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 Our Inward or Outward Mindset Affects Us
Mindsets are specific, recognizable, and repeatable orientations to our life’s experiences. They are specific, recognizable, and repeatable because they are strong neural connections in our brain that our brain primarily relies upon to make sense of and respond to our world. For example, when you are faced with any of the following situations, your mindsets […]
How Our Prevention or Promotion Mindset Affects Us
Mindsets are specific, recognizable, and repeatable orientations to our life’s experiences. They are specific, recognizable, and repeatable because they are strong neural connections in our brain that our brain primarily relies upon to make sense of and respond to our world. For example, when you are faced with any of the following situations, your mindsets […]
How Our Closed or Open Mindset Affects Us
Mindsets are specific, recognizable, and repeatable orientations to our life’s experiences. They are specific, recognizable, and repeatable because they are strong neural connections in our brain that our brain primarily relies upon to make sense of and respond to our world. For example, when you are faced with any of the following situations, your mindsets […]
How Our Fixed or Growth Mindset Affects Us
Mindsets are specific, recognizable, and repeatable orientations to our life’s experiences. They are specific, recognizable, and repeatable because they are strong neural connections in our brain that our brain frequently relies upon to make sense of and respond to our world. For example, when you are faced with any of the following situations, your mindsets […]
Do Our Mindsets Change as We Age?
What do you think: Do you think that individuals’ mindsets change by age? If so, what does that relationship look like? Do you think they generally grow more positive or negative as people get older? Questions like this are some of my most frequently asked questions, and I think, most of the time, those asking […]
How to Enhance Our Psychological Flexibility
I have a six-year-old son who is in speech therapy. I listened in to one of his sessions this week, where he worked on his “th” sound. He tends to do an “s” sound when the “th” sound is needed. So, instead of “tooth,” often it comes out as “toose.” The whole point of speech […]
Do You Know Your Saboteur?
“The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.” Alain de Botton We all have them – fears and insecurities – that if left unchecked cause us to do things that feel right, but are detrimental to our effectiveness, long-term success, and relationships. […]
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 […]
