Strengths work best
with a guide.
The platform gives you the map. Learn the method in a live cohort, turn it into action with a coach, or run a structured programme with your whole team — start with the format that fits where you are today.
Which one fits you?
A small group, five weeks, real conversation. For leaders who want a system, not another one-off workshop.
From a single 90-minute session to a full team engagement, built around your actual situation.
Structured sprints and re-designs for teams stuck in decision loops, reorganising, or scaling.
The method behind the platform, in four weeks, published with Springer Gabler.
Learn the method with other leaders
Hosted on Maven: live labs, a small group and the platform included.
AI didn't create the leadership challenge. It exposed it. The filter that protected senior time no longer exists. The skills your team needs most — trust, role clarity, psychological safety — are exactly the ones being skipped.
"Superhero vs. Conductor" — which one is running your team?
Most engineering leaders default to the Superhero model: they carry everything, make every decision, unblock every blocker themselves. That held up for years. Then the AI era moved the goalposts — junior engineers can now generate code faster than seniors can review it. Heroism doesn't scale to that. A shared system does.
The Conductor knows who plays what. The team has a shared map. And it scales with every new hire.
Storming is normal. Staying there is expensive.
Google studied 180+ teams. Talent wasn't #1. Psychological safety was. This cohort gives you the tools to accelerate through Storming — using your team's actual strengths as the navigation system.
5 live labs, 4 modules — real change you can measure.
The Lens Shift (Week 1): Move from abstract labels to personal recognition. Mediocrity vs. Excellence.
The Balance System (Week 2): A strength overused becomes a liability. Master calibration.
The Matching Compass (Week 3): Shift focus from the individual to the collective. Scale strengths together.
The Pixar Playbook (Week 3 Live Lab): Turning psychological safety into a metric you can actually track.
The Delegation Engine (Week 4 Live Lab): Move from micromanagement to structural strength matching.
Graduation, ROI, & Next Steps (Week 5): Your 90-day roadmap. Measure what changed.
Built for three types of leaders
You manage a team of 4–20 engineers, you've done assessments before, and nothing changed. This time you want an actual system, not another one-off workshop.
You're accountable for team development ROI. You need measurable outcomes, not vibes. You want something that works at scale.
You use strengths or type frameworks with clients. You want a deeper framework and a platform that does the analysis work for you.
Cohort details
5 live sessions over 5 weeks · Tuesdays 6:00–7:30 PM (GMT+2) · recordings included
4 microcourse modules + 4 applied projects (Platform Onboarding → AI Dev Report → Team Canvas → Ideal Role Map)
The Strength Hack app included · Team Workshop plan for the full 5 weeks
$950 USD · Group size max 20 · small enough for real conversation
Two ways to get started
5 live labs, 4 async modules, full platform access. Built for teams that are ready to grow together.
Enroll on Maven →One intensive session. Rapid team alignment, role clarity, and psychological safety — in a single day.
Book on Maven →A guide for your team
Every engagement starts with a free conversation. We shape the scope together.
Every engagement starts with a conversation — no contract required upfront. We shape the right scope together, based on where your team actually stands today.
A free 30-minute call to understand your team's context, challenges, and goals. We decide together whether and how to proceed.
Your team completes their profiles in the app. We establish 1–2 hard metrics and one team signal as your baseline.
Team strengths mapping, operating agreements, decision rules, and the app embedded in your real workflows.
Re-check the scorecard against your baseline. You leave with an outcome report and a concrete 90-day plan — a real system you can run, not just a feel-good takeaway.
Choose your starting point
For individuals or team leads who want to activate their existing assessment results.
- Pre-session profile review
- 90-minute coaching session (individual or team)
- Personal or team strengths summary
- Action checklist with 3 concrete next steps
- 2 weeks of async follow-up
For teams that want to move from assessment results to a working system in one focused engagement.
- Everything in Kickstart, plus:
- Full team assessment & profile setup in the app
- Baseline measurement (1–2 hard metrics + team signal)
- 2 workshop sessions (team mapping + operating agreements)
- Team canvas + decision rules documentation
- Week-4 review with outcome report
- 90-day plan + app access (Team Workshop plan)
For companies rolling strengths-based development out across their leadership culture.
- Everything in Team Coaching, plus:
- Certified facilitator training (train-the-trainer)
- Multi-team rollout support
- Quarterly measurement reviews
- Customized workshop facilitation
- Processing agreement (AVV) included
All packages start with a free discovery call. No contract before we agree on fit.
A simple loop: Baseline → Intervene → Review
We believe in lean measurement — not overhead. At the start, we define 1–2 hard metrics and one team signal. After 4 weeks, we compare against the baseline and decide what to keep, scale, or stop.
Mini-audit of team goals and friction points. A lightweight scorecard with your starting metrics.
Team mapping, workshop, operating agreements, and new routines. Small changes, fast feedback.
Re-check scorecard versus baseline. Outcome report plus a next-90-days plan.
If we don't see a clear lever after the baseline, we'll tell you openly.
Need more than a platform? We run the process with you.
Structured programmes that combine the platform with workshops and measurable outcomes.
Team Performance Sprint
Teams stuck in decision loops, meeting overload, or unclear ownership.
- Intake + assessment import
- 1:1 leader alignment (goals, KPIs)
- 1:1 team member onboarding calls
- Team synergy report + team canvas
- Action plan workshop
- 2-week follow-up check
Team Re-Design
Teams scaling, reorganizing, or dealing with costly capability gaps.
Everything in Performance Sprint, plus:
- Role & decision architecture
- Gap plan: hire / swap / upskill
- Operating agreements + embedded routines
- Optional: leadership coaching cadence
In 4 Weeks to a High-Performance Team
The method behind the platform. Published with Springer Gabler. A step-by-step guide for leaders who want to understand their team deeply — and build on its real strengths.
- Week 1Map Your TeamCapture every strength, work style, and role clarity gap.
- Week 2Read the GapsSurface the hidden friction: energy drains, blind spots, and missing perspectives.
- Week 3Redesign CollaborationRedistribute tasks to fit strengths. Create rituals that stick.
- Week 4Lock In the ChangeAccountability, measurement, and a 90-day momentum plan.
Murk Creusen · Utho Creusen · Springer Gabler
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I help engineering leaders stop managing by gut feeling and start orchestrating by data. Co-developed with organisational psychologist Prof. Dr. Utho Creusen, the Unified Personality Architecture translates personality clashes into a single, predictable, actionable scale. I've used it to rescue stalled post-M&A integrations and accelerate hyper-growth tech teams at Airbus, Daimler, and msg.
Prof. Dr. Utho Creusen is a university professor and management consultant. For more than two decades he has researched and practised strengths-based development — as a scholar, entrepreneur, and advisor to major corporations. He is considered one of the pioneers of Positive Leadership in the German-speaking world.
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