Motivation makes or breaks the success of your team
Every great achievement, whether personal or professional, begins with motivation. It’s what naturally drives people to take action, persist through challenges, and perform at their best — what gives them life or sucks the life right out of them.
Motivation isn’t a guessing game. It’s a science.
The moment someone completes the MCode Assessment, they gain deep insight into who they are at their best and what fuels their success. Our workplace tools build on those insights, applying motivational intelligence to improve the hiring process, build cohesive teams, and equip managers with the data they need to become better leaders.
Scroll down to see how the Motivation Code assessment and suite of workplace tools help executives, HR professionals, managers, and the teams they lead experience work and life at their best.
Take the MCode assessment
Whether they find us on their own, get referred by a friend, or receive it as a gift, most people enter the Motivation Code ecosystem by taking the MCode assessment — and they all experience the same “aha” moment: “This explains so much!”
The MCode assessment doesn’t assess personality traits or strengths or what someone is good or bad at. It assesses intrinsic motivation and reveals:
- What energizes and drains you.
- Why you naturally excel in some areas and struggle in others.
- How you can maximize productivity without burning out.
An individual’s MCode results contain their unique motivational blueprint, showing them how to perform at their best, collaborate better, communicate more effectively, and feel more fulfilled in everything they do.
Gift the MCode assessment to someone else
Once people see how spot-on and useful their MCode results are, they immediately think of others who would benefit and can’t help but share MCode and say, “OMG, you’ve got to take this!” Whether it’s a spouse, partner, friend, or colleague, understanding motivation strengthens communication, relationships, and teamwork.
Many people purchase gift assessments so their friends and family can experience the same powerful insights and they can compare notes and share what they learn about themselves. Others introduce MCode at work, knowing how much it could help their coworkers.
Experience an Impact Session
Your MCode results reveal what drives you and moves you into action. But how do you turn those insights into real-world success? That’s where an Impact Session comes in. In this private, 60-minute video session, a Certified MCode Coach will help you understand your core motivations, see their patterns in your work and life, and unlock your full potential.
In just one 60-Minute Impact Session, you’ll gain:
- Clarity on what energizes and sustains your motivation.
- Strategies to align your career, relationships, and goals with what drives you.
- Practical insights to improve performance, communication, and fulfillment.
With the insights you’ll gain, you’ll not only understand yourself on a deeper level but also learn how to navigate relationships, prevent conflicts, and collaborate seamlessly with people who are wired differently than you.
Hire smarter with our Job Fit Report
Hiring the right person isn’t just about skills and experience — it’s about fit and energy alignment. The MCode Job Fit Report helps hiring managers go beyond resumes, references, and interviews to understand:
- How well a candidate fits the day-to-day reality of the role.
- How they will potentially collaborate and clash with their future manager.
- How well the fit the environment of your team and workplace.
- Where they will natrurally succeed and where they may struggle.
The Job Fit Report uses a proprietary algorithm that analyzes the job description and role requirements, the manager’s MCode, and the candidates’ MCode results. Not to tell an organization who to hire but to help them identify high-potential hires, accurately predict success, ask the right interview questions (using our custom interview question suggestions), and make more confident hiring decisions — all while reducing turnover.
Book a Team Alignment Workshop
Once leaders see how powerful MCode is, they start thinking: “What if my entire team had access to these insights?” And that’s exactly when they book a virtual or onsite Team Alignment Workshop — a multi-session interactive experience that takes a team from individual understanding to collective alignment. Session by session, a Certified MCode Executive Coach walks your team through tailored training and exercises that cover the practical application of assessment results in individual roles and collectively within the context of your team, building your Team Motivational Map as you go.
Team Alignment Workshops, facilitated by a Certified MCode Executive Coach, include:
- MCode assessments for the full team.
- A custom Team Motivation Map showing how the team’s motivations fit together.
- Training tailored to your team’s unique motivational makeup, with additional private sessions for managers.
- Companion workbooks that support every member of your team participating in the exercises.
The result? Managers gain insight to design work around energy zones; build a team culture where every person feels seen, understood, and valued; and create a work environment that supports individual and team success and satisfaction. Team members learn to see one another through a new lens that encourages empathy and respect, deepens connection, improves collaboration, and increases job satisfaction and retention.
Learn with MCode training and coach certifications
If you want to do more than understand motivation — you want to use it to develop people, build stronger teams, or coach for transformation — our training and certification programs are for you.
Designed for leaders, managers, coaches, HR professionals, mentors, and team builders who want to confidently apply motivational insights in real-world settings to create lasting impact, our programs include:
- MCode Certification Program:
Get certified in the Motivation Code framework to lead Impact Sessions, conduct Team Alignment Workshops, and use the MCode assessment to guide personal growth and professional development, and make a lasting impact. - MCode Foundations Course:
A self-study training course that teaches you the Motivation Code Framework (all 32 Motivations and 8 Dimensions) and its practical application in leadership, coaching, teams, and business. - Fit-First Leadership Ebook:
The practical playbook for leading each person on your team based on how they’re wired, with Dimension-specific strategies for communication, assignments, recognition, and team-building that bring out the best in everyone. - MCode For Leaders Course:
An 11-part self-paced course that teaches you how to read each team member’s motivational patterns and tailor your communication, assignments, recognition, and team-building to each of the 8 Motivational Dimensions.
MCode courses and training give you (or your internal team) the tools and confidence to speak the language of motivation, lead others with purpose, and help people experience meaningful and deeply personal breakthroughs.
Keep motivation high with Pulse!
Motivation isn’t static. It shifts as work responsibilities shift, projects change, and career goals develop. That’s why we created Pulse! — employee engagement software that helps organizations retain top talent, boost engagement, and keep employees performing at their best.
Here’s how Pulse! works:
- Employees complete a quick monthly motivation check-in and leaders receive real-time data on individual and team engagement — who is thriving, struggling, or feeling stagnant.
- Leaders gain tools to assign projects based on who will be most energized by the work and frame assignments in a way that engages and excites them.
- Organizations track motivation trends over time to identify employees at risk of burnout or disengagement before it becomes a problem.
Pulse! gives leaders a constant measure of their team’s motivation, ensuring that employees are engaged, productive, and working on projects that fuel them.
“Choosing my stories was harder than I anticipated, but I’m sold. The results in my MCode report are the most accurate and relevant I’ve experienced. The language to express my value helped in conversations about my next career move. It’s also helped me rethink how I work with members of my team to better nurture high performance.”
Brian Bourn
VP, Client Strategy, 10up
The future of work is motivated work
Everything starts with the MCode assessment and personal aha moments. Team workshops turn that individual understanding into collective alignment. When adopted across an organization, motivational intelligence drives effective hiring, meaningful engagement, stronger loyalty, and longer retention.
When you introduce MCode to your team, you can:
- Help your people understand the why behind their thoughts, feelings, decisions, and actions — the unique blend of Motivations that shape the way they communicate, work, and interact with others.
- Leverage that understanding to show up at their best in every situation, do their best work, and feel deeply fulfilled and satisfied by that work.
- Tap into motivation to keep engagement high, drive high performance, and build cohesive, connected teams people never want to leave.
Tap into the magic of motivation with MCode and help every employee experience work at its best.