Leaders and organizations today are navigating unprecedented complexity and uncertainty, requiring them to demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and optimism while maintaining a broad, long-term perspective. Our extensive research, based on data from over 48,000 leaders worldwide, has identified the most pressing leadership challenges across all levels. A key insight is the universal need for leaders to continually reinvent themselves in the face of constant change.
Leadership is often described in terms of what a leader does or the capabilities they possess. While individual skills and behaviors are undoubtedly important, true leadership is about collective effort—what people do together. In essence, everyone within an organization contributes to leadership.
In this Masterclass, we will explore the true essence of leadership and how leaders can cultivate personal growth to enhance their leadership impact. Leverage CCL’s unique approach to development, known as Vertical Development. which refers to the expansion of a leader’s thinking capabilities, enabling them to think and act in more complex, systemic, strategic, and interdependent ways.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand leadership as a social process that produces collective results.
- Apply an effective approach to enhance leadership outcomes—Direction – Alignment – Commitment (DAC)™
- Explore and understand the vertical development framework.
- Explain the relevance of the vertical development framework to complex leadership.
Ian Sturgess
Leadership Solutions Associate, Center for Creative Leadership
Katia Philip
Leadership Facilitator, Executive Coach, Center for Creative Leadership