Stronger Teams.
Sustainable Change.
One Simple Toolkit.
Practical, research-backed facilitation tools for leaders, teams, consultants, teachers and coaches working with inner development, human growth and business growth
Can we change the world by focusing on ourselves?
Yes! Lasting change doesn’t start with new strategies – it starts with people. Research and leading change theories point to the same fundamental truth: real, sustainable change starts from within.
The Inner Development Goals toolkit turns this insight into action. Inspired by the Inner Development Goals (IDG) framework and leading thinkers like Amy Edmondson, Otto Scharmer, and Peter Senge, this research-backed toolkit provides practical facilitation tools to help leaders, HR professionals, consultants, teachers and coaches create meaningful development processes.
With the Inner Development Kit, you can:
- Connect inner and outer goals to drive meaningful transformation
- Strengthen team dynamics and trust for better collaboration
- Guide meaningful one-on-one sessions that inspire growth
- Facilitate self-reflection to unlock potential and deepen awareness
- Design processes that produce measurable results
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Browse this website to understand why inner development matters and how you can create profound, sustainable change by integrating inner development into your work.
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Why work with your inner development?
Everything we do matters. The way we feel, think, relate, collaborate and act shapes the world we create. That’s why developing our inner strengths is essential – it helps us create meaningful change from an authentic place that is more motivating and engaging – and therefore value creating – for both humans and busienss.
Take leadership, for example. Picture this: a leader is facing a resistance from the team towards a new strategy. A leader who is self-aware, open to feedback, and able to navigate uncertainty with clarity and trust will create a completely different outcome than one who reacts defensively or avoids difficult conversations. Inner development is the key to unlocking our full potential as leaders, employess, and agents of change!
Take a team, for example. Picture this: a workplace where there’s a spirit of collaboration, where everyone feels psychologically safe, and where the ideas flow freely! People are eager to move forward, and the energy is contagious. But when a team works on self-awareness, active listening, and shared reflection, it’s amazing what happens. Conversations become open, diverse perspectives are welcomed, and real engagement leads to stronger outcomes.
By working with inner development, you will:
- Develop a stronger connection to your self and awareness of your strengths
- Challenge your own mindsets and assumptions and become more bold and creative
- Build strong, trust-based teams of strong and self-aware emplyoees
- Act with courage, clarity, and purpose
- Create sustainable, messurable, long-lasting, and impactful change
Want to dive deeper into the theory behind inner development?
Visit the resources section gain a deeper understanding of the research and theories that form the foundation of inner development and transformational leadership.
About the Kit developer
Sara has 18 years of experience in leadership training, coaching, facilitation, and strategy development – from high-performing executives to young entrepreneurs – and across industries and cultures. While every setting is different, one truth remains universal:
Real transformation starts with processes designed to create involvement and honest reflection and dialogue – and results in human AND business growth.
Sara Øllgaard developed the Inner Development Kit to bridge the gap between change theory and real action. Between human growth and business growth. Between serious and playfull actions.
Inspired by the Inner Development Goals (IDG) framework, Sara has transformed the framework into a practical, hands-on toolkit that is easy to facilitate and deeply engaging. The tools have been tested with her clients to ensure they create the desired outcome:
- Building stronger teams with stronger engagement and well-being!
- Fostering higher self-awareness, openness, and trust!
- Motivating and empowering each other to create sustainable change!
What some people say:
Sold across 5 continents
– making an impact worldwide
4 language options
– available in English, Spanish, French, and Danish
Widely embraced
– supporting leaders, teachers and the IDG community
What’s inside the Inner Development Kit?
The Inner Development Kit includes three facilitation tools: Dialogue Cards, Strength Cards, and an Assessment Tool. The tools are designed to be easy to use, engaging, and adaptable for both teams and individuals. They help spark deeper conversations, build self-awareness, and drive meaningful change through structured reflection and dialogue processes.
Why work with dialogue cards
The Dialogue Cards encourage deeper conversations and new insights that might not emerge in everyday discussions. They create space for self-reflection about how we are, think and act, and they create curiosity, and meaningful dialogues that build trustfull relations and inspire action.
