Level 8: Take your organisation to the next level

Name: Level 8: Take your organisation to the next level
Rating: 4.9 (7 reviews)

Create an ideal mix of self management and hierarchy

Created byArne de Vet, Martijn van der Erve

Last updated 7/2024

English

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What you'll learn

Learn new ways of working at work
Improve decision-making and meetings
Learn how to combine self-management and hierarchy
Make your organisation more adaptable and quick

Course content

5 sections • 13 lectures • 31m total length

Introduction1:43
After this introduction, the course consists of 10 videos of 2-3 minutes each. Each video explains one building block. They are short and compact. You will need to relisten to them a second and even a third time to be able to start applying them in your work.

Connecting communication: talking and listening in a direct and respectful way1:43
Use connecting communication to strengthen relationships by following four stages—observations, feelings, needs, and a direct request—speaking in I language and avoiding judgment, especially when emotionally triggered.
Quiz Connecting Communication
No Objection Decision-Making: making better and faster decisions2:18
Learn no objection decision-making, a method that speeds up decisions by seeking broad advice, checking objections, and adapting proposals until no objections remain.
Quiz No Objection Decision-Making
The Three-Step Meeting: holding engaging and productive meetings2:04
Learn to run engaging three-step meetings that accelerate topic coverage and action. Start with a listening round, discuss topics with owners, and capture next actions, boosting productivity and energy.
Quiz Three-Step-Meeting

The Dudas: a pragmatic approach to working with values1:15
Explore dudas, colorful characters that embody the company's values and guide daily work. Self-assess each duda and place one on your desk to reinforce speed, customer focus, and quality.
The Empty Chair: ensuring free flow of information1:07
Keep the information flowing openly by maintaining an open empty chair in meetings, inviting cross-team participation to learn, generate ideas, and influence decisions while respecting needed training for sensitive discussions.
Personal Goals: strengthening the team while setting personal goals2:04
In level eight, align your personal goals with team and company goals through self-evaluation, a collaborative team session with feedback, and refine them in a subsequent one-on-one session.
Leadership: helping everyone act as both a leader and a follower2:28
Defines a leadership philosophy where everyone leads themselves, colleagues, and their circle by serving others, taking ownership, seeking feedback, and aligning toward the organization's greater good.
Leadership (optional: longer version)10:27
Quiz about advanced building blocks

Circles & roles: structuring a team and an organisation2:10
Discover how circles function as dynamic, temporary teams with evolving roles, and why cross-circle participation broadens perspective for new joiners and the whole organization.
Strategy days: shaping strategy with people diagonally across the organisation2:07
Lead strategy days that crowdsource challenges from a diagonal cross-section of the organization, then break into breakouts for action-focused discussions, followed by follow-up actions and three-step meetings.
Red Flag Trio: nipping an emerging crisis in the bud1:20
raise the red flag promptly to form the red flag trio, convene an impromptu meeting, and involve internal or external experts to nip the crisis in the bud.
Quiz about building blocks for team leaders and organisation leaders

Requirements

No requirements.

Description

This course helps you introduce new ways of working in your team or across your organisation, taking your organisation to the next level. The 8 stands for infinity and growth.

Adopting these ways of working helps to increase engagement and success throughout the organisation. Level 8 relies on a healthy mix of self-management best-practices and a sprinkling of hierarchy, only where needed to ensure decisions get taken and differences get resolved healthily.

Level 8 has been tried and tested in numerous organisations in numerous countries.

The course consists of 10 videos of 2-3 minutes each. Each video explains one building block. They are short and compact. You will need to relisten to them a second and even a third time to be able to start applying them in your work.

Core building blocks for team members

Connecting communication: talking and listening in a direct and respectful way
No Objection Decision-Making: making better and faster decisions
The Three-Step Meeting: holding engaging and productive meetings

Advanced Building Blocks for team members

The Dudas: a pragmatic approach to working with values
The Empty Chair: ensuring free flow of information
Personal Goals: strengthening the team while setting personal goals
Leadership: helping everyone act as both a leader and a follower

Building blocks for team leaders and organisation leaders

Circles & roles: structuring a team and an organisation
Strategy days: shaping strategy with people diagonally across the organisation
Red Flag Trio: nipping an emerging crisis in the bud

Who this course is for:

Team members in an organisation
Team leaders / coordinators / managers
Company leaders

Level 8: Take your organisation to the next level

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Core building blocks for team members3 lectures • 6min

Advanced building blocks for team members5 lectures • 17min

Building blocks for team leaders and organisation leaders3 lectures • 6min

Wrapping up1 lecture • 1min

Requirements

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