Leadership Development Should Focus on Leaders’ Internal Operating Systems
When developing leaders, I think it is helpful to make a comparison between leaders and computers. If I want to upgrade a computer, I have two primary options: I can add on new programs to broaden its functionality I can upgrade its operating system Out of these two options, I think that most leadership development […]
The 10 Laws of Vertical Development for Leaders
When it comes to personal and leadership development, there are two forms of development: Horizontal development – Increasing one’s knowledge, skills, and capabilities This is like adding an app onto an iPad, it broadens its functionality New knowledge, skills, and capabilities broaden one’s functionality, but they do not improve how effectively the iPad operates Vertical […]
The 10 Laws of Vertical Development
When it comes to personal and leadership development, there are two forms of development: Horizontal development – Increasing one’s knowledge, skills, and capabilities This is like adding an app onto an iPad, it broadens its functionality New knowledge, skills, and capabilities broadens one’s functionality, but it does not improve how effectively the iPad operates Vertical […]
How Psychologically Flexible Are You?
In my last article, I introduced a construct that is fairly new to psychology that is just now being ushered into the organizational space: psychological flexibility. After learning about psychological flexibility, I have come to believe that the following rather dismal leadership statistics are largely a result of leaders not being very psychologically flexible: 75% […]
How Do You Elevate Your Leadership through Vertical Development?
71% of organizations do not feel their leaders are able to lead their organization into the future Why is this? It is because organizations do not feel like their leaders are vertically developed enough to navigate the complexities of leadership in an uncertain and ever-changing marketplace. There are two forms of leadership development: horizontal development […]
What Prevents Us From Developing Vertically
Last week, I suggested that most leadership development programs focus on horizontal development, but very few focus on vertical development. Horizontal development involves helping leaders add more knowledge, skills, and competencies. This is like adding an app onto an iPad. It increases the breadth of its operation. But, it doesn’t necessarily improve the operating power […]
Vertical Development: Elevating Your Leadership
There are two types of development leaders can go through: horizontal development and vertical development.
You Can’t Change Others, But…
Last week, I wrote an article entitled “Leader: You Need to Lose Weight” where I compared to working with leaders to change their mindsets to telling them that they need to lose weight. Recognizing that inviting transformation (whether mindsets or weight) is rather difficult to do effectively, I invited input from my readers on how […]
Study of 153 Organizations’ Leadership Development Efforts and Effectiveness
I recently surveyed 153 organizations to determine the focus and quality of their current leadership development efforts and effectiveness. The individuals that responded to this survey are all involved in their organization’s leadership development efforts, with the majority of them being in the human resources function. And, the organizations range from small to giant with […]
The Prevalence of and Solution to “Command and Control” Leadership
“Command and control” leadership is one of the worst forms of leadership, but it is also the most common. In this article, I want to discuss why “command and control” leadership is so prevalent and what you can do about it as an individual leader or as an organization. Fortune 50 Case Study I recently […]