Why work with strength cards
The strength cards can be used for various exercises, eg. to:
Recognizing your own strengths to give you a deeper understanding of yourself and helps you focus on what to develop further.
Acknowledge others for their strengths to foster motivation, strengthens relationships, and build self-confidence.
Sharing your own strengths with our team it allows them to understand your motivation and behavior, leading to stronger connections, and a better understanding of your teams collective potential.
Why work with Assessments?
The Tool gives a clear visual overview that helps individuals and teams reflect on their current situation and what is needed to succeed with a specific outer challenge. By bringing awareness to strengths and growth areas, this tool is a great starting point to support structured and action-oriented discussions.
NEW: The tool is now available in an online version.
How-to guide
The kit includes a How-To Guide with inspiration on facilitation techniques in both team and individual settings. The Guide provides coaching questions, reflection prompts, and exercises to deepen insights and foster meaningful conversations. This means that the tools can be facilitated without further instructions. If you want further inspiration, see the online courses.
New: The online assessment tool is (almost) here!
The much-requested online assessment tool is soon available!
This upgraded version of the Assessment tool from the Inner Development Kit allows individuals and teams to identify strengths, receive personalized recommendations, and engage interactively with reflection prompts and the strength cards you know from the toolkit.
The tool is great for team assessments, 360° assessments where you assess your peers, or to start dialogues and reflections in a one-on-one meeting, as part of a talent program or recruitment.
This online version is a standalone tool you purchase separately.
Take a look at the Inner Development Kit!
In this short video, Sara Øllgaard guides you through the three tools in the toolkit: the Assessment Tool to map strengths, the Dialogue Cards to spark deep conversations, and the Strength Cards to explore the impact of mastering each skill.
Watch the video to hear how it can help leaders, teams and organisations create deeper awareness, stronger collaboration and engagement.
Courses, workshops & talks
Inner development is key to navigating complexity, fostering meaningful change, and strengthening collaboration. Our workshops and training sessions provide hands-on experience to help you bring this work to life.
If you want to get the most out of the Inner Development Kit, our online course will equip you with the skills and confidence to facilitate it effectively. If you’re looking to work with inner development in relation to your current challenges, our tailored workshops and talks offer inspiration and practical tools for teams and organizations.
Online IDG course
This course is a fantastic way to get a quick introduction to the incredible Inner Development Goals (IDGs) framework! You’ll not only gain hands-on experience, but you’ll also discover invaluable insights on how to engage teams and individuals in using the IDGs to maximize their impact.
Through this course, you will:
🔹 Integrate the Inner Development Goals (IDG) framework into workshops and meetings
🔹 Learn to facilitate the tools effectively in both one-on-one and team settings
🔹 Discuss and exchange leadership and faclitation tips
🔹 Gain confidence in applying IDGs to create meaningful development processes
As part of the training, you will have the opportunity to try the new online assessment tool, which is an extended version of the spider-web assessment. Once released, this tool will be available as a stand-alone product in the webshop.
Dates and registration are available in the shop.
Tailored workshops
We offer tailored long term and short term processes for leaders, teams and organizations looking to develop their leadership, team and business – to meet specific needs, whether for:
– teams looking to build trust, strengthen collaboration and engagement and create a more curious and open dialogue;
– leaders who want to develop their leadership skills by strengthing their inner capacities to better navigate complexity and lead change effectively; or
– students seeking greater self-awareness, a deeper understanding of their strengths, and a foundation for conscious decision-making, hope and optimism.
Do not hesitate to reach out if you want to discuss how we can design a process that meets your needs, KPIs and wishes to create the workplace that gives more than it takes.
Inspirational talks
We also offer inspirational talks on conferences and i networks where you want to inspire people to engage on a deeper level / in an other way than usual.
Unboxing the Inner Development Kit
– A moment of excitement!
This was my reaction when I first unboxed the Inner Development Kit, and I hope you’ll feel just as excited when you receive yours and start exploring all its possibilities.
The Inner Development Kit is designed to turn inner development into action, helping leaders, teams, and organizations create real messurable change.
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