EXPERT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
What is it?
New ways of working are gaining momentum and leaders all around the world are realizing now is the time to pivot organizational structures. Join our worldwide network of change agents and start shaping your future of work.
Dive into the heart of self-management with our unique Expert Certification program. From day one, this experiential learning journey discards traditional educational models, inviting you to fully engage with the Semco Style philosophy.
Equip yourself with tools and practices to lead companies to their highest potential and be inspired by the groundbreaking stories of guest speakers. You walk away with new knowledge and experience and gain access to our Eco-System with a vast range of resources, stories and practical methods to support you on your journey. It will enable you to work on Semco Style-related assignments and can also be a great first step towards a future partnership. To ensure an effective and powerful training, this exclusive program has limited seats only.
Become a Certified Expert!
Who is it for?
You are ready for an in-depth study about self-management. The Semco Style Expert Program deep-dives into a clear Framework and Roadmap for implementation. It is supported by extensive theory, many practical examples and smart tools for long-term and successful transitions to self-management or self-organization.
You will learn how to successfully steer organizations towards self-organization in their larger and smaller units. If you successfully complete the program, you will become a member of the international community of Semco Style Experts, partners and clients.
Participant profile
- Passionate about transforming organizations
- Able to work on all levels within organizations
- 5 years+ of working experience in organizational development
- Willingness to contribute to knowledge exchange
- Knowledge of online collaboration tools
Become a Certified Expert!
PROGRAM BROCHURE
During the Semco Style Expert Program you will gain a profound new way of looking at organizations. Within the span of 12 weeks we will gradually build up your knowledge about self-management. In the first sessions, you will immerse yourself in the history and philosophy of Semco Style. You will learn to look through the lens of Semco Style with our Framework, with the objective to merge existing knowledge and approach with Semco Style. After that, let’s explore our flagship Semco Style Roadmap with a practical journey of self-organization, case studies, and aligned guest speakers. In the last phase, it’s time to think about your own way forward. After all, Semco Style is all about doing things. You will gain insight into other Semco Style concepts and tools, and begin building towards your case presentations, and certification in participative style!
Ready to start shaping the future of work?
WHAT WE OFFER
This Expert Certification Program is an 12-week journey where you will experiences how you can accelerate the pace at which organizations become future-proof while gaining a profound understanding of self-management. This program runs in a blended approach: Asynchronous (self-managed learning), Synchronous (online sessions) and Optional (enrichment based on personal needs. The learning journey is supported by our e-learning and the Semco Style Eco-System. The sessions are a discussion platform to start creating our own unique understanding of the philosophy. We will draw on client applications and case studies to enhance your personal consulting styles and skills. Essentially we want to enhance your skills by combining existing knowledge and expertise with Semco Style. Program speed may vary, depending on the flow of online sessions.
Once you’ve followed the Expert Certification Program, you will be able to establish self-organization throughout the entire organization, recognize behavioral patterns in organizational systems, and figure out how best to adjust them. You will enrich your own style, knowledge, and skills as a change agent; have up-to-date and appealing instruments for self-organization, and get access to the Semco Style Eco-System. And, last but not least, you will become a member of our international community of certified Semco Style Experts, partners, and clients.
You may contact us via email at hello@semcostyle.com to learn more about the program.
