Conquering Leadership Complexity: How “Vertical Development” Accelerates Your Leaders’ Impact
in partnership with Brandon Hall Group
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Today’s leaders face unprecedented challenges: disruption, complexity, ambiguity and the need for cross-functional collaboration. Many feel stuck and overwhelmed, struggling to develop new capabilities to meet these demands. Enter vertical development – a powerful approach to transform how leaders think and act.
Vertical development focuses on expanding a leader’s cognitive complexity, wisdom, and insight. This approach enables leaders to span boundaries and networks and become more adaptable, self-aware, collaborative, and interconnected.
Recent Harvard University research has validated key stages of vertical development, allowing us to identify and support growth in leadership capacity.
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Beyond Skills: Enhancing leadership through vertical development
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- The essence of vertical development and its critical importance
- Insights into developmental stages
- How to integrate vertical development into your leadership programs
- Real-world examples of large-scale implementation
- Practical advice for individual leaders and talent professionals
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