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Chart Your Staff Across Dozens of Metrics:
◈Work Tempo
◈Level of Detail
◈Desired Communication
◈Decision Style
◈Feedback Need
Plus Planning Approach ✦ Multitasking ✦ How They Recharge ✦ Leadership Style
Twelve people on Nora's team have built a report, and each one is a dot where they usually act.
The lighter dots are where the rest of her company lands.
Your company plots itself the same way once two people on your team have built a report, with your own dot marked as you. Nobody sees any individual's answers, only how they compare as pairs and teams.
Read more about the names on this map ›
Nora: toward Quick Decisions + Wants Headlines Only, toward Moves First, Loops in Later + Always Straight Talk.
Priya: toward Methodical + Needs the Full Picture, toward Align the team, then Decide + Gentle Feedback.
Marcus: toward Quick Decisions + Wants Headlines Only, near the middle up and down.
Elena: near the middle.
Theo: toward Methodical + Needs the Full Picture, toward Moves First, Loops in Later + Always Straight Talk.
Rosa: toward Methodical + Needs the Full Picture, toward Align the team, then Decide + Gentle Feedback.
Jules: toward Quick Decisions + Wants Headlines Only, toward Align the team, then Decide + Gentle Feedback.
Mara: near the middle.
Noor: near the middle left to right, toward Align the team, then Decide + Gentle Feedback.
Felix: near the middle.
Rafael: toward Methodical + Needs the Full Picture, toward Moves First, Loops in Later + Always Straight Talk.
Beatrix: toward Quick Decisions + Wants Headlines Only, near the middle up and down.
Read more about the names on this map ›
Nora: toward Quick Decisions + Wants Headlines Only, toward Moves First, Loops in Later + Always Straight Talk.
Priya: toward Methodical + Needs the Full Picture, toward Align the team, then Decide + Gentle Feedback.
Marcus: toward Quick Decisions + Wants Headlines Only, near the middle up and down.
Elena: near the middle.
Theo: toward Methodical + Needs the Full Picture, toward Moves First, Loops in Later + Always Straight Talk.
Rosa: toward Methodical + Needs the Full Picture, toward Align the team, then Decide + Gentle Feedback.
Jules: toward Quick Decisions + Wants Headlines Only, toward Align the team, then Decide + Gentle Feedback.
Mara: near the middle.
Noor: near the middle left to right, toward Align the team, then Decide + Gentle Feedback.
Felix: near the middle.
Rafael: toward Methodical + Needs the Full Picture, toward Moves First, Loops in Later + Always Straight Talk.
Beatrix: toward Quick Decisions + Wants Headlines Only, near the middle up and down.
3 of 6 · Measure by measure
Everyone on one measure: how they act, and what they need.
Most lines come in pairs: how people usually act, and what they need from others. The gap between the two is the useful part.
Channel
How people here usually act
Talk it outWrite it down
People here are furthest apart on Channel: between Elena and Theo.Read moreRead less
Nora goes either way
Priya is well over toward Write it down
Marcus is well over toward Write it down
Elena is well over toward Talk it out
Theo is well over toward Write it down
Rosa is well over toward Talk it out
Jules is well over toward Write it down
Mara is well over toward Write it down
Noor leans Talk it out
Felix leans Talk it out
Rafael leans Write it down
Beatrix leans Write it down
What people here need from others
Talk it outWrite it down
On Channel, most people here are at their best with a call once a thread gets long. But most of them tend to put it in writing. That's the quiet cost nobody is complaining about.Read moreRead less
Nora goes either way
Priya needs Write it down
Marcus needs Write it down
Elena needs Talk it out
Theo needs Write it down
Rosa needs Talk it out
Jules needs Talk it out
Mara needs Talk it out
Noor needs Talk it out
Felix needs Talk it out
Rafael goes either way
Beatrix needs Talk it out
Each person
Channel
How people here usually act
Talk it outWrite it down
People here are furthest apart on Channel: between Elena and Theo.Read moreRead less
Nora goes either way
Priya is well over toward Write it down
Marcus is well over toward Write it down
Elena is well over toward Talk it out
Theo is well over toward Write it down
Rosa is well over toward Talk it out
Jules is well over toward Write it down
Mara is well over toward Write it down
Noor leans Talk it out
Felix leans Talk it out
Rafael leans Write it down
Beatrix leans Write it down
What people here need from others
Talk it outWrite it down
On Channel, most people here are at their best with a call once a thread gets long. But most of them tend to put it in writing. That's the quiet cost nobody is complaining about.Read moreRead less
Nora goes either way
Priya needs Write it down
Marcus needs Write it down
Elena needs Talk it out
Theo needs Write it down
Rosa needs Talk it out
Jules needs Talk it out
Mara needs Talk it out
Noor needs Talk it out
Felix needs Talk it out
Rafael goes either way
Beatrix needs Talk it out
Each person
Every pin carries a name. What you see in a group is what everyone in it sees.
