Discover Your Communication Fingerprint
Your communication style is as personal as your fingerprint. PASS Profile™ shows which communication approaches you favor in professional settings, so you can use them with intention.
Bundle includes Voice-Brand Alignment: your role-specific application report
PASS Profile is a professional communication assessment developed by Ted Chamberlain. You rate four possible responses to each of 60 workplace situations, and the report looks at 40 communication approaches in six areas. DISC sorts results into 4 types and Myers-Briggs into 16. PASS describes each of the 40 approaches on its own and shows the ones you tend to prefer. The assessment takes 30-60 minutes, costs $49.99, and delivers a personalized PDF report via email within minutes. A Voice-Brand Alignment bundle ($59.99) adds role-specific application. Team Dynamics Alignment ($39.99-$119.99) analyzes group communication for teams of 2-12. Available at pass.tedsvoiceacademy.com.
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What PASS Profile™ Looks At
PASS Profile looks at 40 communication approaches, grouped in six areas:
Communication Purpose
What drives you when you communicate. Are you drawn to building relationships or achieving outcomes? Understanding others or influencing them?
Thinking Style
How you process and share ideas. Big-picture or detail-oriented? Linear or flexible? Analytical or intuitive?
Relational Approach
How you handle human dynamics. Direct or diplomatic? Task-focused or people-focused?
Planning and Decisions
Your relationship with time and decisions. Future-focused or present-focused? Deliberate or quick?
Role in Groups
Your natural role in groups. Leading or supporting? Visible or behind-the-scenes? Collaborative or independent?
Adaptability
How consistently or flexibly you communicate across situations.
Across these six areas, your report shows which of the 40 approaches you tend to prefer and maps them on your communication fingerprint chart.
What Your Ratings Show
In each situation, you rate four possible responses. Your report looks at the responses you preferred and the communication approaches they use. Across all 60 situations, this shows the approaches you tend to reach for, and the report describes each one in plain language.
Every approach has value. Each of the 40 approaches is useful in the right moment. Your report shows the ones you tend to choose and how to use them with intention.
Your report describes your preferences in workplace situations, so you can see your own patterns clearly.
How PASS Profile™ Is Different
You may have taken assessments like DISC, Myers-Briggs, or CliftonStrengths. They measure broad personality traits and sort you into types. PASS Profile offers something different.
Communication-specific
PASS focuses on how you communicate and interact in professional settings: the behaviors that shape your daily work relationships and effectiveness.
Scenario-based
PASS presents real workplace situations and asks how much each possible response sounds like you. Your ratings show the approaches you favor in situations like the ones you face at work.
Truly individual
DISC and Myers-Briggs sort results into 4 or 16 types, and CliftonStrengths ranks 34 themes. PASS describes each of 40 communication approaches on its own, using your ratings across all 60 situations, so your report reflects your own pattern.
100% asset-based
Every approach is useful in the right setting. Your report shows which approaches you tend to prefer and how to use them with intention.
What You'll Receive
After completing the assessment (30 to 60 minutes), you'll receive your personalized PDF report, delivered to your email.
Your report draws on all 240 of your ratings to show which of the 40 communication approaches you favored, area by area. Some passages are written with AI help, and your name is never sent to the AI.
Your report includes:
Profile at a Glance
A quick snapshot of your results before the detail.
Executive Summary and Style Title
A short summary with a style title drawn from your ratings, such as "Tactful, results-focused communicator."
How to Read Your Report
A short guide to the counts and terms the report uses.
Communication Fingerprint Chart
A visual map of the approaches you tend to prefer across all six areas.
Six Area Pages
One page for each area: communication purpose, thinking style, relational approach, planning and decisions, role in groups, and adaptability.
Practical Scenarios
Common work conversations, with words to try and a way to prepare for each one.
Career Contexts
Work roles that call on the approaches you favored.
Similar Well-Known Communicator
A well-known communicator who shares some of your approaches.
Development Roadmap
Next steps built on approaches you already favor.
Quick Reference Card
A compact summary for daily use.
Working with [Name]
A shareable page for colleagues about how to work well with you.
All 40 Approaches on One Page
Every approach and what your ratings showed for it, together in one view.
Who PASS Profile™ Is For
Communication is at the heart of all human interaction. How you communicate shapes your relationships, your effectiveness, and your experience at work. Understanding your natural patterns, and learning to use them with intention, has profound implications.
