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Leadership speaks in
four languages.

SGL is a practical method built on four colour codes, 15 secrets and a set of SGL-Tools. Anyone who influences their own work situation exercises leadership — that means the vast majority of us.

Start with Secret 1 → How the system works

The colour codes

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The 15 secrets
01Seperate your message into PPP 02Challenge / Skills / Flow-position 03Organisation / Profitt / Quality 04Your Decision Profiles 05Physical / Mental / Social well-being 06Our Strengths and Shadows 07Reflecting Reality 08Actions and Value Systems 09Change and Resistance 10The Winning Team and Power Struggle 11Ethics and values 12Relationships and networking 13Your hidden creativity 14Acceptance and self development 15Forgiveness and wisdom 01Seperate your message into PPP 02Challenge / Skills / Flow-position 03Organisation / Profitt / Quality 04Your Decision Profiles 05Physical / Mental / Social well-being 06Our Strengths and Shadows 07Reflecting Reality 08Actions and Value Systems 09Change and Resistance 10The Winning Team and Power Struggle 11Ethics and values 12Relationships and networking 13Your hidden creativity 14Acceptance and self development 15Forgiveness and wisdom

What SGL is

A shared language
for leadership.

SGL stands for Situational Guided Leadership. It is not a theory to memorise but a set of concrete tools you apply to the situation you are in right now — a conversation, a decision, a conflict, a team. Every secret gives you one distinct thing to look at, and a colour that tells you which kind of language the situation calls for.

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Jan P. Hagberg: My concern is that anyone who influences their own work situation exercises leadership!
That means the vast majority of us.

Have you ever thought about how much influence you have on your own workday? No matter what your role is. – You exercise leadership the moment you influence your own situation. Your challenges – however, lies in steering the various processes towards a common goal.
Here is our best experiences – Start Up Now! online.
Totally free to read and use!”

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Situational

You read the situation first, then choose your approach. No single leadership style works everywhere.

02

Guided

Each secret is a short lesson with theory, a reflection and one exercise you can do the same day.

03

Leadership

Leading yourself counts. The method works for managers, specialists, teachers and parents alike.

The journey

Independent Situationship Thinking

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The four languages, from known creativity to fact language.

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SGL explores the dynamic interplay between “everything that changes” and “the unchanging nature of humanity.” This unique methodology makes SGL both timeless and relevant—everyone will recognise something, and many will find a lot!

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The SGL journey can begun.

There is no fixed path from alpha to omega.
You begin where it feels natural—whether from a corner or right in the middle of the picture.
Are you curious?
Ask yourself: What am I thinking right now?
And then—follow it. Let the journey begin exactly there.
Click Key-Content and find a theme that sparks your interest. – That’s all it takes. You’re on your way. –

Before Start.

A journey with SGL is a journey into your inner landscape—learning to meet life’s many demands in a dynamic interplay toward shared goals. Along the way, you’ll work with tools that enrich your communication (the language of colors), your decisions (the decision tree), your relationships (the chessboard), and your values—including the unconscious images of humanity that guide you. – As you move forward, you’ll discover this:

SGL-secrets is not a textbook.

The “secrets” are not instructions—they are recognitions. They awaken insight, create awareness, and open new possibilities.
It all comes down to starting where you are—not where someone else assumes you should be.
The real secret lies in collaborating with the wisdom of your own body.
This is life experience carried through thousands of years—embedded in your genes—knowing exactly how you respond to hunger, grief, change, discovery, desire, love, relationships, values, and the forces that shape groups, families, and nations in their struggle to survive.

In truth, it is remarkably simple:

Everything is changing — yet the patterns repeat. – Beneath the surface, Homo sapiens still responds much as in the ancient narratives of Abraham’s children – Jews, Christians, and Muslims—in the story of Adam and Eve – with the same hunger, the same grief, the same fight for belonging.”
The secret is to recognize and use the wisdom you already carry: your deepest needs and skills, your innate longing for peace, harmony and love; your intuitive instincts of fear, fight, and flight; and the skills you have learned for mastery and survival.

