Three Distinguishing Characteristics of Elevated Leaders (and a common factor hinders one’s ability to possess these characteristics)
An “Elevated Leader” is a leader that operates with a high degree of cognitive and emotional sophistication. They have developed themselves to the degree that they are in the highest adult development level (research has found that only 1% of people and 8% of leaders operate here). Most prototypical great leaders—leaders like Abraham Lincoln, Martin […]
How Elevated Leaders Think About Culture
As I study Elevated Leaders (8% of leaders who operate from a Mind 3.0 vertical altitude) and compare them to Most Leaders (85% of leaders who operate from a Mind 2.0 vertical altitude), one the primary differences is their relationship with and focus on culture. Let me explain. The Two Curves Whether we acknowledge them […]
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 […]