Professionals at any stage
Who want to communicate with more clarity, confidence, and intention. When you understand your style, you experience greater job satisfaction, fewer workplace conflicts, improved productivity, and stronger professional relationships.
Leaders and managers
Who want to understand how their communication style impacts their teams, and how to adapt when the situation calls for it. Pair PASS with speaking coaching for maximum impact.
People in transition
New role, promotion, career change, or team reorganization. Anyone who wants to communicate with confidence in a new context.
Teams and organizations
Seeking better collaboration. When team members understand each other's communication patterns, they work together more effectively, leading to improved performance and stronger outcomes.
Coaches, consultants, and HR professionals
Looking for a diagnostic foundation for development conversations and team building. Reach out to discuss organizational applications.
High-stakes communicators
Leaders, medical professionals, attorneys, educators, and anyone whose effectiveness depends on clear, intentional communication.
How It Works
Purchase and log in
After checkout, you'll receive login credentials to access the assessment platform.
Complete the assessment
You'll encounter 60 workplace scenarios. For each one, you'll rate four possible responses on a scale of 1–5 based on how much each sounds like you, producing 240 individual data points. Every option reflects a valid professional approach. There are no right or wrong answers.
The assessment takes 30–60 minutes. Your progress auto-saves on every response, and you can use the "Save and Exit" button anytime to stop and pick up exactly where you left off.
Receive your report
Once complete, your personalized PDF report is generated and delivered to your email, typically within minutes.
Apply what you learn
Use your report to communicate with more intention. Share the "Working with [Name]" page with colleagues. Follow the development roadmap. Return to your report whenever you face new situations or decisions.
Optional: Book a coaching session
I offer one-on-one sessions (in person or virtually) to review your results in depth and apply them to specific professional challenges. Book a session to get started.
Learn about speaking coaching →How I Use PASS Profile™ in Coaching
PASS Profile started as a tool I developed for my speaking clients. When someone comes to me wanting to communicate with more clarity, confidence, or presence, understanding their natural communication patterns gives us a powerful starting point.
The report shows the approaches they already favor, so we can build on them. It points to the situations that call on those approaches, so they can seek them out. And it highlights opportunities to expand their range when certain contexts call for a different approach.
For professionals working on communication presence and impact, the assessment is often pivotal. For clients focused on vocal technique, projection, or accent work, we may take a different path. Every client's needs are unique. Learn more about my background and how I bring PASS into team workshops.
PASS Profile™ Beyond the Studio
While I developed PASS for my coaching practice, the assessment has applications well beyond one-on-one work.
For coaches and consultants
Use PASS as a diagnostic foundation with your own clients. The detailed report accelerates coaching conversations and provides shared vocabulary for discussing communication patterns.
For HR and team leaders
Help employees understand their communication strengths and how to work effectively with colleagues who communicate differently. The Team Dynamics Alignment report shows how team members' favored approaches fit together. Available for groups of 2 to 12.
For educational institutions
Prepare students and graduates to understand and articulate their professional communication style as they enter the workforce.
For high-stakes communicators
Leaders, politicians, medical professionals, attorneys, and anyone whose effectiveness depends on clear, intentional communication.
If you're interested in using PASS Profile in your organization or practice, reach out. Voice-Brand Alignment and Team Dynamics Alignment are available now. Team workshops coming soon. Email PASS@tedsvoiceacademy.com
The PASS Profile™ Ecosystem
PASS Profile is part of a three-product communication intelligence system. Each product builds on the one before it: showing WHAT you favor as a communicator, HOW to apply it in your role, and how your pattern INTERACTS with others.
PASS Profile
Your communication fingerprint. 60 workplace situations and 40 communication approaches in six areas, delivered as a personalized PDF report.
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PASS + Voice-Brand Bundle
Everything in PASS Profile, plus a role-specific Voice-Brand Alignment report that applies the approaches you favor to your job, industry, and audiences.
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Team Dynamics Alignment
Team analysis for groups of 2-12. Includes a team map of each member's favored approaches, a page for each person, working in pairs, team situations, and a team conversation guide. Requires each member to have a completed PASS Profile.
Build Your Team Report →PASS Profile™ Resources
Use these to learn more.
Watch: Discover Your Communication Fingerprint
Common Questions About PASS Profile™
How is PASS Profile different from DISC or Myers-Briggs?
