THE ROLE OF GUIDE

As a Guide you facilitate real conversations between real people

A MapsTell Guide is a trainer, coach, teacher or HR professional who uses The World of Difference and PersonalMapping in their own practice, to help people and teams on their way.

WHAT IT IS

You work with The World of Difference in your own practice

Guides are certified to work with the PersonalMap and the Floormap of The World of Difference. You create the playing field, explain the basics of the model and work from there in a way that suits the group. That foundation is exactly what gives you room afterwards: you choose the route, the exercises and the depth that suit this group at this moment.

MapsTell doesn't deliver training itself. The method, the tools and the content come from MapsTell, and the 1,000+ Guides in 20 countries bring them to life with their own clients, in their own way.

WHAT IT MEANS

Four things that define the role

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You get teams moving
Working interactively and dynamically, so people don't only talk about behaviour and collaboration but translate it into practice. Participants step onto the map and the conversation starts by itself.
You broaden your craft
You add a powerful playing field to your expertise. Without judgement you make patterns visible, participants step into each other's worlds and experience what context does to behaviour.
Experiential and practical
Participants experience what happens when they take a step, and translate that straight to their own work. The group takes more ownership and the impact grows, because people don't only talk about change but experience what it looks like.
You bring depth and make an impact
Becoming a Guide is a professional deepening. A way of working that suits trainers and coaches who want to create real movement, for participants and for their clients.
“The combination of imagery, language and metaphors makes MapsTell more accessible and creates deeper experiential possibilities.”
Martijn Jungst
MapsTell Guide since 2015 and certification trainer
HOW YOU WORK AS A GUIDE

You take people on a journey

‍Not by shutting people in a box, but by getting them moving. The map opens a world of possibilities: you explore routes, choose fitting interventions and tune into what this team needs at this moment. And you create space, so participants can explore for themselves.

You work with two products
The PersonalMap for the individual profile and the Floormap of The World of Difference, on which you facilitate both teams and individuals. Both within the same model.
You decide the format
From a one-hour coaching conversation to several half-days, in your own approach and with your own audience.
The instrument works for you
As a travel guide it helps you reach real conversations. Participants discover where their preferred behaviour sits and which small step already makes a difference. That creates depth and understanding, without it feeling imposed.
DOES THIS ROLE SUIT YOU?

When becoming a Guide..

...makes sense, and when it doesn't.

When it makes sense

Your work = People
You work with people, teams and development and want to get them moving.
You love dialogue
You like working with reflection and dialogue and are looking for language and structure to make that scalable.
Beyond the standard
You want to add something to your offer that goes further than a standard training course.

When it doesn't

Leaning on theory and presentations
You lean heavily on theory and presentations. This way of working asks for the opposite.
Selection instrument
You are looking for a selection instrument. The World of Difference was not built for that, although the map does produce good conversations with candidates and new colleagues.
You're a more 'explaining type'
You mainly want to be able to hand over a report that explains people. The PersonalMap is a starting point for a conversation.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about the certification

Below you will find the questions we hear most often, with clear answers.

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WANT TO WORK WITH PERSONALMAPS YOURSELF?

We would like to get to know you

MapsTell works with Guides in 20 countries, and Heller still speaks to them himself. However you find us, you can always reach the people who built this. Start with a half-hour Discovery Call. We would rather hear what you are working on than tell you what we sell, so if this way of working doesn't fit your practice, we'll say so.