Wendy has read your report. Ask her about the board meeting, the hard one-to-one, the person you can't quite read, and she answers in the moment.
Demo · Wendy coaching Nora, founder and CEO of a 40-person cookware company · AI coach, not a human
Decisions drift between the people who talk it out and the people who write it down, and she is the one doing the translating.
Wendy reads only the cards people have shared, never anyone's answers.
Wendy:
Morning, Nora. Three places I can help before your inbox: the people in Tuesday's board meeting, the one-to-one with Marcus you've been putting off, or how the team is running. Where are you stuck today?
Nora:
Board meeting
Wendy:
Tuesday's board meeting is three people you read very differently. Dan you answer in minutes. Priya heard about the early pack after it was agreed. Theo walks Dan through it tomorrow at ten. Who first?
Nora:
Dan. Prep me for the "what could go wrong" page. He'll pick it apart.
Wendy:
Dan shared his card, and it's the same shape as yours. Easy on the monthly call; also the risk: a blind spot you share. His card wants the ask in the first line. What could go wrong in Chicago?
Dan's pattern, from the card he shared: Straight Talker. Nora's is the same shape.Six spokes, one per pattern. The longer the spoke, the more Dan is like that pattern. The longest is Dan's.
Nora:
The Q1 wholesale slip. Two of the big four pushed. Marcus told me sixteen days ago and I said "tomorrow".
Wendy:
Then that's the page's first line, in your words, before Dan asks tomorrow at ten. The why is Marcus's, and you haven't called him. Ines is waiting to hear whether he presents sales. One call answers both. Before the walkthrough?
Nora:
And Priya? She's in the meeting and I told her about the early pack after I'd agreed it with Theo.
Wendy:
Priya shared her needs with you, and the one you'll feel on Tuesday is Deciding: you move, then loop in; she needs to hear before it lands. Her fit-out question is still open. Answer it in writing first?
Before Tuesday
Call Marcus before ten tomorrow: the Q1 slip, and whether he presents sales.
The why above the ask on the first page, for Priya and Theo.
Priya's question on the re-sequenced fit-out plan, answered in writing before the meeting.
Wendy:
Morning, Nora. Three places I can help before your inbox: the people in Tuesday's board meeting, the one-to-one with Marcus you've been putting off, or how the team is running. Where are you stuck today?
Nora:
A review conversation
Wendy:
Marcus's review is Thursday. He's been quiet sixteen days, since his "call?" and your "tomorrow", and you sent Kwame's count yourself. His card says: if I go quiet, ask me directly. How do you want to go in?
Nora:
Honestly, can you write up where he's falling short? I want it on paper before Thursday.
Wendy:
I don't rate people, and nothing here feeds a review. Where I help: how you go in, what you say first, what his card says about how he takes it. What's the sentence you haven't said to him?
Nora:
Fine. Then how do I go in? I'll want it straight and in writing; he'll want to talk.
Wendy:
That's the whole dynamic. You'd write it and say it straight; he takes things out loud and softened. Say it to his face first, then send three lines. Can I say something you might not like?
Marcus's pattern, from the card he shared: Connector.Six spokes, one per pattern. The longer the spoke, the more Marcus is like that pattern. The longest is Marcus's.
Nora:
Go on.
Wendy:
You said you'd call him six days ago. The quiet since is him waiting, not hiding. First line: "I went around you on the count. That's on me. What's Q1 really?" Then his read before yours. When do you call?
For the call
Open with the count you sent in his lane.
Ask for his read on Q1, then listen.
Close with three lines: decided, owner, by when.
Wendy:
Morning, Nora. Three places I can help before your inbox: the people in Tuesday's board meeting, the one-to-one with Marcus you've been putting off, or how the team is running. Where are you stuck today?
