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  • A library of articles written about communication and The 5 Elements Communication Model.

  • If you would like to have a more detailed understanding of The Five Elements Model, then we recommend this book.

  • An an accurate self perception inventory and has been highly effective in business, education, charities and public sector organisations.

  • The 5E model can be hugely beneficial when used in a group or team setting, or any other situation where people come together and need to communicate.

Articles

3 Ways To Use The 5 Elements Diagnostic

Using the tool to effect a positive change.

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5 Elements and 5 Seasons

The natural world moves in cycles. So, in all aspects of our life we move through this 5-step process.

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5 Elements and self-Awareness

Without self-awareness, we cannot address the imbalances in ourselves, or build on our strengths, because we won’t be able to correctly identify what either of those are!

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5 Reasons to use the 5 Elements Diagnostic

... just because the majority of people are following one path, doesn’t mean that path is right for you. In fact, the “road less travelled on”, to quote Robert Frost, is often the one that yields most reward.

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Communication is not always easy...

By learning more about our communication styles, we take our first step on the road to smoothing out our communications with others.

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Navigating The Return To Work

We would like to present a slightly left-field view on how you could approach resolving these issues...

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The magical Number 5

By broadening our awareness and recognising the five-fold nature of reality we can more fully embrace all life has to offer, rather than simply choosing our fifth and excluding all the rest!

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The Question of Compatibility

At the end of the day, communication is a huge part of any type of relationship, professional or otherwise, and if we cannot “speak the other person’s language” then we’re unlikely to get along except on a surface level.

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Introducing the 5 Elements model.

Mapping Motivation for Leadership.

Chapter 4 introduces the Five Elements model and how it is a heuristic device for problem solving. Chapter 5 expands the idea of the Five Elements into practical questions to address personal and organisational issues.

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Motivational Maps

Motivational Maps

"Making the invisible visible."

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Using 5E with Groups & Teams

5 Elements Team Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet to allow for the 5E communication style of a group or team to be calculated.

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Our blog articles

2026-09-01
What Is Really Blocking Our Learning?

Why does a student stop learning? The obvious answers come quickly. Perhaps they lack ability. Perhaps they are lazy. Perhaps they are distracted, badly behaved or simply “not academic”. Or perhaps, in the more sympathetic language of education, they are “disengaged”. But what if we are asking the wrong question? Instead of asking, “What isContinue reading "What Is Really Blocking Our Learning?"

2026-06-29
Nine Motivational Reasons to Attend the Maps Conference

On 10th July, we gather again for the Motivational Maps Conference — and this year, of course, there is a special resonance to it. Twenty years of Maps. Twenty years of learning, sharing, measuring, interpreting, coaching, selling, developing, and, above all, being part of a remarkable community. But here is a question worth asking beforeContinue reading "Nine Motivational Reasons to Attend the Maps Conference"

2026-04-10
The Inner Life of the Leader

There is a persistent illusion in modern leadership thinking: that leadership is primarily a matter of technique. Learn the right models, acquire the right competencies, apply the right frameworks—and effective leadership will follow. It is an attractive idea, not least because it is teachable, measurable, and scalable. But it is also profoundly misleading. For beneathContinue reading "The Inner Life of the Leader"

2026-03-02
Mapping Motivation for Students

Education is often described as the lighting of a fire rather than the filling of a bucket. Most teachers and parents recognise the truth of this instinctively. We have all seen the moment when a student leans forward, energy suddenly present, questions emerging without prompting, effort flowing rather than being dragged into place. Something aligns.Continue reading "Mapping Motivation for Students"

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