles workshop.

A practical agenda for helping a team talk about preferences, friction, feedback, and decision norms without turning the session into a diagnosis exercise.

What you produce

A one-page “How We Work” agreement.

The durable artifact is not the type label. It is the team’s written norms for decisions, feedback, disagreement, meetings, and async work.

The agenda

Run this in 60 minutes.

0-5 min · Frame it

Say out loud: this is a possible preference, not a psychological evaluation. People can edit or reject their result.

5 min
5-15 min · Confirm / reject / edit

Each person updates their profile card so the discussion uses their language instead of a generic archetype.

10 min
15-30 min · Read the map

Look for overrepresented types, missing perspectives, same-type pairs, and tension zones.

15 min
30-45 min · Discuss two prompts

Pick one same-type or complement prompt and one tension or blind-spot prompt. Keep the conversation concrete.

15 min
45-60 min · Write the agreement

Capture team rules for decisions, feedback, disagreement, meeting defaults, and what perspectives to invite.

15 min
What to avoid

Do not use type as a verdict.

Bad workshop: “John is an 8, so he steamrolls.” Good workshop: “John prefers directness. Maya prefers steadiness. What rule would help them disagree without either person disappearing or dominating?”

What to sell

Sell the session artifact.

The paid value is the ready-to-run map, prompts, profile cards, deck, and working agreement. The quiz is the acquisition hook.

Run it tomorrow

Get the Team Session kit.

Quiz link, editable cards, full map, 30/60-minute guides, presentable deck, and export path.