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Zoom-Out for Leaders

See the bigger picture, and help your team see it too, so disagreement, pressure and change lead to better decisions.

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When Zoom-Out helps

Three moments every leader knows

When people and teams disagree

Including about priorities. Disagreement is useful when people can see each other’s view. Zoom-Out helps a team understand the other side before it decides.

When priorities are seen differently

Each team and stakeholder sees their own part of the picture. A wider view shows how the parts fit, so priorities get talked through, not just defended.

When you’re leading through change

Change narrows everyone’s view: to the risk, the loss, the next deadline. Stepping back helps you and your team see more options and respond, not react.

At work
Zoomed-In
  • Firefighting the urgent.
  • Defending your corner.
  • Reacting to the last email.
Zoomed-Out
  • Seeing the priority.
  • Understanding the other team.
  • Responding, not reacting.
What People Say

Leaders and teams, in their words.

Feedback from technology, product and delivery leaders and the coaches who worked with their teams, including at Schroders and Bookatable.

Portrait of Jay Rahman

Rob's Zoom-Out conflict resolutions workshops never failed to teach or inspire all who attended and the teams at Schroders found Zoom-Out workshops and content to be deeply engaging, practical and relevant, consequently, Rob's workshops consistently won the highest reviews.

Jay RahmanAgile Coach, Schroders

We had some big challenges and Rob helped to coach and navigate the new teams through these with energy and good humour. The teams responded well to his zoom-out workshops which blended well with the “We Mindset” that forms part of our culture.

Portrait of Clive Hibberd Clive HibberdConsulting CTO, Bookatable

Rob was instrumental in building our new agile product function. He helped the team understand the importance of challenging default perspectives by ‘zooming in and out’

Portrait of the Product Director at Bookatable Product DirectorBookatable

Rob also created and continues to evolve a methodology called Zoom-Out, helping people appreciate a different perspective on life’s situations, and his workshop on this was awesome.

Portrait of Naaved Sohdi Naaved SohdiSenior Delivery Manager, London
Start here

Three ways in

Training

Zoom-Out on Conflict

Finding the most helpful perspective in disagreement: the Zoom-Out Conflict Model, tools and reading.

Explore the module → Framework

Zoom-Out on Teamwork

Seeing and acting on what makes teamwork, work: trust, respect, and shared perspective across a team.

Explore Teamwork → Library

Mindful Meetings

Eight practical tools for being fully present in meetings, online or in the room, and getting rid of mindless meetings for good.

Read more →
Teamwork Cards

Start a better conversation in your team.

Each card is one aspect of teamwork, with a scale from Poor to Great. Ask your team where they are now, and what would move it one step.

Browse all 26 cards

More cards for leaders: the Zoom-In Trap cards and the Coaching Cards picked for leaders.

Training for your team

Workshops and modules

Start with an introduction, then go deeper on what your team needs. Sessions can be shaped around your team.

Workshop

Zoom-Out Introduction

A first taste of the Zoom-Out mindset and why perspective matters.

Explore the workshop → Module

Zoom-Out on Conflict

Finding the most helpful perspective in disagreement.

Explore the module → Module

Zoom-Out on Teamwork

Seeing and acting on what makes teamwork, work: trust, respect, and shared perspective across a team.

Explore the module → Module

Zoom-Out on Stress

Seeing stress differently, and responding to it more wisely.

Explore the module → Module

Zoom-Out Foundations

The core model and tools, in depth.

Explore the module → On request

Something specific in mind?

Tell us what your team is dealing with and we’ll shape a session around it.

Message Rob on LinkedIn →

All training and workshops →

Use it with your team

Tools and a game

Tool

Conflict Source Mapping

Caught up in a disagreement? Map where it is really coming from, Why, How, What or Who, first from your side and then from theirs.

Use the tool → Tool

Focus Near, Focus Far

Stuck on a goal? Move between the big picture and the next concrete step with a simple “why and how” ladder.

Use the tool → Tool

Ten Wild Paths

Feeling stuck with only two uninspiring options? A 15-minute brainstorm of ten wildly different ways forward.

Use the tool → Tool

The Agile-ometer

How agile are you now, and how agile do you want to be? Place yourself, a team or an organisation on a simple 0 to 5 scale.

Use the tool → Game

Half the Story

A short story arrives a line at a time. Say what you make of it, and how sure you are, before you have heard it all.

Play the game → More

All tools and games

Every Zoom-Out tool and game, to use on your own, in a workshop or in a team conversation.

See them all →
Read Next

From the library

See the whole Library or all the videos, with the ones picked for leaders first.

Buying for your organisation?

In HR, L&D or a people team? Zoom-Out is one practical thinking skill that people use at work and at home, so it fits learning and wellbeing alike. Tell Rob what your teams need.

Message Rob on LinkedIn All training and workshops

Not sure where to start? Tell us what’s on your mind and we’ll find a quote, a card and the best Zoom-Out reading and tools for it.

What’s on your mind?