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Developmental Tools

This links on this page are to tools that anyone can use to understand themselves, solve problems, build relationships or develop others.

I hope you will use these tools freely. Please will you say where you found them by to giving a link back to www.nickheap.co.uk or to info@nickheap.co.uk

Choosing work

This simple tool can help people decide what sort of work is right for them.

Core Process

This describes how to help a person discover what is the core of what she/he does that is consistently satisfying and effective. This is very useful for career and life planning and leadership.

Life goals map

The things you do and think today create the future you live in tomorrow. A simple mapping tool can help you focus your thinking so you are more likely to live the life you want.

Open systems Planning

This outlines a simple and powerful method for developing any system from an individual to an organisation. It can also be used for strategic planning and problem solving.

Risk management maps

The maps will help you be more aware of how you manage risks now and help you plan how to manage risks in the future.

Role Negotiation

Role negotiation is a process for clarifying others' expectations of you and vice versa. It is a simple and powerful method of clarifying roles and a tough approach to team building.

Setting Priorities

This provides as mechanism for thinking about personal and group priorities.

Time Diary

The "Time Diary" helps us become more aware of how we use time. Then we can decide to change the way we use time if we wish.

Time Planning Maps

The maps help you become more aware of what you want to do with your time and where you could get some help.

Team of Two

Much of the business of an organisation takes place between pairs of people. These interactions can be positive and developing or frustrating and destructive. You can improve them using this simple tool.

Understanding and developing any relationship

This note describes "Seven-column Analysis" which is a powerful analytical tool for understanding and developing any relationship.

Using Pictures

Use "Pictures" when an individual or a small team needs to think about where they are going and are looking for a direction in work, life or through a specific problem. 

Work goals map

The things you do and think today help create the work world you live in tomorrow. A simple mapping tool can help you focus your thinking so you can have your work more the way you want it. 

Using these materials 

I am entirely happy for you to use or draw on any these materials in any way you think will be helpful. I am keen to have my work, and the work of the people I have learned from, used.  

Please will you say where you found them by giving a link back to www.nickheap.co.uk or to info@nickheap.co.uk. This will help these positive ideas to spread, and help my business, too.

Contact me

If you would like to discuss any of this further, or meet, please call Nick Heap on +44 (0)1707 886553 or email info@nickheap.co.uk

Thank you 

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