The Squeeze Course

if You Work With Organizations

This course was built for the room you’re already in.

If you’re a consultant, coach, or OD practitioner, the Squeeze isn’t just something you experience it’s something you observe in every leadership team, every change process, every room where people are performing alignment they don’t quite feel.

This course gives you:

A diagnostic lens for what’s actually happening under pressure
Shared language you can introduce with clients without pathologizing anyone
A structured way to name contradiction before you try to change it
Practical tools you can adapt for team conversations, coaching sessions, or change work

Several of the practitioners who went through the pilot now use elements of the framework directly in their client work.

”Humour… I’ve always used it, but I’ve never seen it as data.”

— External Practitioner/Coach, Australia

“The assessment is helpful and well structured. It helped me gain a new vocabulary for some things I’m experiencing.”

— Internal Leader, International Organization, Switzerland

Course Structure

How it Works

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 1 - What is the Squeeze?

How the Learning Works

The course is designed to be taken in order, but you are encouraged to move at your own pace and revisit modules as needed.

The course is:

self-guided and self-paced
designed for private reflection and thoughtful inquiry
supported by optional prompts for conversation with a trusted colleague or peer
intentionally non-cohort-based, with no ongoing facilitation or managed community

This course is meant to support clear thinking, not performance.

Module 1 - What is the Squeeze?

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 1 - What is the Squeeze?

Focus: Naming the experience

This module introduces the idea of the squeeze as a lived experience of contradiction and absurdity, not individual stress or weakness.

You’ll explore:

how modern work creates incompatible demands
why “just coping better” misses the point
how absurd conditions become normalized

What You'll Walk Away With:

A shared language for what you’ve been feeling but may not have been able to name.

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Focus: Seeing the system, not blaming the self

Here you’ll learn to recognize recurring patterns that emerge when contradiction persists over time.

You’ll explore:

common “patterns under pressure” observed across roles and organizations
how people enter these patterns rather than cause them
why different people respond differently to the same conditions

What You'll Walk Away With:

Distance, relief, and perspective.

You begin to see the environment more clearly, without pathologizing yourself or others.

Module 3 - Your Squeeze Plays

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Focus: Understanding your adaptive moves

This module helps you notice how you personally respond when coherence is compromised.

You’ll explore:

the idea of squeeze plays as short-term, adaptive choices
what you may be trying to protect, preserve, or avoid
how your responses make sense given what’s at stake

What You'll Walk Away With:

Greater self-compassion and awareness, without excuses or self-attack.

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Focus: Moving forward deliberately

The final module brings the learning together and helps you identify where a small but meaningful shift may be possible.

You’ll explore:

what it means to regain orientation
how to choose one or two areas to focus on
how to approach a conversation, boundary, or decision with clarity

What You'll Walk Away With:

A grounded sense of agency and an outline for next steps that feel realistic and aligned.

Module 5 - Continuing with Clarity

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Focus: Choosing how to move forward

This module helps you translate what you’ve noticed into realistic next steps, without pressure to “fix” everything at once. The emphasis is on discernment, support, and maintaining orientation over time.

You'll explore:

how to continue noticing squeeze conditions as they arise
what support is useful now vs. later
how to decide whether a conversation, boundary, or pause is the next step
when outside perspective can help you see more clearly

You’ll also be introduced to optional ways to continue the work, including:

What You'll Walk Away With:

A grounded sense of how you want to proceed, and what kind of support (if any) would be most useful next.

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This is the full version rebuilt and refined based on feedback from the pilot cohort

What you receive immediately on purchase:

70+ page course manual

Workplace Squeeze Assessment

7 video modules

Expanded reflection worksheets

Practical prompts for real conversations

Self-guided. Self-paced. No cohort. No schedule.

Move through it privately, at your own pace.

Not sure if it’s the right fit?

You’re welcome to get in touch before purchasing.

A short conversation is often all it takes.

“I walked away… with something I don’t always find at the end of a work day: a lightness."

"That is a gift of a lens, and I plan to use it"

(Sr. OD Consultant in Healthcare, USA)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Please reach us at Hello@behavingbadlyhq.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Is this a live course or facilitated cohort?

No. It’s self-guided and self-paced — designed for private reflection, not group performance. No live sessions, no required schedule.

Will there be a community or discussion forum?

No. This work is intentionally private. The course respects that making sense of contradiction doesn’t require an audience.

What if I want to talk things through with others?

The course includes optional reflection prompts you can use with a trusted colleague or peer. That’s entirely up to you.

The Squeeze Course

Youre the One Holding It Together..

if You Work With Organizations

What You’ll Gain

Learning Objectives

Course Structure

How it Works

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 1 - What is the Squeeze?

Module 1 - What is the Squeeze?

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 1 - What is the Squeeze?

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 3 - Your Squeeze Plays

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 5 - Continuing with Clarity

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Start the Course

Frequently Asked Questions

The Squeeze Course

Youre the One Holding It Together..

if You Work With Organizations

What You’ll Gain

Learning Objectives

Course Structure

How it Works

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 1 - What is the Squeeze?

Module 1 - What is the Squeeze?

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 1 - What is the Squeeze?

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 3 - Your Squeeze Plays

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 2 - Patterns Under Pressure

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 5 - Continuing with Clarity

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Module 4 - Reclaiming Orientation & Choice

Start the Course

Frequently Asked Questions

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