Fewer misunderstandings
When people understand how others work, everyday communication becomes clearer and less prone to friction.
Smoother collaboration
Teams navigate differences in working styles more easily and collaborate with less tension.
Clearer alignment
Teams develop clearer expectations around how work gets done and how decisions are made.
Stronger working relationships
Shared understanding builds trust and improves how people work together over time.
Fewer misunderstandings
When people understand how others work, everyday communication becomes clearer and less prone to friction.
Smoother collaboration
Teams navigate differences in working styles more easily and collaborate with less tension.
Collaboration Software That Explains the People, Not Just the Work
Your team already has somewhere to put the tasks. What it does not have is a shared understanding of how each person works. Marlee is a collaboration and performance OS that makes those differences visible, so teams stop guessing at each other. Free to get started, with your first insights available in minutes.
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Why Collaboration Software Often Falls Short
Collaboration tools are very good at routing work. They move tasks, thread conversations, and keep a record of who said what. None of that explains why two capable people keep talking past each other.
Collaboration breaks down for human reasons. Someone needs the full context before they will commit and reads a quick decision as being steamrolled. Someone else needs momentum and reads the request for context as foot-dragging. Both are working in good faith. Neither can see the other's operating logic.
Adding another tool does not fix that. The information the team is missing is not in the tool. It is in each other.
How Marlee Helps You Collaborate Better
Collaboration reflects how people experience working together. When communication, motivation, and working styles are misunderstood, friction builds and the work slows down.
Marlee is a collaboration and performance OS built on motivation science. Using the Marlee Motivational Analysis, grounded in 25 years of research and measuring 48 distinct work motivations with up to 98% analysis reliability, Marlee gives individuals and teams a clear understanding of how each person works best.
These motivations shape how people communicate, make decisions, and collaborate at work. Making them visible helps teams move past guesswork and build collaboration on genuine understanding rather than assumption.
What this enables in practice:
Understand what motivates you and your teammates
Gain a clear view of how each person prefers to communicate, collaborate, and approach work so you can bring out the best in each other.
Use insights when they matter most
Get guidance in the moments that count: starting a new role, working with a new teammate, or navigating a period of change.
Develop more effective ways of collaborating
Personalized guidance is available to every individual on the team, so better collaboration is not limited to a single workshop or offsite.
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Outcomes for Individuals and Managers
Marlee supports the outcomes that matter most in everyday work, not just collaboration metrics. By helping people understand how they and their teammates work best, Marlee creates measurable impact across connection, communication, performance, and development.
Fewer misunderstandings
When people understand how others work, everyday communication becomes clearer and less prone to friction.
Smoother collaboration
Teams navigate differences in working styles more easily and collaborate with less tension.
Clearer alignment
Teams develop clearer expectations around how work gets done and how decisions are made.
Stronger working relationships
Shared understanding builds trust and improves how people work together over time.
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What You Get When You Start for Free
Marlee is free to get started and gives individuals and teams immediate, practical insight into how they work best together.
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Understand what makes you tick
Answer questions on what motivates you and receive your personalized Marlee Motivational Analysis: a science-backed view of your 48 work motivations, communication style, strengths, and blind spots. Most people have their first "aha" moment within minutes.
See how your team is wired
Invite your teammates to connect in the Marlee app. Once they answer questions on what motivates them, you can compare motivations, spot where your styles align, and understand exactly how to bring out the best in each other.
Get up and running in minutes
Creating your account takes a few clicks. There is no complex setup and no waiting. Your first insights are available straight away.
Collaborate with confidence
Ask
Marlee anything: "How do I work better with this person?" or "What is my biggest blind spot?"
AI Coach Marlee responds with guidance grounded in your actual motivational data, not generic advice.
Focused on people, not just tasks
Marlee brings visibility into what motivates people and how they prefer to work, which is often missing from traditional collaboration tools.
Personalized insight, not generic advice
Instead of one-size-fits-all guidance, Marlee surfaces practical insight based on your actual motivational data so you can apply it in real moments with real people.
Start on your own
You do not need anyone's permission to try this. Start with your own analysis and invite teammates when it makes sense.
Free to get started, right now
Nothing to install, nobody to ask, and no credit card required. Create an account and start seeing insights today.
How Marlee Is Different from Other Collaboration Tools
Most collaboration tools help you manage the work. Marlee helps you understand the people doing it.
See what Marlee can do for you and your team
Create your free Marlee account and start understanding how you and your teammates work best. No setup required.
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Research and Evidence
The
Motivational Analysis draws on 25 years of research into leadership motivation and organizational performance, one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind. Marlee's team collaboration programs are built on that same foundation, developed by founder Michelle Duval from her research and practice as a pioneer of professional coaching.
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Trusted by Leading Teams
Marlee is a central component of our people growth strategy at Canva. The tool empowers us to harness our unique culture and optimize performance as we scale.
Cliff Obrecht
Co-founder and COO, Canva
Marlee is very relevant for our team. It allowed us to connect also on a personal level and not just on work. It helps us have better connection, better working relationship.
Dominic Mellor
Principal Investment Specialist, ADB Ventures
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is collaboration software?
Collaboration software helps people work together by improving how communication, coordination, and day-to-day work happen. Marlee goes further by making the motivations and working styles behind that collaboration visible, which is usually where the friction starts.
How is Marlee different from other collaboration tools?
Most collaboration tools focus on managing tasks and messages. Marlee focuses on how people work. It helps individuals and managers understand what motivates their teammates so collaboration improves in real situations, not just in planning tools.
Do I need to change the tools my team already uses?
Is Marlee free to use?
How quickly will the team notice a difference?
No. Marlee sits alongside whatever you already use to manage work. It adds the layer those tools do not cover, which is a shared understanding of how each teammate is motivated.
Yes. Marlee offers a free plan with no credit card required. You can start getting useful insight straight away and decide if you want to go further.
Most people gain useful insight within minutes of completing their first analysis. Team-level change usually becomes noticeable once a few teammates have connected and you can compare motivations directly.
Ready to improve how you work with others?
You do not need to change your tools or processes to collaborate better. You need a clearer view of how people work. Create your free Marlee account and start building it.
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