Systemic work

Some situations are stuck in a way that logic cannot resolve. A team that keeps faltering after a reorganisation, a successor who never quite settles in, a collaboration that works on paper but grates in the room. Systemic work gives you the language and the working methods for exactly these issues.

Description

Systemic work does not ask 'what is the problem', but 'what place does this have in the larger whole' and 'which principle is being disrupted here'. You learn to look at undercurrents: loyalties that nobody names out loud, exclusions from the past, positions that are not right. That is often where the real weight of an issue lies.

You work with the three core principles from Bert Hellinger's thinking. Order is about who came where and when. Belonging is about who is part of the system and who has been excluded. Exchange is about what people give and receive, and whether that is in balance. Once you recognise these principles, you suddenly see how they show up in behaviour, conversation and group dynamics.

In addition to observing and recognising, you also practise with interventions. You learn to ask systemic questions that deepen without pushing, and you are introduced to constellations as a working method. You practise with your own cases and with cases from fellow participants, so that everything you learn is directly reflected in your own working practice.

By the end you will have a set of concrete interventions, a sharper eye for undercurrents and insight into your own position in the systems in which you work. You will also know when a systemic perspective helps, and when a different approach is more appropriate.

Topics

• Systemic thinking: what is a system and what makes it complex
• The three systemic principles: order, belonging and exchange
• Systemic perspective: recognising undercurrents in situations
• Disturbances: loyalties, exclusions and a breach of order
• Asking systemic questions: opening up, going deeper and naming
• Interventions in coaching and consultancy
• The constellation as a working method: what you can and cannot do with it
• Systemic work with teams and group dynamics
• Systemic work with organisations: mergers, reorganisations and succession
• Your own position in the systems in which you work
• When a systemic approach helps and when a different approach is more suitable

Result

After this course you look at situations in your work through a systemic lens and recognise patterns you did not see before. You understand how disturbances in order, bonding or exchange show themselves in behaviour and conversation, and you have the language to make that open to discussion.

Specifically, by the end you will be able to:

• analyse a situation systemically and name the undercurrent;
• work with the principles of order, bonding and exchange;
• asking systemic questions that add depth without steering;
• facilitating a simple constellation as a working method in coaching or team work;
• recognise disruptions in teams and organisations during mergers, reorganisations or succession;
• see your own place in the system in which you work;
• judge when a systemic perspective helps and when it does not.

Target audience

Do you work with people going through change and regularly come across situations that simply won't shift on a rational level? Then this course gives you a powerful extra lens.

The course is intended for:

• coaches and team coaches who want to look more deeply at the dynamics in their work;
• consultants and HR professionals who work with organisational change;
• managers who want to understand what is going on beneath the surface in their team;
• mediators who deal with deadlocked conflicts and working relationships;
• professionals in healthcare, education or social services who want to become familiar with systemic work.

Teaching method

You get an experience-based course from an experienced trainer. Each day combines a short introduction to the theory with plenty of practice: constellations, case discussions and role play. You work with your own practical cases and with cases from fellow participants, so you move directly between theory and application.

The trainer has been working with the systemic perspective for years and brings practical experience from coaching, team work and organisational consultancy. At the end of the course you will have a concrete set of interventions that you can use in your own work.

Prior knowledge

You don't need any specific prior knowledge for this course. It is helpful, however, if you have work experience in coaching, consultancy, HR, management or another role in which you work with people and groups. That way you can apply the systemic perspective directly to situations from your own practice.

Comments

You work with your own cases, so think in advance about a situation from your work that you would like to examine. That makes what you learn immediately applicable.

In-company

Would you like to organise this training for a whole group or several groups? This can be cost-effective. For example, we can tailor the content entirely to your organisation, and training a whole group is also cheaper.

Are you looking at large numbers of participants or a complete academy? That involves a great deal. Consider planning and communication, for example, or identifying and agreeing the objectives and content of the training. Or differences in level, feedback mechanisms and safeguarding. Fortunately, Learnit has extensive experience in this field (more than 25 years) and we are happy to help you through this process.

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Language

The training is given in Dutch as standard. The trainer has a good command of English. English-language course material can be used. With a minimum enrolment of 3 participants, the training can also be given entirely in English.