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The Stickman Method

A practical engagement system.

FNI has developed a suite of programs delivered through a practical framework to support self-awareness that empowers accountability. The Stickman Method is that framework: one hour a week for six weeks, visual tools, plain language, delivered in groups or one to one.

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Why it works before the service does

Participants are expected to move toward employment, health or justice outcomes while unresolved psychosocial issues, poor planning, low self-awareness, unstable routines, communication difficulties or disengagement continue to block progress.

The Method provides the practical early engagement step before job readiness, compliance or activity expectations can properly land. It does not replace your service. It makes your service land.

Three key ways

Do better. Be better. Live better.

Do better

Positive behaviour management

Everyday tips to help with developing and maintaining positive behaviours.

Be better

Develop new life skills

Foundational life skills and tips to help address negative thought patterns and self-defeating personal habits.

Live better

Let go of addiction

Clear, helpful guidance about the negative effects of problematic use of alcohol and other drugs.

Delivery model

We lead, then you do.

Facilitators run the first sessions in full. Your staff sit in and watch the framework work with your cohort.

The tools are unpacked step by step, with the reasoning behind each one, so nothing depends on charisma.

Your staff take a session with the facilitator in the room. This is where the method transfers.

Observation and feedback against the same checklist we hold ourselves to, not a general impression.

Ongoing access to the facilitator, refreshers, and updated materials as the suite develops.

Where the Method is applied

Employment services

Roadmap Planner Program

A 4–5 hour workshop, mental health informed planning process built for the employment sector. Participants map their life, barriers and next steps, and leave with a personal roadmap your staff can work from.

Schools, corporate and sport

Lifeways to Leadership

Program for schools, corporate and sporting organisations. Participants build self awareness, explore values and influences, and map clear steps in a personalised Lifeways Plan.

Corrections

Timelines

Built for corrections. Reflection, cultural healing and practical planning using Family Systems Therapy with people before and after release, engaging upstream of reoffending.

NDIS

NDIS Supports

Practical, person-centred support that helps NDIS participants build independence, confidence and everyday skills. Support is tailored around the participant’s goals and can include life skills, community participation, employment, life transitions and personal development.

Readiness

Engagement and readiness assessment

A practical way to understand why a person is not engaging and what support they need, before compliance and activity expectations begin.

Workforce development

Staff capability and train the trainer

Briefings, training and mentoring that build your team’s confidence and skill engaging Indigenous clients.

Reporting

Reporting your funders trust

Attendance, completion and cost benefit reporting that attributes outcomes correctly and strengthens funding submissions.

Run a tailored Stickman Method Program.

Your team sees the whole client journey — readiness, barriers and support needs mapped before you invest in placement, programs or referrals, so the right support lands in the right order.

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