Helping Relationships Before They Begin

Elizabeth and Darren met on Match.com back in 1999 and became early pioneers in Internet dating. As they “talked” by email and phone, they discovered that they spoke each other’s language, shared similar life dreams, and enjoyed enough differences between them to make it interesting.

In the blending of their lives and talents, they explored a give-give relationship, where they devote themselves first to know each other, then to give, not as each would be given to, but as the other wishes.

This marriage model is the basis not only for their personal lives, but also their professional purpose.

Darren, the psychologist, had been thinking, researching, teaching, and sharing ideas about compatibility for years. In fact, it has been the creative focus of his career. Elizabeth, the professional speaker, had been working with team relationships and employee compatibility in the business arena all of her career. In their separate fields they both understood and wanted to prevent the horrific impact of mismatched relationships.

The Compatibility Code is the result of their story.

It was developed to help individuals understand relationship compatibility. Much of the science and research in the Code arose from Darren’s exploration of the predictors of successful relationships and the dynamics of helping behaviors among friends. They blended his research with her practical HR background.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re in a romantic relationship or are strengthening team relationships, compatibility and the way you communicate is essential.