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TAILORED ONLINE CIRCLES

Circle Training for Lasting Change
in Day-to-Day Work

Structured microlearning instead of one-off sessions: our tailored Online Circles build leadership capability through compact modules designed to make a direct difference in day-to-day work.

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BUSINESS-FOCUSED
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BEHAVIOUR CHANGE THAT STICKS
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LOW NO-SHOW RATES
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INNOVATIVE LEARNING
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SCALABLE
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TAILORED
THE CHALLENGE

Most Training Has Little Impact on Day-to-Day Work

Today’s Participants
Stressed, overloaded and short on attention.
High No-Show-Rates.
Little time or headspace to embed learning into day-to-day work.
Traditional Training
Generic content with little connection to participans' actual leadership challanges.
Lasting behaviour change is often difficult to achieve.
Limited measurement of impact.
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It's time for a different way to learn
Learning Is Like Building a Muscle.
One workout doesn’t make an athlete. And one seminar doesn’t create lasting change. What makes the difference is short, regular practice over time. That’s exactly how our Circle approach to modern leadership works.
OUR CIRCLE APPROACH

A Learning Approach That Creates Lasting Change in Day-to-Day Leadership

We offer a modular learning programme made up of short, focused sessions spread across several stages. Together, we can configure the programme around your specific needs. The Circle approach can be embedded into in-house or facilitated supporting sessions to build shared understanding and strengthen the transfer into practice. It can also be combined with in-person modules or integrated into existing transformation initiatives.

✓ 1 COACH
✓ 6 × 2 HOURS
✓ 6–8 PARTICIPANTS
✓ FULLY SCALABLE
✓ ONLINE
✓ YOUR CONTENT
Behaviour Change From Day One
Our aim is for leaders to do something differently the very next day. We make that happen by encouraging targeted experimentation and helping participants embed new behaviours directly into their day-to-day routines.
Low No-Show Rates
Our two-hour sessions fit into busy calendars, and participants can choose the time slots that work best for them. This makes the programme easier to commit to and keeps attendance consistently high.
Scalable and Easy to Integrate
Designed to scale to 600 leaders and beyond, fully remote, with no travel costs and no loss of quality. Our Circles can also be easily integrated into existing initiatives.
A Fresh Approach to Leadership Development
We offer an innovative format that brings fresh momentum to your organisation.
CUSTOMISATION

If It Doesn’t Fit, We’ll Make It Fit!

We co-create the programme with you around your specific needs, creating a solution that is easy for organisers to manage, a sound investment for decision-makers and makes a tangible difference to participants’ day-to-day leadership.

HOW IT WORKS

01 · CO-CREATION

Joint Workshop

In a short remote workshop, we work together to define the target audience, business objectives, module selection and key parameters.

02 · SETUP & PROPOSAL

Final Programme Design & Pricing

You receive the final programme setup together with a clear proposal, transparent and based on your specific requirements.

03 · DELIVERY

Off We Go

Once you give us the go-ahead, we get started. From the first conversation to commissioning usually takes no more than two weeks.
WHAT YOU CAN CUSTOMISE
Select and contextualise modules
Develop custom modules
Adapt the target audience, e.g. for employee-level programmes
Add in-person and large-group formats
Add coaching and self-directed learning strands
Integrate into existing programmes
Choose the level of co-creation
Delivered by us or jointly with your internal team
EXAMPLES OF CUSTOMISATION REQUESTS
Change Fatigue (Public Sector)AI Capability Building (Banking)Stronger Focus on Results (Insurance)Making Change stick (Events)Practical Leadership Development (Healthcare)Consistent Leadership Culture (Cosmetics)Leading Across Business and IT(IT)Building Capability for Disruptive Change (AI)Globally Distributed Leadership Team (International Development)Navigating Multiple Change Initiatives (Energy)Upskilling (Manufacturing)Foundational Development for New Leaders (Mobility)
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Paul Weinhausen – Chili & Change
Paul Weinhausen
CO-FOUNDER
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Skalierbar: Über Ebenen und Teilnehmerzahlen hinweg einsetzbar – von Pilotgruppen bis zur gesamten Führungsebene.
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Transfer-fokussiert: Auf Habitualisierung und Alltagswirkung ausgelegt, mit konkreten Experimenten in jedem Format.
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Messbar: Optional mit klaren KPIs für Management & OE verbunden, damit Entwicklung sichtbar und reportingfähig wird.
CASE STUDY

A Look Inside Landessportbund NRW’s Tailored Online Circle

We’ve put together this client case to show both the programme itself and how we typically co-create and design a tailored Circle with our clients.

STARTING POINT

At the end of 2025, Landessportbund NRW was looking for a lightweight leadership development programme that would bring both new and experienced leaders up to date on current leadership topics and help them put the learning into practice straight away.

