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Insights Discovery: unlock your team’s potential

Nurturing, coaching and supporting talent.
Driving the future of business across the UK.

Insights Discovery: unlock your team’s potential

Nurturing, coaching and supporting talent.
Driving the future of business across the UK.

Insights Discovery: unlock your team’s potential

Build your team with Personality and preference insights

Self-awareness is essential for strong leadership and effective teamwork.

Find out how our Insights Discovery® programme can drive your team’s understanding of themselves and others to forge better relationships and drive innovation, creativity and performance.

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“My greatest takeaway has been the

Insights profile”

 

For Hannah Snell, Senior Outreach Officer at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, Insights Discovery was a standout part of her Determined to Lead experience.

Hannah describes the profile as a valuable opportunity to reflect on who she is, how she works and how she interacts with the people around her.

Benefit from complimentary Insights Discovery

We’re inviting organisations to apply for a complimentary Team Effectiveness Session for up to six managers.

Discover how understanding different working and communication preferences can help your team strengthen relationships, improve collaboration and work more effectively together.

The first 10 eligible applicants will receive a lighter-touch Insights Approach Profile, the opportunity to experience Insights for yourself.

Applications open until 31 October 2026

 
Enter the competition

Personality profiles and workshops

Insights Discovery is a psychometric tool, based on the psychology of Carl Jung.

A trusted global name in learning and development, Insights Discovery has supported over 10 million people to work better together during the past 20 years.

How Insights Discovery works

Using a rich, yet easily accessible, four-colour model, Insights Discover helps people understand why they behave the way they do and identify their strengths and weaknesses.

By learning about their own colour preferences and personality traits, and discussing the preferences and traits of others in the group, workshop participants learn to communicate more effectively to strengthen team relationships.

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Team building at an Insights Discovery workshop

Programme Details

Who is Insights Discovery for?

Our clients range from public sectors (councils, NHS and police) to independant businesses such as KwikFit and Grant Thornton.

Profiles and workshops

Insights Discovery can be delivered as immersive and interactive group training or one-to-one coaching.

All sessions include the creation of an Insights Discovery Personal Profile for every participant. Our accredited coach works closely with your team and leaders to identify strengths and areas for improvement, such as communication or management styles, tailoring the sessions to your unique organisational need.

Train-the-Trainer

We also offer a Train-the-Trainer option, where you can elevate your team’s capability by training an in-house expert. Your nominated colleague receives comprehensive training and certification to deliver Insights Discovery sessions internally, sustaining long-term benefits.

Download a brochure to learn more.

The Insights Discovery colour wheel

Price

The cost varies depending on your needs and the options you choose.

Please get in touch so we can discuss your requirements and put together your bespoke Insights Discovery package.

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The memorable four-colour language of Insights Discovery ensures lasting impact.

Your team will gain a common framework for communication that they’ll apply daily, fostering quicker conflict resolution, smoother transitions during team changes, and more adaptive working styles.

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The Insights Discovery colour blocks can be used to demonstrate dominant personality traits

Workshops can be delivered at a time to suit you. Please get in touch to discuss your requirements.

Testimonials

Understanding yourself and what makes others tick Anand Dubey, Head Chef
Jesus College, Oxford
Reflecting on who you are and how you work John Banbrook, Domestic Bursar
St Anne’s College, Oxford 
Recognising management styles & ways of working Jacqueline Bryan, Housekeeping Manager
Lincoln College, Oxford
Here at Northumbrian Water Limited, we believe that excellent communication and team work are key to our success. Insights discovery has been an essential tool in helping us do this more effectively. It allows our colleagues to build self and interpersonal awareness in a really accessible and useable way.
Julie Dodd, Business Training Manager
Julie Dodd, Business Training Manager Northumbrian Water Limited
Insights Discovery is simply our golden thread, accepted and valued at all levels of our organisation. Because our people trust the profiles, Insights acts as a common language to navigate business life. From an L&D perspective, Insights provides all the resources, knowledge, and service levels to easily create meaningful L&D Interventions to tackle any leadership issue, from basic communication to supporting change.
Nigel Bowler, Head of Learning and Development
Nigel Bowler, Head of Learning and DevelopmentEuropean Tyre Enterprise Limited
Building the self-awareness to identify my strengths and preferences, along with any challenges and areas I need to work on, has made me work more effectively and improved my productivity. Understanding how I like to be managed, and how members of my team like to work and be managed has improved work ethic and working relationships.
Andy Barras
Andy BarrasTeesside University
Surrey Police and Sussex Police have been using Insights for a number of years with officers and staff, focused on first- and second-line leaders. The Insights tool has afforded our officers and staff a greater understanding of their preferences in and out of the workplace. This has had a positive impact on the services we provide. The personnel that took part in the process felt their self-awareness improved and that by applying the guidance found in their personal report, their working relationships with others improved, too.
Surrey Police and Sussex Police

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Progression routes

What happens next? Most people stay on with the employer they train with, but there are plenty of options! You may decide to study a higher-level apprenticeship, return to academic studies, or work full time. We will support you whatever you decide!

The apprenticeship programme

You will have access to a range of support and advice we have on offer. This includes support from Advice and Admissions, Learning Support and Student Support.

You can access all facilities at Activate Learning Colleges and reap benefits, such as student discount. However, you may not be entitled to certain funding and travel bursaries as apprenticeships are paid positions.

How much will I earn?

The amount you’ll earn will vary depending on the nature of your role, sector and business you are working with.

The minimum hourly rate for an apprentice is £8.00, however most apprentices are paid more than this. If you are over 19 and have completed one year, you will be paid national minimum wage. 

You will also be entitled to the same conditions as all other employees in a business, including paid holiday, sick pay and pensions (where requirements are met).

What can I expect from my apprenticeship?

You must be at least 16 years old when you start an apprenticeship.

There are 3 types of apprenticeships depending on your requirements and previous qualifications: day release, work-based and block-release.

Your apprenticeship programme may be assessed with:

  • Practical assessments/exams
  • A portfolio of evidence
  • Interviews and presentations
  • Final assessments
  • On and off the job training

You will have a performance coach visit your workplace every eight weeks as well as an inhouse mentor throughout your apprenticeship.

An apprenticeship typically lasts 24 months, but can vary between 12 months to 5 years.