High Performance Simplified Across South Korea.
South Korea’s workplaces are changing fast: flatter structures, younger workforces and organisations under pressure to develop leaders and retain talent in a competitive market.
TMS Global brings world-class, evidence-based psychometric tools to South Korean organisations, delivered in Korean, by practitioners with deep local expertise. Validated by the British Psychological Society. Trusted by over 2.5 million people in 190 countries.
Sound Familiar?
South Korean organisations are navigating a distinct set of people challenges right now:
New Expectations
Younger employees expect more dialogue, clearer feedback and greater autonomy, while organisations are working out how to adapt leadership styles without losing cohesion.
Managers Promoted for Results, Not Leadership
High performers might step into leadership roles and find themselves without the tools or self-awareness to bring out the best in others.
Need for Resilience in the face of Change
Digital transformation, global integration and evolving workplace expectations are shifting what organisations need from their people, often before those people have been equipped to respond.
Teams That Work Hard but Not Always Together
Individual effort is strong but collaboration, communication and shared ownership can be harder to build and sustain.
Teams That Struggling Under Pressure
When workloads increase or structures shift, building the resilience to keep people focused and functioning well requires specific tools.
When Feedback Doesn’t Flow Upward
Respect for seniority and hierarchy can make it hard for junior team members to challenge ideas or raise concerns, even when leaders genuinely want more openness.
TMS Global gives your people practical, evidence-based insight into how they work, and gives your organisation the tools to build teams that perform consistently, even when conditions are difficult.
Global Tools Local Expertise Delivered in Korean
TMS Global is represented in South Korea by THE LAB h, an authorised partner and home to a dedicated Master Trainer with over 25 years of experience coaching C-suite leaders and facilitating team development across start-ups, NGOs, Korean conglomerates and multinational companies.
Every TMS accreditation workshop and profile debrief in South Korea combines the rigour of a globally validated psychometric system with deep, on-the-ground knowledge of Korean workplace culture.
Master Trainer Dr. Hoh Kim, work with HR professionals, L&D teams, coaches and consultants to deliver:
- The TMS suite of psychometric profiles – work-focused, scientifically validated tools that go beyond personality typing to measure how people prefer to work, lead and collaborate
- Accreditation in Korean – get your internal team certified to deliver the TMP independently, in your language and your time zone
- Direct facilitation – THE LAB h’s Master Trainer delivers workshops and leadership programs anywhere in South Korea
- Lifelong accreditation with no annual renewal fees and full global portability
Coaches in South Korea joining our in-person or live virtual TMP Accreditation can now count the program toward their ICF credential. TMS Global APAC’s delivery has been approved by the International Coaching Federation for 12 Continuing Coaching Education hours.
What South Korean Organisations Build With TMS Tools
Managers Who Understand Their People
The Team Management Profile (TMP) gives managers a clear, evidence-based picture of how each team member prefers to work, communicate and make decisions. It replaces guesswork with practical insight and gives leaders the language to have more honest, productive conversations – particularly valuable in workplace cultures where direct feedback can be difficult to give or receive.
Teams That Work Better Together
When a team keeps running into the same problems – unclear roles, poor collaboration, uneven workloads – it is rarely about capability. The TMP maps individual work preferences across the Team Management Wheel, making visible the gaps, strengths and imbalances that are holding the team back. Once people can see it clearly, they can act on it.
Leaders Who Grow Into Their Roles
The LLP|360 Linking Leader Profile measures leadership effectiveness across 13 key competencies, using a unique approach that identifies both what leaders should be doing and what they are actually doing. That gap is where targeted development needs to happen. Particularly useful for developing leadership capability.
Resilience When the Pressure Builds
The QO2 Profile reveals how individuals respond to uncertainty and challenge – who moves toward opportunity and who spots risks. This insight helps teams and leaders build the kind of practical resilience that keeps performance steady when change, pressure or disruption arrives.
Two Ways to Get Started With TMS Global in South Korea
TMS Global’s South Korea partner, THE LAB h, brings over 25 years of coaching and leadership development expertise to every workshop and debrief.
Become Accredited
Get certified to deliver TMS profiles and workshops as a consultant or inside your own organisation. Accreditation workshops run regularly in Korean, both virtually and in person.
TMS Global’s in-person Korean TMP Accreditation now carries ICF approval for 12 CCE hours.
Work With a TMS Practitioner
Prefer to have an expert deliver directly for your organisation?
THE LAB h and accredited consultants can run team development workshops and leadership programs wherever you are in South Korea.
What South Korean Leaders Say
I'm grateful to have completed the TMP accreditation workshop. After many years in leadership roles, you assume you understand how to manage and lead but this experience sharpened and redefined my thinking. I now have a deeper appreciation for how individuals prefer to work, and how that differs fundamentally from personality preferences. The program has strengthened not only my leadership approach but also the way I carry myself as a leader.
I had relied on experience to manage teams. But at some point, I felt the need to go beyond experience – to build a structured approach and gain new insights. The result has been extremely rewarding. In particular, our discussions on team management through the lens of TMP theory provided me with many valuable insights. It was absolutely worth investing my weekends over the past five weeks.
Analysing the 8 Types of Work provided the healthy ‘stimulus’ I needed to grow as a leader who makes truly informed, strategic decisions.