When Are You Ripe for Vertical Development Coaching?
Most of us only really know one development path. It’s the one we’ve been on since school: Read the book Take the course Get the certification Add another tool to the toolkit This is horizontal development—gaining more knowledge and skills. It’s like downloading another app onto your iPad. Helpful, sometimes necessary, but it doesn’t change […]
Self-Awakening: Are You Someone Who Has “Awakened?”
Last week I wrapped up the latest cohort of “The Climb,” a 10-person vertical-development intensive that culminates in summiting a 14,000-foot peak. Actually—make that two peaks: Mount Belford and Mount Oxford, connected by a saddle of loose rock that feels designed to test both quads and character. Three days in the Rockies gave us more […]
Heat Experience: A Necessary Prerequisite to Vertical Development
Heat experiences are events or situations that cause one to question their current mental models and ways of thinking.
