Blind Spots: The Obstacles to Our Vertical Development
I am hired by organizations to help their leaders and executives go from operating at one level to operating at a higher level. One of the biggest challenges that I face is that leaders or executives can see the value of operating at their current level and are quite ignorant about what it might look […]
Elevating Your Dynamism as a Leader: An Instrument Analogy
One of the biggest challenges facing leaders right now is that over the last several years, complexity and tumultuousness have skyrocketed, exceeding leaders’ development and their own complexity and ability to navigate the tumultuous environment they are facing. I call this “The Leadership Deficit.” And, every organization that I have worked with a struggling with […]
The Evolution of a Leader: What are the Signs and Signals of Our State of Evolution?
Are you fully evolved? Of course not. We can always evolve as a person, leader, employee, parent, or spouse. And, to the degree we evolve is the degree that we add value to those that we associate with. Another way to look at this is: If we fail to evolve, We are putting a cap […]
The Breadth and Depth of Vertical Development Efforts and Activities
Over the last two weeks, I have been asked one question at least three times. This question has followed my disclosure that I have been working with a therapist for two years as a part of my vertical development efforts. The question is, “How do you take someone from zero (almost a skepticism of therapy […]
The Four Practices Necessary for Vertical Development
What is Vertical Development? Vertical development is the process of upgrading our own internal operating system so that we operate in more cognitively and emotionally sophisticated ways. It is the process by which we become better. Vertical development is necessary for the improvement of the following characteristics, which I believe we should all aspire to: […]
Assessing and Elevating the Sophistication of Your Leadership Team
In my experience of working with dozens of leadership teams, I have observed the following: Every leadership team operates at a different level of sophistication ranging from low to high Most (if not all) leadership teams believe that they are more sophisticated than they really are An organization’s growth and success are largely determined by […]
The Five Best Business/Leadership Books I Read in 2022
I have always loved reading because I have felt it make me a better person. I find that reading broadens my horizon, deepens my insights, and exposes me to unique perspectives that differ from my own experience. In fact, as I have come to study vertical development and vertical developed people/leaders, I have come to […]
The Five Best Non-Fiction Books I Read in 2022
I have always loved reading because I have felt it makes me a better person. I find that reading broadens my horizon, deepens my insights, and exposes me to unique perspectives that differ from my own experience. In fact, as I have come to study vertical development and vertical developed people/leaders, I have come to […]
The Five Best Fiction Books I Read in 2022
I have always loved reading because I have felt it makes me a better person. I find that reading broadens my horizon, deepens my insights, and exposes me to unique perspectives that differ from my own experience. In fact, as I have come to study vertical development and vertical developed people/leaders, I have come to […]
Vertical Development: Elevating Our Complexity and Dynamism by Awakening to and Expanding our “Modes”
One of the first laws of vertical development for leaders is that as leaders become more vertically developed, they become more dynamic. In this article, I want to make this concept come to life. To do so, let me invite you to introspect for a moment: Over the last 24 hours, what modes have you […]