Nora:
Team dynamics
Wendy:
The widest spread in your group is Channel. Elena's card says talk it out; Theo's says write it down. The handle decision that drifted, with Theo's cash plan on the wrong option, lived in that gap. Start there?
Nora:
Start there. It happened again with the warped pans. Elena put it in the channel; Rosa wanted to talk first.
Wendy:
That one is Candor, not Channel. Rosa's card asks for care in how hard things are said; Elena's says she'll tell you plainly. You keep translating. A pair page does that, for two people who both say yes. Would they?
StraightCandorGentle
Candor in Nora's group, Straight to Gentle. A group shows the spread and a pin for each person. No average, no list.
Nora:
Maybe. What do I do about the hallway decisions? Theo built the whole cash plan on the wrong handle option.
Wendy:
Your card has the fix: three lines after every decision, even the hallway ones. Elena's says the same; Theo's asks for decisions written down. You all agree on what to try; nobody does it. Who sends them, you or Elena?
Talk it outChannelWrite it down
Channel in Nora's group, Talk it out to Write it down. A pin for each shared card.
Nora:
Me. What does the group give me that you and I can't do here?
Wendy:
Two things I can't do. The group lets everyone see where the team sits on each measure. A pair page gives any two of you one thing each can try, with you out of the middle. Which pair first?
Nora is made up. This exchange is scripted from her sample report. Try it yourself and Wendy answers live. · Read Nora's full report →
A check-in at the hour you pick. One thing before your inbox, and a quick question or three at night. Skippable, every time.
The person you can't quite read. How they work, what's likely on their plate, and a first line you could actually say.
A weekly review. What went well enough, what got in the way, one thing to change.
5 of 6 · Learns every day
Wendy updates daily from your coaching sessions.your check-ins.your inbox.your calendar.your coaching sessions, your check-ins, your inbox and your calendar.
Every check-in, every session, and the inbox and calendar you connect add to what Wendy keeps in mind: the people, the chapters and the commitments she holds for you. Learned from your communications, no messages are ever kept.
Sample · Nora's map after one month · Nora is made up
People and chapters
Topics
showroom
fit-out
wholesale
cash plan
workload
showroom team
What arrived
From a check-inToday
Thirty minutes with Rosa about the team, tomorrow.
Commitment
From your mailToday
Chicago soft-open is the first Friday of December. Priya has the fit-out, Elena the launch.
Priya, Elena
From your mailYesterday
Rosa's summary of the showroom team: workload is the worry. She asked for nothing directly.
Rosa
From your calendarYesterday
Board meeting · Thursday morning
Dan
From your mailLast week
Marcus says the pipeline is soft: two big accounts pushed to next quarter. He asked to talk.
Marcus
From a check-inToday
Thirty minutes with Rosa about the team, tomorrow.
Commitment
From your mailToday
Chicago soft-open is the first Friday of December. Priya has the fit-out, Elena the launch.
Priya, Elena
From your mailYesterday
Rosa's summary of the showroom team: workload is the worry. She asked for nothing directly.
Rosa
From your calendarYesterday
Board meeting · Thursday morning
Dan
From your mailLast week
Marcus says the pipeline is soft: two big accounts pushed to next quarter. He asked to talk.
Marcus
What Wendy learned from each one. Learned from your communications, no messages are ever kept.
6 of 6 · Plans
The report is free. Coaching is the plan.
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Team
$249 a month · 10 people, you included
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Daily coaching for everyone in it, the shared cards, the group and the pair pages. Then $20 a month for each person after that.
Company
$499 a month · 40 people, you included
two months free when you pay yearly
The same, for a bigger company. Then $5 a month for each person after that. From 23 people, Company costs less: $499 a month.
It's a self-report profile of how you work, in layers: how you act, what you need from others, and what stress does to you. It's built for the next conversation, not for a label. No measure has a good end.
Does my company see my answers?◈
No. Your answers stay in your account; nobody else sees them unless you share your report. Never for hiring, reviews or pay.
Do I need a card to start?◈
No. The report is free and needs no payment card. A team's plan is 14 days free with a payment card on file; the amount and the first-charge date are shown before you pay and emailed to you the day the workspace is set up, and cancelling is one tap.