6-day Intensive Systemic team development and leadership

By:

Dees van de Hoef and Jan Jacob Stam

This 6-day “Intensive” program is designed to help you master or refine the art of team development and leadership from a systemic perspective.

Whether you are dealing with complex team dynamics, guiding transformation processes, or looking to enhance your personal impact as a leader, this program offers the tools to achieve that.

It is tailored to your professional needs, offering a balance of theory, practical exercises, and personal development to enhance your skills.

No prior experience with systemic work is required, though it is certainly welcome.

Language: English 

What is it?

In this program, you will sharpen your skills in systemic team development, refine your advisory expertise, and enhance your impact as a professional.

The focus lies on understanding and working with systemic principles and dynamics. Every individual possesses a degree of systemic wisdom, as do all teams and organizations. Systemic team development aims to unlock potential through curiosity, meaningful questions, and targeted interventions.

The ‘state of being’ in teams and organizations

Teams and organizations are complex systems, often influenced and shaped by hidden dynamics below the surface. While visible problems like recurring challenges may point to structural issues, the real insights are often found in the invisible “undercurrent.”

The iceberg metaphor, where only a small portion is visible, applies to systemic team development and leadership. This involves exploring these invisible patterns and dynamics to uncover deeper causes and untapped potential.

Uppercurrent vs. undercurrent

  • Uppercurrent: the visible area. Focuses on planning, vision, and problem-solving, analytical. Here we speak about problems.
  • Undercurrent: the invisible area unconscious patterns and subtle dynamics that influence the system. Here we address symptoms.

By recognizing and acknowledging symptoms in the undercurrent, systemic leaders and developers can untangle blockages, leading to breakthroughs in collaboration, performance, and job satisfaction, transforming obstacles into opportunities for growth.

What you will gain

  • Develop practical skills to recognize and intervene effectively in team dynamics
  • Practical tools for intervening in team dynamics: well-stocked toolbox of systemic leadership tools
  • The ability to use yourself as a finely tuned instrument for change

Who are we?

The program is led by Dees and Jan Jacob. We’ve already introduced ourselves a bit between the lines. If you’d like to know more about us, feel free to read further. 

You can also contact us (call or schedule a Zoom meeting) to get an impression of whether this program is a good fit for you.

For whom?

This program is for developers, leaders (business owners, executives, managers, team leaders), consultants, HR professionals, and others who:

  • Lead teams in dynamic environments
  • Support organizational growth and transformation
  • Seek to enhance their leadership impact with systemic approaches
  • Are drawn to mastering team development techniques and frameworks

Program design and key components

This 6-day intensive program focuses on systemic team development and leadership, based on years of experience with numerous teams and organizations. By the end of the program, you will have a solid framework of theory, tools, and skills to use yourself as an instrument for team development and systemic leadership. Instead of a rigid curriculum, we offer “ingredients,” ensuring alignment with participants’ needs and maximizing learning outcomes.

What is this not?

This is not a training program for facilitating organizational constellations. The focus is on leadership and team development techniques, although visual methods will be used.

Program ingredients and dates

Systemic development

  • Understanding systemic principles for team development and leadership.
  • Exploring interventions: first, second, and third order.
  • Conducting systemic diagnoses: What’s happening here?
  • Practical application and case studies.

Team development essentials

  • 7 Levels of Change: from monitoring to stopping.
  • Unlocking team potential with second-order interventions
  • Addressing stuck systems and creating breakthroughs.

You as an instrument of development and leadership

  • Self-awareness in team development and leadership: understanding your role and impact
  • Skillfully leveraging personal patterns
  • Skillfully navigating resistance, safety issues, and cynicism within teams
  • Dealing with complaints, victimhood, and power imbalances
  • Personal feedforward for growth as a systemic developer

Integration and application

  • Aligning systemic methods with organizational needs
  • Case studies: live application and feedback
  • Finding your unique systemic leadership style

This program is your opportunity to expand your leadership capacity, refine your consulting techniques, and elevate your impact as a professional working in complex, dynamic team environments.

Dates 2025:

  • Mon – Sun, November 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9, with a day off at Nov 6, 2025

Practical information:

  • A 6 day intensive (in 2025)
  • Minimum 10, maximum 18 participants
  • Schedule: day 1 from 10:00 – 17:00, subsequent days from 9:30 – 17:00
  • The price is VAT free according to taxes laws
  • If your employer (or someone else) is paying the invoice directly, please email us your registration at info@transitionstudio.global instead of registering via the website.
  • Would you like to pay in installments? Send us an email at info@transitionstudio.global, and we’ll discuss what works best for you.
  • Includes: coffie, tea and lunch
  • Excludes: accomodation, to be arranged by yourself according to your own preferences
  • Location: De Drie Essen (Three Ashes), Groningen
  • The program will be conducted in English (want to follow this program in Dutch, please check this webpage)
  • Our cancellation policy applies upon registration

There is ample parking at the venue. Coming by public transport? A bus from Groningen Central Station stops right in front of the door. Please note, take line 5 towards Harkstede (there is another line 5, but it does not pass by our location). Or, take an OV bike from Groningen Central Station. After a 6 km ride, you will arrive at the location. Most participants stay in the center of Groningen. Click here for a list of hotels and Airbnbs in and around the city of Groningen that we highly recommend.

Do you still have a question after reading all the information that you’d like to discuss with Dees and Jan Jacob? Send an email to info@transitionstudio.global.

03 Nov
2025

6-day ‘Systemic team development and leadership’ November 3 – 9, 2025 (English edition)

 2.175,00