The color codes

Four languages, one conversation.

Most misunderstandings happen because two people speak different colours at the same time. The codes give you a fast way to name that and switch.

What

Professional

Head language

Head language — facts, information, what can be measured.

Secrets 1–5 · Communications

How

Personal

Heart language

Heart language — relations and engagement. The pyramid test.

Secrets 6–10 · Relations

Why

Private + Body

Gut & Archetypal language

Gut language — trust, ownership, risk, vulnerability. The egg symbol. Together with images and universal symbols: collective wisdom and hidden creative potential.

Secrets 11–15 · Values

SGL-Tools

SGL-Tools

This is where the languages are put to work: the interactive tests you run on yourself, your team or your organisation.

Open the tools →
Coaching Guided conversation, one situation at a time. → Key-Words The vocabulary the whole method rests on. → Key-Index Jump from a situation straight to the secret. → SGL Files The Pyramid test and the rest, ready to run. →

How the system works

15 secrets,
three colour groups.

Each secret is a self-contained lesson: a short theory page, a set of sub-pages, a meditation and one exercise. You can read them in order or jump to the one that matches your situation. The colour of the group tells you which language you are working in. Alongside them sit the SGL-Tools — interactive tests and reference material, not secrets.

SGL-Communications Professional · Head language 1–5
1Color Code 2Flow Zone 3Leadership Structure 4Decision Risk 5Burn Out
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SGL-Relations Personal · Heart language 6–10
6Team Roles 7Personal Chemistry 8The Triple Test 9Group-5 10Projects & Power
View all Secrets 6–10→
SGL-Values Private · Gut + Body · Archetypal 11–15
11Ethics 12Life Areas 13Hidden Creativity 14Acceptance 15Wisdom Management
View all Secrets 11–15→
SGL-Tools Interactive tests Tools
Coaching Key-Words Key-Index SGL Files
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Inside every secret

Theory

The idea in one page, with the model.

Sub-pages

Deeper lessons, numbered 13.1, 13.2 and so on.

Meditation

A short reflection to let the idea settle.

Exercise

One concrete thing to try this week.

The chessboard

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SGL and chess have one secret in common. The chess pieces and the four suit roles in SGL are exactly the same. If you know chess, you can use the SGL methodology to become the best possible version of yourself.

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SGL-Results

SGL has a vision that the world needs you as you are! Can you accept that?

An experience that your quality of life, reflects your way of life!

An experience that leadership is norms and rules that must be followed!

A value orientation and a dialog strategy, to promote you as you are!

An experience that “Not all knowledge leads to change, but no change without knowledge!”

Alongside the method

Books, formats and where SGL comes from

Testimonials

Our friends tell who we are

Knut Birkeland
Knut Birkeland HR Director, Norwegian Hydro / U&P

“Our experience is: SGL should be Mandatory for organization and start-up of all team- and project groups.”

Marianne Iversen
Marianne Iversen Civil Engineer, Executive Coach

“SGL has provided me with practical tools for bringing teamwork to a really high level”

Dag Terje Rian
Dag Terje Rian Investor / CEO, Scandpower as

“The SGL concept was a fantastic starting point. The result was, almost conflict-free communication between employees, which released extra energy to strengthen work towards common goals defined in the strategic plan”

Kåre Antonsen
Kåre Antonsen Norwegian Energy Partners

“SGL is an investment in the true values, people, and this investment will give more back than anything else”.

Get started

Three steps in, you are using it.

No account needed to read. Start-Up 1–3 takes about twenty minutes.

1 Step 1 of 3 Read Start-Up 1–3 Three short pages that explain the colour codes and how to read a situation. Open Start-Up 1→ 2 Step 2 of 3 Find your situation Use the Key-Index to jump straight to the secret that matches what you are facing. Browse Key-Index→ 3 Step 3 of 3 Do one exercise Every secret ends with one thing to try. That is where the method becomes real. See an example→
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