DISC, Myers-Briggs, and CliftonStrengths measure broad personality traits and sort you into types: one of 4, 16, or 34 categories. PASS Profile focuses on communication in professional settings. It presents 60 real workplace situations and looks at 40 communication approaches in six areas. Your report shows the approaches you tend to prefer and how to use them with intention.
Is PASS Profile a personality test?
PASS is a professional development tool focused on communication at work. It looks at how you rate responses to workplace situations and describes the communication approaches you tend to prefer, so you can use them with intention.
How does the assessment work?
You'll encounter 60 workplace situations. For each one, you rate four possible responses on a 1-5 scale based on how much each sounds like you. This produces 240 individual ratings. Your ratings feed into 40 communication approaches. There are no right or wrong answers. Your progress auto-saves on every response, and you can pause and resume anytime.
How long does the assessment take?
The assessment takes 30 to 60 minutes. There's no time limit. Go at your own pace. Your progress auto-saves on every response, and the "Save and Exit" button lets you stop anytime and return later to pick up exactly where you left off.
Will my results match someone else's?
Your report is built from your own 240 ratings, so the pattern it describes is yours. It describes the approaches you tend to prefer across all 60 situations. Two people can share a style title and still prefer different approaches.
What does my PASS Profile report show?
Your report shows which of the 40 communication approaches you tend to prefer, based on how you rated the responses in 60 workplace situations. It groups the approaches into six areas, explains each one in plain language, and gives practical ways to use your preferred approaches with intention. Every approach is useful in the right situation.
Can I use this for hiring or screening?
No. PASS Profile is explicitly a professional development tool. It is not designed or validated for hiring, screening, or selection decisions. It measures communication preferences, not competence, ability, or job performance. It's designed to help individuals and teams understand and use their communication patterns with intention, not to evaluate or rank people.
Can I share my results with my team?
Yes. Your report includes a shareable "Working with [Name]" page, written for colleagues so they can quickly see how to work well with you. It's also available as a one-click copy from your client portal.
Can teams use PASS Profile together?
Yes. Each team member takes the individual PASS assessment first. Then the Team Dynamics Alignment report shows a team map of each member's favored approaches, a page for each person, working in pairs, team situations, and a team conversation guide. TDA is available for teams of 2-12 people, priced from $39.99 to $119.99 by team size.
What is Voice-Brand Alignment?
Voice-Brand Alignment is the "what does this mean for MY job?" layer on top of your PASS Profile. You provide your job title, industry, key audiences, role description, and the challenges you face. Your report applies the approaches you favor to your role: your audiences, a role playbook of key conversations, a communication brand statement, the challenges you named, a 90-day plan, and a quick reference card. Available in the PASS + Voice-Brand Bundle for $59.99.
What is Team Dynamics Alignment?
Team Dynamics Alignment shows how the communication approaches on a team fit together. It includes a team map of each member's favored approaches, a page for each person, working in pairs, team situations, a team conversation guide, and a quick reference. Available for teams of 2-3 ($39.99), 4-8 ($79.99), or 9-12 ($119.99).
What do I do with my results after I get them?
Your report includes a development roadmap built on approaches you already favor, practical scenarios with words to try, a shareable "Working with [Name]" page for colleagues, a quick reference card for daily use, and a well-known communicator who shares some of your approaches. You can also book a one-on-one coaching session (in person or virtually) to review your results in depth and apply them to specific professional challenges.
How much does PASS Profile cost?
PASS Profile is $49.99. The PASS + Voice-Brand Bundle is $59.99 (saves $10 vs. purchasing separately). Team Dynamics Alignment is $39.99 for 2-3 members, $79.99 for 4-8, or $119.99 for 9-12. All reports are personalized PDFs delivered to your email within minutes of completion.
Understand how you communicate. Use it on purpose.
Your communication fingerprint reveals the patterns that shape how you connect, collaborate, and lead. When you understand these patterns, you can use them with intention. In any professional context, with any audience, for any purpose.
Questions? Email PASS@tedsvoiceacademy.com
Master Your PASS Profile
Your PASS Profile shows you how you communicate at work. This course shows you what to do with it. Eight short modules take your own results and turn them into how you run a meeting, write an email, handle a hard conversation, and work with people whose pattern differs from yours. $59.99 alongside the assessment.