How to Create Candor
Candor is a willingness in an organization to communicate in an unreserved, honest, sincere, and forthright way.
Why Organizations Need Vertical Development
Organizations are increasingly recognizing that the complexity of the world their leaders are facing exceed their abilities to effectively navigate this complexity. The consequence of this is that most leaders are operating at a leadership deficit, with consequences that include exhaustion, burnout, turnover, and poor decision making.
What Does the Distribution of Vertical Development Look Like? And What Does that Mean for You?
I am going to show you three different distribution charts: Which chart do you think is the best representation of: Height in the population? Weight (in pounds) in the population? Wealth in the population? Chart C is a good representation of height in the population. Height carries a fairly normal distribution. Chart B is a […]
What Does an Elevated Leader Look Like?
Elevated leaders are leaders who operate on a higher plane than most leaders. These leaders are positively transformational. In Good to Great, Jim Collins calls them “Level 5 Leaders.” In Multipliers, Liz Wiseman calls them just that: “Multipliers.” Often, the best leaders we can think of fall into this category. Historically, it is people Abraham […]
The Differences between People at Mind 1.0, Mind 2.0, and Mind 3.0
The table below is the result of a challenge that I have recently received from Alan Mulally and Lisa Anna Palmer to try to provide greater information that could help them communicate the differences between leaders and people who operate at the different mind levels.
Discussing Vertical Development with Alan Mulally
Over the last week, I was fortunate to spend over two hours across two phone calls with Alan Mulally, the former CEO at Boeing and Ford, and someone that Fortune identified as being #3 on the list of World’s Greatest Leaders. The focus of our conversation was about the importance of helping leaders vertically develop. […]
The Five Best Non-Fiction Business/Self-Help Books I Read in 2021
I have always loved reading because I have felt it make me a better person. Books make me a better person because they broaden my horizon, deepen my insights, and expose me to perspectives that are different from my own. In fact, as I have been writing a book on vertical development and helping organizations […]
Vertical Development Example #4: Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek is a leadership guru that is almost a household name in the business world. This is largely because he has the third most viewed TED talk of all time and he is the author of five different business books (my favorite is The Infinite Game). What has allowed him to be so influential? […]
Vertical Development Example #3: Microsoft CEOs
Have you ever wondered what sets apart great leaders from good leaders (or worse)? What we are learning is that the difference between great leaders and no-so-great leaders is how vertically developed they are. Or, stated differently, how cognitively and emotionally sophisticated they are. Many people do not yet know the concepts of “vertical development” […]
Vertical Development Example #2: Two Leaders of Musicians
Have you ever wondered what sets apart great people from not-so-great people? What developmental psychologists have found is that the difference between great people (people we admire) and no-so-great people (people we don’t necessarily admire) is how vertically developed they are. This is another way of assessing how cognitively and emotionally sophisticated they are. Unfortunately, […]
