Disney is Going Back to An Elevated Leader: Iger’s First Move as Reinstated CEO
One of my favorite business/leadership books is A Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger, the former and newly reinstated CEO of Disney. I loved this book for two primary reasons: It highlighted the CEO/Board dynamic in a way that I had never read about before It shows what amazing things can happen when an […]
Dear Leader: Please Explore If You Have a Trust Issue
In my article last week, I discussed how most executives and leaders: Follow the traditional notions of leadership and LEAD WITH CONTROL But, that this notion of leadership is losing its relevance. And instead, executives and leaders need to: Follow the modern notion of leadership and LEAD WITH CONTEXT When I present these ideas to […]
Do You Lead with Control or Do You Lead with Context?
On of the best leadership books that I have read is No Rules Rules by Reed Hoffman (Netflix CEO) and Erin Meyer. The book is about how Reed Hoffman has created a high-performance culture and organization (Note: the examples and figures in the post either come from or are inspired by No Rules Rules). In […]
An Undervalued Key to Effective Leadership: Possessing a Willingness for Reinvention
Fill in the blank: I want to be a successful/effective/loving ____________________. I imagine that your ‘blank’ was filled with “leader,” “spouse,” “parent,” “manager,” “employee,” “teacher,” or something similar. I want to propose an idea to you: Your ability to become truly successful/effective/loving is contingent on your willingness to reinvent yourself. I am not talking about […]
Leader: You Think You Are Right, But You Are Probably Not as Right as You Think
There was a study of crew coaches (the rowing sport you have probably seen in the Olympics) that confirms several fundamental premises of vertical development: A leader’s vertical altitude dictates what they focus on and prioritize What feels right at one vertical altitude will feel wrong when we operate at a different vertical altitude Specifically, […]
How Awake Are You? The Six Signs that You Might be Asleep
Let’s be real, some people are more conscious, mindful, and present than others. We can also say that some people are more stuck in their own world, narrow-minded, and struggle to connect with the present. For me, one way to describe the differences between these people is that some people are more “awake” than others. […]
How I Disappointed a Client Because of My Lack of Vertical Development
I recently spent some time on-site with an executive team that I have been working with all year. For context, Throughout the year coaching these executives, I have gotten to know each of them on a deeply personal level On this particular day, this workshop was the first of a day full of workshops for […]
Boards of Directors: Consider THIS Before You Select Your Next CEO
When you look at any organization that has radically transformed for elevated success, at the core, you will find the implant of a vertically developed leader.
Vertical Development is Like Improving Our Eating Skills
Vertical development is about upgrading our internal operating system such that we elevate how we make meaning of our world in more cognitively and emotionally sophisticated ways.
Are Your Leaders Operating at a Leadership Deficit?
As a part of all of our human experience, we have all operated at this deficit at different times of our life.
