Case Study: Transforming Leadership in a Health Technology Company
Background A health technology company, operating in the complex healthcare industry with 1,500 employees, faced growing pains at the executive level. As one of nine businesses managed under a larger umbrella company, they were under constant pressure to deliver double-digit growth year-over-year. However, beneath the surface, their executive team was struggling. High turnover and a […]
Do You Want To Receive Vertical Development Coaching?
I normally only do one-on-one vertical development coaching when I work with executive teams. But, every year, I open up the opportunity for people to engage in my vertical development coaching process. Let me tell you a little bit about it. And if you are interested or have some development funds to use by the […]
How I Help: Executive Teams
Of all of the things I do in my consulting practice, the work that I get the most fulfillment from is working with executive teams. I say this for the following reasons: I know that if I can help an executive team elevate, they can elevate their organization I have been fortunate to see that […]
The Five Biggest Missteps of Executive Teams
Over the last five years, I have had the opportunity to work with a variety of executive teams across a variety of industries. From that experience, I have observed five common missteps executive teams make, regardless of industry. In this article, I’ll Identify these missteps, Explain what happens when these executive teams make these missteps, […]
The Difference Between Great and Bad Leaders is Smaller than I Thought
I want to share one of my biggest learnings that I have had over the last several months of doing deep vertical development work with a variety of executive teams. This work has involved doing 360’s and a coaching exercise that facilitates a deep introspective dive designed to help people uncover their subconscious fears, mental […]
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, […]
Most Common Executive Struggles – Part 3
Research on vertical development has found that people can operate with different internal operating systems that vary in their cognitive and emotional sophistication.
Most Common Executive Struggles – Part 2
This week, I start identifying the most common executive struggles that I have observed working with executive teams.
The Foundation of Most Executives’ Struggles – Part 1
In this article, I want to explore what I believe to be the foundation of all four things that executives struggle with.
What Context Struggles to Create Space for Learning? The Workplace
I want to share with you an excerpt from Decoding Greatness by Ron Friedman that I found incredibly powerful. He writes: Growth requires strain. A moderate degree of difficulty is essential to both mental and physical development. Teachers know it. Bodybuilders know it. Athletes know it. Yet what’s the one place where stretching our limits […]
