The Intersection of Vertical Development and Mindsets
Over the last four years, I have been leveraging two different models when helping to elevate leaders and executives to operate a higher levels: My mindset framework, which I cover in my book, Success Mindsets My vertical development framework, which I cover in my book, The Elevated Leader Both of these frameworks help leaders and […]
How I Help: Leadership Development Programs
Of all of the things I do in my consulting practice, the thing that I do the most is support organizations’ leadership development programs. In fact, I do this in three different ways, ranging from lower involvement to higher involvement: Lowest involvement: I engage in a one-off keynote or workshop as part of a leadership […]
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 […]
How I Help: Human Resources or L&D Teams
Building on my focus of helping leaders and employees become better, vertically develop, and elevate their mindsets, I can help organizations in a variety of ways. In this article, want to share how I commonly work with Human Resource (HR) or Learning and Development (L&D) teams. Types of HR & L&D Teams that I Work […]
Want to Implement Vertical Development? A Guide for Organizations
One day last week, I got the same question from two different potential clients: Where does an organization start if they want to integrate vertical development into their development efforts? I want to not only answer this questions, but provide additional layers to consider. Step #1 – Awareness In vertical development work, the starting spot […]
The Four Cornerstones of an Effective Leadership Foundation
In my experience studying vertically developed (Mind 3.0) leaders, I have found that they prioritize establishing a strong leadership foundation to build off of. In this article, I want to identify four key elements of this foundation. Based on my experience working with executive teams, I have learned and observed the following: The Four Key […]
A Key to Elevating Leaders: Help them Rise Above Their Fears
A dated leadership theory is the Full Range Leadership Model. This theory suggests that leaders generally have a leadership style when it comes to how they operate as a leader, which likely maps somewhere along this continuum from ineffective to effective and passive to active: Here are some basic definitions of each style: Transformational leadership […]
Rising Above Your Inner Child Archetypes
As a consultant and coach, I help people upgrade their internal operating system (i.e., vertically develop) so that they can transformationally become better. In doing this work, I have learned that part of the process of upgrading our internal operating system includes: In saying this, let me acknowledge that everyone has room to vertically develop. […]
The Number One Priority of the Most Elevated Leaders
Knowing about the concept of vertical development, I have come to learn that leaders can operate from three different levels of cognitive and emotional sophistication: Recognizing that only 8% of leaders operate at the highest level of leadership, I have been on a mission to identify: Exemplars of Mind 3.0 leaders What Mind 3.0 leaders […]
How Mind 3.0 Leaders Actualize Transformational Change
There are three modern business leaders that I have studied that: Are great examples of being Mind 3.0 (i.e., highly vertically developed) leaders that… Have actualized transformational change in the organizations they led. These leaders are: Alan Mulally (Ford) – see American Icon Ed Catmull (Disney Animation) – see Creativity, Inc. Satya Nadella (Microsoft) – […]