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INITIAL SCOPING
Defining the Target Audience and Programme Context
TARGET AUDIENCE
  • Leaders with different levels of experience
  • Experienced leaders with previous leadership training
  • A public-sector-style organisation with a complex stakeholder landscape
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
  • Fresh, modern input for leaders
  • Enable better decision-making in complex situations
  • Strengthen productive collaboration that supports performance
  • A format that realistically fits into busy schedules
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Online Co-Creation Workshop
The following setup was developed together:
Format & Setup
  • 5 modules, 2 hours each, delivered online
  • 3 sessions per module, 8 participants per group, 24 participants in total
  • Flexibility: leaders could choose the topics most relevant to them
  • Programme duration: approx. five months
Selected Modules
  • Shared Leadership
  • Decision-Making
  • Psychological Safety
  • Straight Talk, Not Soft-Pedalling
  • Team Performance
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Procurement Process
Proposal & Commissioning
  • Proposal developed and aligned based on the co-creation workshop
  • Programme commissioned
  • Kick-off planned and scheduled
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Delivery
Impact & Feedback
Impact
  • Increased confidence and self-efficacy
  • Topics connected across sessions
  • Triggered reflection on structures and ways of working
  • Topics carried over into other internal workshops
Participant Feedback
  • “Short and focused” – high value with a low time commitment
  • Plenty of exchange across the organisation
  • Topics felt practical and tangible, even where the concepts were already familiar
  • Emerging topics such as AI could be integrated organically
PROGRAMME IN PRACTICE

How Participants Build Their Programme

Our Online Circles fit flexibly into day-to-day leadership, without long periods away from work or rigid blocks in the diary.

Each module is offered at several different times, allowing participants to choose the slot that works best for them. We run three sessions per day. As participant numbers grow, we add more dates, keeping groups small and the quality consistently high.

Lead Transformation Circle – Choose Your Path
Lead Transformation Circle for 40 Participants
6 Modules – Each Completed Once
Each Module Is Offered 5 Times
Up to 3 Modules per Training Day

Example Schedule Selection

You Decide When to Attend Each Module

Each of the 6 modules is offered online several times over a period of 2–6 months. Instead of a fixed schedule for all 40 participants, each person chooses their own session for each module. This works because our Circle modules can be completed in any order. The result is an individual but complete path through the Circle.

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Your Personal Path

2–6 Months

Total duration of the Circle – flexible, depending on how you schedule your sessions

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Why Does Your Programme Have Lower No-Show Rates Than Other Online Formats?

Our Online Circles are not anonymous, large-scale online events. They are highly interactive working sessions with direct business relevance. Participants work on their own leadership challenges rather than generic case studies, making each session immediately useful for current decisions, tensions and day-to-day situations.

The sessions are also short, focused and easy to fit into busy schedules. Depending on the scale of the programme, participants can choose the time slots that work best for them. Combined with the participant fee, this creates a stronger sense of commitment: the Circle is not perceived as just another online offering, but as a valuable investment in development.

Why Is This More Effective Than a One-Off In-Person Training or Purely Learning-Focused Formats?

Our Online Circles are not designed simply to transfer knowledge. They focus on concrete behaviour change in day-to-day leadership. The sessions combine short learning inputs with self-reflection, work on real leadership situations and direct application.
Through staged repetition, key ideas are revisited, applied and reflected on across several sessions. This makes new leadership routines more likely to stick because they are activated repeatedly and practised in real-world contexts.

How Does the Format Make a Stronger Business Case to Decision-Makers?

Online Circles combine two things that matter to business decision-makers: tangible impact and efficient use of resources. The format addresses real leadership challenges directly. It is not about simply having “completed a training”, but about better leadership, clearer decisions and more effective collaboration.
At the same time, the format is easy to integrate into day-to-day work: short online sessions, flexible scheduling and strong scalability across locations.

How Do the Online Circles Scale?

Each Circle group is deliberately kept small, with up to eight participants. Scale comes from running multiple sessions: we typically offer three sessions per day across a longer period, allowing participants to choose the modules and time slots that best fit their schedules and needs.
The content can scale too. If your business challenges require it, additional modules can be added or existing modules adapted.

Can In-Person Elements Be Integrated Into an Online Circle?

Yes. In-person elements can easily be integrated into a tailored Online Circle. Together, we can add complementary formats such as large-group sessions, peer case consultations, Lunch & Learns, in-person training or other formats that fit your organisation and objectives.
These elements can either be designed and facilitated by us or organised and facilitated in-house by your team.

Can You Give Us an Indication of Pricing?

For our ready-to-go Online Circles, the price per participant is roughly comparable to a high-quality two-day in-person training programme. Tailored adaptations come at a slightly higher per-participant cost. For fully customised programmes, we provide an individual quote.

So Are You Primarily an Online Training Provider?

No. We believe that in-person and online formats each have their own strengths and complement each other well. We also offer In-Person Formats that we strongly believe in.
What makes our Circle approach distinctive is the combination: a carefully curated, focused programme that closely reflects participants’ needs while remaining highly adaptable.

Contact

Curious?

...then have a coffee with Paul. Whether online or in person, we’d love to talk through your project with you.

Paul Weinhausen – Chili & Change
Paul Weinhausen
CO FOUNDER

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