Phase 1
Stakeholder Alignment
Time to get to know each other and to discover the history and philosophy of Semco Style
- Get to know your team members and facilitators
- Team building, alignment on outcomes and boundaries for action
- Understand our support tools (Eco-System, Miro, Slack)
- Learn about the history and origins of Semco Style
- Discover the philosophy and three core beliefs that form the foundation of Semco Style
- Explore aligned movements like Lean, Teal, Holocracy and others
Phase 2
Semco Style Experience
Immerse yourself into the Semco Style with a self-directed experiential journey through theoretical knowledge, case studies, peer learning, facilitated exercises and aligned guest speakers:
- Discover Semco Style Framework’s five pivotal principles, 15 pillars and 100+ practices
- Build your base-knowledge of self-management or merge your existing knowledge and experience
- Let’s explore the Selfie Assessment Tool
- Understand the phases of the roadmap: Preparing fertile ground, Self-organization, and Self-directio
- Learn about the new role of the Brave Leader
- How to design organizations that allow for democracy and participation
- Setting up pilots and experiments to support teams in becoming self-organized
- Learn how to bring responsibility to teams and support leaders to find a new role
- Help teams to create alignment and remain creative and connected
Phase 3
Participative Certification
Participative certification is a dynamic process that empowers individuals to actively engage in their own learning and development through collaboration, feedback, and recognition, within an environment that fosters psychological safety and recognizes collective intelligence.
- Experiment with Semco Style by building your own transformational journey
- Peer learning through guided InterVision sessions on focused topics
- Understand how the Semco Style community is organized and how you can gain the most of the Experts around you
- Learn how to position Semco Style in conversation with peers, Executives and potential clients
- The certification ceremony and celebration session concludes the program!
PROGRAM FACULTY
The earner of the Semco Style Certified Expert badge has been equipped with all the relevant Semco Style content, immersed themselves into the Semco Style philosophy, and is enabled to work on Semco Style-related assignments. Semco Style Experts have deep-dived into a clear Framework and Roadmap for implementation and have covered extensive theory, practical examples, and smart tools for long-term and successful transitions to self-management and self-organization.
COMMUNITY TESTIMONIALS
Karen Michiels
Netherlands
Truly valuable to be inspired by Semco Framework and the Roadmap. Experience I have collected over the years now fell into place with a Framework which has for example Common Sense, Transparency, Boundaries for Action as strong underpinnings.
Stefanie Moser
Switzerland
We all know there is no blueprint on the way to self-organisation, yet Semco Style is the closest to it that I know so far. Without being dogmatic, very open to all different kind of practices you will recognize from S3 as well as different ideas for experiments the framework itself keeps the promise. The resources are rich and the practical cases shared are even growing.
Krisztina Kecskés
Hungary
Learning the way of how to act self-managed is a great and challenging path. This transformational way gives a lot of chance to experience interesting moments, learning points and new inspirations. The SSI Practical tools together with the Semco Style philosophy, values and methods are now in my backpack. I can use anytime helping my companies and communities in stepping to an impressive, happy, human-focused "road".
Sergio Tanus
Germany
I feel this framework can help people and organisations around the world to coexist, interact and work in a much more effective, healthier, and peaceful fashion helping us create a more tolerant and happier world.
Rishita Jones
Netherlands
If, like me, you feel like the way work works isn’t working yet don’t quite know where and how to get started, then look no more. Semco Style Institute has the answers you are looking for. The Semco Style Framework and Roadmap consists of 3 core perspectives, 5 principles, 15 pillars and over 100 practices, all of which will provide you both general and specific orientation and guidance on your journey towards creating human-centred workplaces.
Lizzie Benton
UK
My top reason for choosing Semco Style is that it's not prescriptive. Their approach is an invitation for you to find your own way of doing things.
Nina Pozederec
Slovenia
The journey never ends, and it is important to include everyone in the company in this mission. It is not easy to transform the company from a machine-like perspective to a forest-like one, but it can be done, and Semco really showed me that with all the examples, practices, and real stories.
Pietro Antolini
Italy
When Lean Thinking was extracted from Toyota's experience, we lost a lot of the deep philosophy of the company. With Semco Style Institute I perceived the clear intent to respect the original culture of Semco and at the same time make it accessible for everybody.
The style is not only in the name but it is an important part of this. If all the great practices and the process that created them was reduced to a series of strict steps to respect, this way of thinking would have lost a lot of its power. Thanks to the creators this is not the case: the way the Semco Style is taught lives symbiotically with the content.
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