Methods

My colorful toolbox

Method diversity is king!

The right method for every challenge

I love methods and I dare say that I have the right method for every challenge. However, I am convinced that there is often no one perfect method. In theory, that may be the case. But what if the method doesn’t suit the client?

The selection of methods for my workshops and coaching sessions requires sensitivity, a feel for the group and experience.

Here I present 4 of my favorite methods for which I am also certified.

Liberating Structures

The perfect basic tool

3D

Worlds

The perfect 360° analysis of your challenge

CIRCYOULAR

The perfect 360° analysis of your team

Facili

TAPE

The perfect setting for our workshop

Liberating Structures

Better results through participation

I love Liberating Structures because they emphasize participation and involvement. They are my basic tool in every workshop to achieve the best possible results for everyone in the team.

Die 33 Mikrostrukturen von Liberating Structures

Liberating Structures are a well-stocked method box that allows everyone to participate. The individual Liberating Structures make it possible to overcome challenges in a targeted and step-by-step manner. They combine carefully structured, skillful sequences, goal-oriented questions and illuminating metaphors. In this way, they can liberate interactions.

Liberating Structures are (currently) 35 microstructures compiled by Keith McCandless and Henri Lipmanowicz.

3D Worlds

Playfully illuminate the colorful facets of your challenge

As a certified 3D Worlds Facilitator, I like to use this method as a starting point for collaboration because it reveals potential that can then be explored in depth together in order to reach the goal step by step.

This method has addictive potential!

3D worlds briefly explained

The 3D worlds method is a playful approach to creating a shared picture of complicated relationships. It is particularly suitable for giving structure to shared content in a team or group and for making decisions transparently. The content is noted on rewritable hexagons (mini whiteboards), which are then clustered and prioritized with the help of height profiles (hence the name 3D worlds).

The method is divided into 4 phases, each of which is self-contained and the results of which provide insightful added value. This makes it possible to achieve valuable interim results efficiently and to give participants the space and time they need – without having to keep an eye on the clock all the time. The 3-dimensional map that is created here enables a more intensive and tangible visualization of the topics than 2-dimensional sticky notes.

circYOUlar

The motivation of your employees

As a certified circYOUlar coach, I often use the circYOUlar motivation analysis to provide managers with fact-based recommendations for optimizing their team.

Schematic circYOUlar profile

A motivated team moves your company forward. For you, this means one thing above all: you need to know the conditions under which your team performs best. However, looking at the collective as such is not enough. You have to delve much deeper into the matter and recognize and understand the motivation of each individual. CIRCYOULAR® enables you to do just that and clearly decipher what drives individuals and what motivation lies behind the behavior of each individual personality. As a certified circYOUlar coach, we develop a plan together on how you can effectively use this dynamic to take your company even further.

Book analysis

What is
CIRCYOULAR®?

CIRCYOULAR® is a motivation analysis platform based on scientific findings. The fact is: everyone is motivated. But only very few people know what they are motivated for. CIRCYOULAR® addresses this issue and creates a so-called DRIVES DNA based on individual motivators (DRIVES). A tailor-made motivational positioning that makes it easier to understand certain situations – whether in a one-to-one meeting, within a team or throughout the company.

What does
CIRCYOULAR® do?

Based on an analysis of various parameters, CIRCYOULAR® primarily creates understanding for one another and thus enables an appreciation of the individual strengths and drivers of our fellow human beings. At the same time, CIRCYOULAR® reveals tensions and, above all, potentials that enable constructive and targeted communication – from managers to employees to applicants.

Who uses
CIRCYOULAR®?

Wherever people work together, CIRCYOULAR® is the ideal solution for sustainably motivated teams. In this respect, CIRCYOULAR® is primarily aimed at companies, but does not differentiate between managers, employees or applicants in terms of effectiveness. On the contrary: the methodology behind CIRCYOULAR® analyzes a person’s drive and motivation regardless of their function. It is therefore used for manager, employee and team coaching and has proven to be a powerful tool for managers and HR departments.

FaciliTAPE

No more boring workshop rooms

As a coach, I spend a lot of time in meeting rooms and seminar hotels. At least half of them are so dreary that creative collaboration and innovative results are almost unthinkable. This situation is a thing of the past!

Tape Lovers united

With the Taping facilitation method, I use the spatial conditions to get even more out of our workshop. The visual support often turns a simple check-in into a feast for the eyes that is fun.

Tape not only makes each method more colorful, it also invites the participants to move around the room and literally help shape the result.

At the end of the workshop day, the results are impressively displayed on the wall.

I also love to use tape for an energizer in between or for a more extensive team-building session when the aim is to create a joint team work of art.