The Relationship Wheel
The Relationship Wheel reveals the invisible dynamics—trust, power, safety, and influence—that shape how change actually moves through your system. It helps you see what doesn’t show up on the org chart.
The Relationship Wheel vs traditional thinking
Two different assumptions about how change should work.
Lean Change
Change doesn’t flow through roles—it flows through relationships. This model helps you map the relational patterns that either amplify or block transformation.
Traditional Change Management
Relationships are rarely seen as a change lever. Influence is assumed to follow structure: job titles, reporting lines, steering committees. But what really matters—informal trust, psychological safety, unspoken alliances—is often ignored.
Most change plans forget one essential truth: [b]work gets done through people—and people work in relationships[/b]. The Relationship Wheel helps you explore what’s under the surface: not just who works together, but [i]how[/i] they relate to each other.The wheel is built on four relational conditions that can either s...
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