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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.
Your challenge lies in steering the various processes toward a common goal. SGL gives you a practical way to work with communication, decisions, relationships, values, and the unconscious images of humanity that guide you.
The secrets are recognitions, not instructions. Start where you are. Begin with the theme that sparks your interest, then follow the journey from there.
Professional · Head
Rational, fact-based language. Color code, flow zones, leadership structure, decision risk, burnout. Secrets 1-5.
Personal · Heart
Relationship-based language. Team roles, chemistry, the triple test, group dynamics, projects. Secrets 6-10.
Private · Gut
Intuitive, trust-based language. Ethics, life areas, hidden creativity, acceptance, wisdom. Secrets 11-15.
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Here are the best SGL experiences online. They are free to read and use. Scroll, click, and explore the part that speaks to your situation.
The SGL Journey
There is no fixed path from alpha to omega. Ask yourself what you are thinking right now, then follow it. Click Key-Content and find a theme that sparks your interest.
Before Start
SGL helps you meet life’s demands in a dynamic interplay toward shared goals. The real secret is collaborating with the wisdom of your own body.
The SGL methodology is available online, as PDF files, and as books. All you have to do is scroll, click, and explore. SGL is a flexible resource that helps you develop your own leadership style and create meaning in small and large choices.
The four-color language that separates communication into professional, personal, private, and archetypal registers.
1,1 - 1,3 →Identify whether you are in flow or stress, and how to move between them consciously in yourself and your team.
2,1 - 2,3 →Double-loop learning, the double experience, and how AI reshapes roles in modern leadership contexts.
3,1 - 3,3 →Decision-making through the color lens, axes, warrior vs. helper modes, and handling risk under pressure.
4,1 - 4,3 →The mountain hike model for understanding exhaustion, bullying patterns, and the path to health and life balance.
5,1 - 5,3 →Tests, facts, the 3 key questions, and the 8 fundamental roles that every high-performing team needs.
6,1 - 6,3 →Strength and shadow, the SGL Gold Circle, and how to build and sustain team energy over time.
7,1 - 7,3 →Three steps, color and targets, and the practical triple test for evaluating situations and relationships.
8,1 - 8,3 →In the same boat, winner team dynamics, and the 5 group KPIs that separate good teams from great ones.
9,1 - 9,3 →Project charters, power and struggle dynamics, and how to lead large group processes effectively.
10,1 - 10,3 →Quality and ethics, the egg symbol, and practical ethical models for navigating complex workplace situations.
11,1 - 11,3 →Life areas mapping, job phases, and situational leadership across the different stages of a working life.
12,1 - 12,3 →Vision and ideas, group coaching methods, and the personal tree of life as a creativity tool.
13,1 - 13,3 →Ego and thou, the life circle, and PTSD as a leadership lens for accepting yourself and others as they are.
14,1 - 14,3 →The Joseph story, forgiveness as a leadership practice, and the SGL Certificate journey.
15,1 - 15,3 →"Our experience is: SGL should be mandatory for organization and start-up of all team and project groups."
Knut Birkeland
HR Director, Norwegian Hydro
"SGL has provided me with practical tools for bringing teamwork to a really high level."
Marianne Iversen
Civil Engineer Executive Coach
"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."
Dag Terje Rian
Investor / CEO Scandpower as
"SGL is an investment in the true values, people, and this investment will give more back than anything else."
Kåre Antonsen
Norwegian Energy Partners
Powered by people, not politics or profit. SGL has a vision that the world needs you as you are. Can you accept that?
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.
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.
Not all knowledge leads to change, but no change happens without knowledge.
WHY · Egg Symbol
The private yellow level mirrors risk, gut feeling, and vulnerability. Remember: you never reach higher than you go within yourself.
HOW · The Pyramid
The personal red level mirrors the organization’s goals and strategies. As leader you know: my management determines the result.
WHAT · Color Language
The professional blue level mirrors rational head communication. Be aware: your words create what they mention.
Independent Situationship Thinking
SGL starts from the situation you are in. You can move through Key-Words, Key-Content, and the secrets in the order that makes sense for your own workday.
How are you?
What do you feel is important in your life? Are you being overlooked, made invisible, deprived of inspiring tasks, or never rewarded as you think you deserve?
SGL Contacts
SGL adds new skills and shakes many managers out of solidified attitudes and ways of thinking. Through SGL, people get greater respect and humility for their head job.
SGL Secrets are available online on web, as PDF files, and as books you can buy on command. Leadership starts with yourself. You have to be what you are. Let SGL make the journey a little easier and more inspiring.