Workshops
Team Workshops Beyond MBTI — With Public Pricing
Quick answer: Team workshops come in three shapes: certified-assessment workshops (per-person assessment fee plus a certified facilitator’s day rate), custom external facilitation (day rate, most flexible), and self-run workshops (a tool generates the material, you run the session — lowest cost). Each fits a different situation. Below: the pricing structure of each, and a complete half-day self-run plan with published prices.
“We want to run a team workshop — what’s the going rate?” It’s a hard question to answer online, because most providers publish “contact us for a quote.” This piece does something simple: it explains what you’re actually paying for in each model, and offers one option where the price is public.
Three routes compared
| Certified assessment workshop | External facilitator | Self-run (tool + you) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing structure | Per-person assessment + certified facilitator day rate | Facilitator day rate, varies widely by seniority | Fixed tool cost + zero labour |
| Pre-work | Everyone completes a questionnaire (15–40 min each) | Interviews or survey, facilitator-dependent | Collect birth dates; material generated in minutes |
| Content flexibility | Follows the certified framework | Highest | Your own process |
| Best for | Larger organisations wanting brand credibility | Complex situations (mergers, deep conflict, exec teams) | Teams of 2–20, tight budget, fast start |
| What determines quality | Facilitator skill | Facilitator skill | Your preparation and process discipline |
(Verify actual fees with providers — the spread is wide, and the table describes structure, not quotes.)
When paying a facilitator is worth it
Don’t economise in the wrong place. Three situations genuinely warrant an external professional:
- Deep conflict — the team has stopped talking or split into camps, and you need someone neutral.
- Merger or restructure — two cultures need to reconcile, and nobody internal can credibly hold the middle.
- The manager is part of the problem — internal facilitation will fail here, guaranteed.
Everything else — a team that’s basically fine but wants to talk properly about how it works — is well within self-run territory.
The half-day self-run plan (published price)
Before (30 minutes). Decide one core question (“we merged three months ago — where is it still grinding?” beats “let’s improve collaboration”), then prepare material. Either a three-question anonymous survey, or generate a team map: birth dates only (voluntary, codenames fine), and within minutes you have role mix, value-chain gaps and pair-by-pair friction — so the room opens with “does this ring true for us?” rather than a cold start.
On the day (half a day). Follow our offsite agenda template: ground rules (voluntary, no evaluation, discuss combinations not verdicts) → individual sharing → mix vs. pain points → three working agreements → book the 30-day review. The chair can be the team lead, though a non-manager colleague usually produces more candour.
After (15 minutes, once). At day 30, review the three agreements. What held, what didn’t — and treat failures as information about the mix, not about people.
Cost: the elematch Team Workshop Pack is US$98 one-off for up to 40 people (a personal report for every member plus team maps in groups of up to 30, no subscription). Free sign-up credit includes one team map, so you can test it with your core team first. That’s an order of magnitude away from per-person assessment pricing — and what changes a team was never the assessment anyway. It was the conversation.
Can you combine routes?
Yes, and many teams do: run a low-cost self-run session first to confirm the team is willing to have the conversation, and bring in a facilitator later for a specific stuck issue. It works in reverse too — teams that have done certified training use a team-level tool for quarterly check-ins, turning a one-off course into an ongoing dialogue.
The tools don’t conflict either: MBTI describes individual communication style, a team map describes combination structure. Different jobs (full comparison here).
FAQ
How much does a team workshop cost?
Certified routes combine a per-person assessment fee with a facilitator day rate; totals vary substantially by headcount and seniority, so you’ll need a quote. That opacity is precisely why we wrote this.
Can a manager run it without a professional facilitator?
For ordinary team-development conversations, yes — provided you have material, a process, and ground rules (voluntary, no evaluation, combinations not verdicts). Deep conflict is the exception.
Are there hidden costs with elematch?
No. The pack is US$98 one-off; subscriptions are US$7.5/month (Starter) and US$62/month (Pro); overage is pay-per-use. All published — no quotes required.
How do we sustain it after the workshop?
One 15-minute review at day 30, then use the same team map quarterly. The mix doesn’t change, so the conversation can continue — which beats a one-off course by a wide margin.
elematch turns the five-element framework into a shared team language — the Team Workshop Pack is US$98 for up to 40 people — every report plus team maps in groups of up to 30.
Last updated: August 2026. MBTI and DiSC are trademarks of their respective owners; elematch is not affiliated with them. A self-awareness and team-development reference tool — never a basis for hiring, promotion or dismissal.