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Secret Page 3 · Key-Startup 1–3

SGL start up online

SGL requires active learning to get started.

We have therefore made three simple and interactive introductory courses of about 30 minutes. Here is the first three start ups, which will help you:

  • to separate and understand the color language of blue, red, yellow and purple.
  • to recognize and remember the alphabet of 5 + 5 + 5 – icon/symbols.
  • to use the four levels of the decision tree.
Begin Start-Up 1 → 0 of 8 steps done · about 80 minutes in total
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The same rhythm three times

Read, then test, then listen.

1

Read the lesson

A few minutes of reading before every exercise, so the test has something to stand on.

2

Test yourself

Match colours, symbols and answers directly on the page. Nothing is graded, and you can try again.

3

Listen and reply

Sit back with the podcast, then send your feedback to the SGL coach.

✓

Your place is kept

Tick a step and it stays ticked on this device. The bar under the menu shows how far you are.

Start up 1

30 minutes

How to seperate your communication?

When you speak to communicate a message, you unconsciously shift between four different “frequencies.” In everyday language, we call them body language, head language, heart language, and gut language. Each one adds its own tone to your message, and together they strengthen what you want to say.

The purpose of “separating” and analyzing your message into these color-frequencies is to make the unconscious conscious—so you can present your message in the best possible way. Spend the next three minutes reading Lesson 1.1. Then test yourself by placing each of the four labels on its colour.

Fargefrekvens-diagrammet fra Start-Up 1
The four frequencies of one message.

Exercise

Which colour carries each language?

PRIVAT

GUT-feeling

PPP-body

BODY-language

Professional

HEAD-language

PERSONAL

HEART-language

Podcast 1

Listen to our AI podcast →

Sit back comfortably in your favorite chair; it will guide you through the SGL Start-Up.

Your three steps

Click a step to tick it off yourself when you have done it. The exercise is ticked automatically once every answer is correct.

Start up 2

30 minutes

The symbols of the SGL alphabet

SGL uses a color language with four colors—Blue, Red, Yellow, and Purple—along with an “alphabet” of 15 symbols/icons to illustrate its messages. In every illustration, the colors communicate the same underlying meanings, while the symbols are specific to each theme. Together, they create a three-dimensional message of content, color, and form—easy to remember and easy to communicate within any team or organization using SGL.

We learned about colors and message separation in Start-Up 1. Now we will look at the first five symbols/icons used to illustrate the messages in Secret 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Each symbol represents a blue, fact-oriented theme, while the colors express the dominant “language colors” in the processes.

SGL-alfabetet — de 15 symbolene
The alphabet of 5 + 5 + 5 icons.

Exercise

Spend the next 9 minutes reading the lesson pages, then mark the headline you believe is correct for each symbol.

Lesson pages: Secrets 01 · Secrets 02 · Secrets 03 · Secrets 04 · Secrets 05

Symbol

Secret 01

Symbol

Secret 02

Symbol

Secret 03

Symbol

Secret 04

Symbol

Secret 05

Podcast 2

Listen to our second AI podcast →

After marking your answers, sit back and let the podcast take you through the use of SGL.

Your three steps

Click a step to tick it off yourself when you have done it. The exercise is ticked automatically once every answer is correct.

Start up 3

20 minutes

The decision tree as symbol and communication icon

Your decision-making profile matters. Decision competence means knowing your strengths and weaknesses in critical situations. Your profile in unfamiliar situations can be:

  • observed and described (see the Belbin-inspired material on leadership styles),
  • identified through extensive questionnaires, or
  • understood through the SGL method, which shows that your decision-making profile does not depend on knowledge or experience, but on your temperament – using just two simple but powerful questions.
Beslutningstreet — fire nivåer
The four levels and eight decision roles of the decision tree.

Start by testing yourself

Question 1

Think about your classmates in primary and secondary school. In critical situations, did you usually react faster than most of them?

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Question 2

Think about your roles as a leader at different levels. Do you prefer having a trusted assistant who is quicker than you?

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Beslutningstreet i egget

Take three minutes

to identify your profile

Follow the link to Lesson 4.1 and find your position — Yellow / Blue / Red / Purple — on the decision tree.

How SGL works

Two ways of describing the same leader

The SGL method goes to the roots of human temperament to explain leadership styles. SGL describes four decision levels and eight decision roles on the decision tree. Natan Mohart on LinkedIn uses nine observed leadership styles (jfr. Belbin) from famous leaders. If you try to connect the two systems it can be an interesting and useful exercise. We will therefore like to challenge you to take another three minutes to “SGL-color-code” the observed leadership styles into Blue / Red / Yellow / Purple.

The nine observed leadership styles (Natan Mohart)

1.Autocratic

Drives results through clarity, authority and precision.

2.Visionary

Paints a bold picture of the future and inspires pursuit.

3.Democratic

Unites people through inclusion and shared decisions.

4.Servant

Leads with empathy and puts others first.

5.Delegative

Empowers skilled people with trust and autonomy.

6.Coaching

Guides others with feedback, support and care.

7.Laissez-faire

Encourages freedom, creativity and exploration.

8.Charismatic

Inspires action through energy, confidence and passion.

9.Transformational

Combines vision and empathy to drive progress.

For each style, decide which SGL colour it belongs to: Blue, Red, Yellow or Purple.

Well done — you can compare your suggestions with ours!

Your two steps

Click a step to tick it off yourself when you have done it. The exercise is ticked automatically once every answer is correct.

After the start-ups

Then send us your feedback

Questions and comments go straight to your SGL coach. – Best regards, your SGL coach

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One box for all three start-ups

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