HR teams today are being asked to do the impossible: increase engagement, improve retention, support development, and strengthen culture, all without adding more programs, more people, or more hours in the day.
That’s why we created The WorkPlace Big Five Profile®.
Built on the gold-standard Five-Factor Model and grounded in over 40 years of behavioral science, the WorkPlace Big Five Profile® is a personality-based development tool built specifically for the modern workplace.
It reveals how people naturally work best—how they communicate, lead, collaborate, adapt, and grow—and helps align their natural tendencies with the demands of their specific roles. And because it’s built for the real world of work, the insights are immediately actionable.
Here’s how it delivers value across the entire employee lifecycle—turning insight into impact at scale.
#1. Recruiting & Selection: Hire for Fit, Not Just Skill
When it comes to hiring, resumes and interviews tell only part of the story. Two candidates might look identical on paper, but one will thrive in the role while the other will struggle. The difference isn’t in their skills, it’s in how they’re wired to work.
The WorkPlace Big Five Profile® gives you the lens to see how naturally they’ll align with the role, the team, and the culture.
Instead of hoping for fit, you can identify it with confidence.
#2. Onboarding: Start Engagement on Day One
Traditional onboarding tells new hires what their role is, but not how they can work best in that role. This leaves many new hires second-guessing their decision in their first days and weeks on the job.
The WorkPlace Big Five Profile® changes this by giving new hires a personalized playbook for success from day one. Managers can adapt how they support them, teammates can better understand how they collaborate, and employees can feel empowered to bring their strengths forward immediately.
That shift often means the difference between “I hope I’ll succeed here” and “I know how I can succeed here.”
#3. Leadership Development: Build Leaders Who Know Themselves
There’s no single mold for great leadership. Yet many programs still assume there is, leaving rising leaders feeling like they have to perform a role instead of leading authentically.
The WorkPlace Big Five Profile® reveals each person’s distinct personality footprint, helping leaders identify their likely strengths and anticipate possible roadblocks. That awareness helps leaders lean into what works for them while building strategies around challenges.
Suddenly leadership isn’t about imitation but about amplification.
#4. Team Building: Turn Differences into an Advantage
What feels like team conflict is often just a clash of working styles. Without a common and shared language, people are more likely to interpret individual differences as flaws instead of opportunities.
The WorkPlace Big Five Profile® makes those dynamics visible. Teams can see where their energy is concentrated, where blind spots may exist, and how to balance their approaches.
What once caused tension becomes the very thing that drives innovation and collaboration.
#5. Career Pathing & Retention: Keep People Growing
People rarely leave because of one bad day. They leave when they can’t see a path forward. Generic career paths don’t solve that problem because they don’t reflect what makes each employee tick.
The WorkPlace Big Five Profile® provides the insights that help employees discover the paths that best align with their natural preferences and tendencies. Managers can then use those insights to shape personalized development plans and guide internal moves toward roles that naturally fit each person.
Employees stop asking “Do I belong here long-term?” and start seeing a future they can grow into.
#6. Succession Planning: Build Your Leadership Pipeline with Confidence
Replacing a great leader is hard enough. Replacing them without real behavioral insights is a gamble.
The WorkPlace Big Five Profile® brings clarity and consistency to succession planning by helping you spot potential before it’s obvious.
Instead of relying on intuition or tenure, you can compare internal candidates using a common language and evaluate the alignment between someone’s personality and the demands of that leadership role. It’s not about cloning the last person in the job. It’s about identifying fit and equipping that next leader with the self-awareness and support to lead in their own way.
This helps you build personalized development plans that actually prepare people to thrive in bigger roles, without having to guess who’s ready.
Want to Put These Insights into Practice?
The WorkPlace Big Five Profile® has helped thousands of organizations use personality science to improve hiring, coaching, and development. It reveals how people naturally collaborate, adapt, and grow, and how managers can support them with confidence.
To make those insights accessible to everyone, every day, we built We, the WorkPlace Big Five Profile® Experience: the first self-led personality insights platform that turns assessment results into real-world action at scale.
With We, employees can:
- Understand what energizes and drains them at work.
- Navigate collaboration, feedback, and conflict with more self-awareness.
- Take ownership of their growth, in ways that fit their personality.
And for HR and leaders, We delivers:
- Development that finally reaches every level of the organization.
- Coaching support that doesn’t rely solely on managers.
- Engagement and retention that scale without adding more programs.
We isn’t another tool on HR’s plate. It’s the foundation that makes development practical, personal, and scalable.
Let’s talk about how the WorkPlace Big Five Profile® and We can support your goals.