Team8 People for Tactical
Team8 People delivers behavioral and emotional intelligence assessments that are used by operational leadership, peer support, training programs, and consultants working with high-stakes operational environments worldwide.
Who We Work with in Tactical Environments
Team8 People for Tactical is a specialist behavioral and emotional intelligence assessment practice purpose-built for emergency services, defense, and tactical operational environments. The flagship assessment is the TacticalDISC Profile – designed specifically for police, fire and rescue, ambulance and paramedicine, defense force units, special operations, tactical response groups, search and rescue, and corrections – addressing behavior during critical incidents, command dynamics, inter-agency work, and operating under sustained pressure. Tactical practitioners also use the EI-360 Emotional Intelligence assessment and the Team8 Leadership 360 for command and senior leadership, alongside DISC Accreditation for consultants delivering inside the sector.
- Police services including frontline officers, detectives, command, peer support, and training programs
- Fire and rescue services including operational crews, station leadership, command, and training academies
- Ambulance and paramedicine services including operational paramedics, station leadership, clinical leadership, and peer support
- Defense force units including special operations, combined arms, and conventional units
- Tactical response groups including search and rescue, corrections, and other high-stakes operational environments
- Cadets, students, and individuals on the pathway into any of the above professions
- Consultants and peer-support practitioners working with operational teams
Our Assessments For Tactical
DISC Profiles & 360 Assessments that are specific to tactical environments.
TacticalDISC Profile
The TacticalDISC Behavioral Profile is purpose-built for environments where the stakes are high and the margin for error is small.
The Report addresses behavior during critical incidents, command dynamics, inter-agency work, and consistent personal performance under sustained pressure.
EI 360 (Emotional Intelligence 360)
The Emotional Intelligence (EI) 360 measures self-perception combined with observer feedback across the four elements and 18 competencies of emotional intelligence.
This assessment is particularly relevant for command, senior leadership, and operators carrying responsibility for others under pressure.
Team8 Leadership 360 (for Command and Senior Leadership)
The Team8 Leadership 360 is a multi-rater leadership effectiveness review for command-level and senior leadership in emergency services and defense. This report measures how the leader is perceived by the operators, peers, and stakeholders they lead alongside.
Our Programs and Services for Tactical
Workshops, Accreditation, and Leadership Development Programs.
DISC Workshops (for tactical units)
Tailored In-Person or Virtual Workshops
For tactical units, station crews, command teams, and combined-agency groups. Turn an individual TacticalDISC Profile Report into the conversation that builds unit cohesion and reduces friction in the field.
Become Accredited
Deliver the TacticalDISC Profile inside your own training, leadership, or peer-support work. Designed for consultants, peer-support practitioners, and senior operators wanting to embed the work across their unit or agency.
Tailored one-on-one accreditation with Bo Hanson, four-time Olympic representative.
Tactical Leadership Development
Tailored Leadership Development
Tailored leadership development engagements for command-level and senior leadership in emergency services and defense. Combining TacticalDISC, EI-360, and Team8 Leadership 360 for the most complete picture of how a leader is operating under sustained operational pressure.
Why Tactical Organizations Choose Team8 People
Built for the Field - Not the Boardroom.
The TacticalDISC Behavioral Profile is purpose-built for environments where effective communication is critical and people need to function under sustained pressure in high pressure contexts.
Defensible. Practical.
The reports and 360 outputs are structured to be practical and applied in the next debrief, the next training session, or the next critical incident.
Partnership, not transaction.
No annual reaccreditation fees, no cost-per-report for unit-level outputs, no surcharges for additional capabilities.
Designed to embed across an entire unit or agency. We are genuinely invested in the success of the organizations we work with.
Hear from others' experience
Ready to make behavior under pressure visible and developable?
Tell us about your service, your unit, or your operational context, and we'll point you to the assessments, accreditation, and programs most relevant to your work.
Quick FAQs
What is the TacticalDISC Profile?
The TacticalDISC Profile is a behavioral assessment purpose-built for emergency services, defense, and tactical operational environments.
It addresses behavior during critical incidents, command dynamics, inter-agency work, and how to maintain consistent personal performance under sustained operational pressure.
Designed for police, fire and rescue, ambulance and paramedicine, defense force units, and tactical response teams.
Is TacticalDISC validated for high-stakes operational environments?
The underlying DISC framework has decades of psychometric research behind it.
The TacticalDISC application has been developed with experienced practitioners in emergency services and defense to ensure the language, examples, and applied strategies are credible to the people who use it.
We recommend talking with us about your specific operational context before deploying at scale.
Can we deploy TacticalDISC across an entire unit or agency
Yes, that's where it works best!
Unit or agency-wide deployment unlocks Team Dynamics reporting, gives leadership a shared behavioral language, and creates the basis for cohesion work that lasts through changes in personnel and command.
Can we become accredited to deliver TacticalDISC inside our own training program?
Yes.
The DISC Accreditation pathway is open to consultants, peer-support practitioners, and operators wanting to deliver the TacticalDISC inside their own training or leadership work.
The accreditation is delivered one-on-one and tailored to your operational context.