Create a 12-month Map to Ignite and Navigate your Vertical Holistic Leadership Growth!
IGNITE YOUR GROWTH by undertaking a capability-based Vertical Assessment and developing an insightful understanding of the human landscape of vertical growth. Armed with your 40p Report and online resources, prepare for your individual 90-min Discovery Debrief to co-create a customized 12-month map to navigate your Vertical Holistic Leadership Development.
StageSHIFT OFFERS A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF
The Systemic Holistic Vertical Landscape of Leadership Development
Discover the territory, undertake the Assessment and design your unique evolutionary pathway to:
- Develop a much deeper sense of self-awareness in relation to the StageSHIFT Spiral of Vertical Holistic Development
- Discover the structure and nature of the Vertical terrain and the valuable signposts and signals along the way
- Appreciate the motives, means, modes and memes of Vertical Development in terms of the Hero's Journey
- Identify your Top 7 Strengths, Stressors, Blind Spots and Stretches from Specialist all the way to Alchemist
- Complete a 12-month Leadership Development Map customized to your unique situation and aspirations.
THE VERTICAL HOLISTIC LEADERSHIP MODEL INTEGRATES:
- 6 Levels of Vertical Leadership Development including Specialist, Achievist, Catalyst, Synergist, Constructivist, and Alchemist.
- 5 Leads of Leadership in Action: Motive, Means, Mode, Meme, and Mindset
- 4 Lines of Development: Action Orientation, Emotional Awareness, Mindful Attention, and Spiritual Congruence
- 3 Limits of Development: Offence, Defence and Absence Shadow Elements
- The Correlation of Stages of Development with Role Levels in Organizations
- The Distinction of Leadership Stages with Leadership Styles and Strengths
- Descriptions of the Strengths and Shadows of each Stage of Development
- Actions to take to foster your Vertical Development at each Stage.
The most important outcome in any Vertical Assessment is to raise Self-Awareness and ignite Vertical Development. The VHLP Assessment and Report does just that. Beyond the data analysis, we focus on thematic resonance to go to the heart of your findings. This highlights the uniqueness of your personal story and continuing journey in your holistic evolutionary development.
Discover how the 2-Step Square Dance can guide you to ignite and accelerate your evolutionary journey to later stages of adult maturity such as Synergist and Alchemist.
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Deepen your understanding of self,
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Elevate your perspective on the world,
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Broaden your horizons over time, and
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Evolve your appreciation of life.
"The Vertical Holistic Leadership Profile was the best, most useful piece of reading I have ever done.
I read it cover to cover three times. My own results aside, I learned so much about what leadership really means.
I found the “Holistic” approach especially enriching – it goes well beyond the most evolved leadership concepts I have come across so far."
- Senior Executive, Ingram Micro
"I had been seeking answers and tools in a variety of different places to pull myself forward to my next step.
I was fascinated and inspired by the way the VHLP systemized and helped me see patterns very clearly. It gave me a deeper explanation for a lot of the issues I was facing, as well as concrete and practical actions to further my development.
In short, it was like being recognized for who I really am. Every comforting word and clear action rang crystal clear in every part of my being."
- People & Culture Business Partner, Oatly
"The VHLP Discovery Debrief greatly increased my awareness of myself as a leader. From the outset the questions posed in the VHLP made me reflect on a deeper level.
Powerful insights for clear action emerged for me as a result. StageShift coaching and the VHLP adds a different layer to leadership development that supports leaders and their organisations to add greater value to their stakeholders, communities and employees. "
- Director Leadership & Talent, Central Bank of Ireland
ADD THE OBJECTIVE VERTICAL ASSESSMENT:
MY WORLD VIEW
Undertake this Sentence Completion Exercise to reveal your Inner Mindset
INTRODUCING THE ELEGANT VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTURE
Discover Your Place in the Holistic Landscape of Vertical Development
Our 8-week StageSHIFT Program offers you ...
- The opportunity to undertake your own Leadership Assessment across 6 Levels of Vertical Development from Specialist to Alchemist.
- You will receive an elegant and informative 40p VHLP Report.
- A step-by-step process to guide you through your Report to co-create your own customized 12-month Vertical Development Map.
- The proven RADAR Vertical Learning Method for you to develop awareness and enable the integration and application of your learning.
- 3 Modules of Online Materials with 3 Videos and 15-20pp Notes in each one on the Psychology, Structure and Nature of VHLD to expand your understanding.
- An illuminating 90-min individual Discovery Debrief with your StageSHIFT Coach.
- An optional extra is the Global Leadership Profile, an objective Sentence-Completion Vertical Assessment Exercise scored by an external expert, the accmpanying StageSHIFT Journey Report, and a 90-min intimate individual Discovery Debrief with your StageSHIFT GLP Coach.
The Elements in the Program are ...
ONLINE INTRODUCTION MATERIALS
1. PREVIEW THE PROGRAM
Discover how to optimize your study, participation, collaboration, effectiveness, and evolution on this Program.
ASSESS YOUR VERTICAL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES
2. TAKE THE VHLP
Take 60-90-mins to do your VHLD Self-Assessment and then review your 40p Vertical Holistic Leadership Profile (VHLP). The Report outlines VHLD, and presents your assessment data in tables and visually in the VHLP Wheel. Review your Leadership Presence Ratings in terms of your Action Orientation, Emotional Awareness, Mindful Attention and Spiritual Congruence.
The VHLP Report is in 4 Parts:
- The Architecture of VHLD
- Your VHLP Data and Wheel
- The 6 Stages of Development
- StageSHIFT's Approach to Evolution
Take time to familiarise yourself with your Report. The Modules that follow focus on different parts of the Report.
MODULE 1
ONLINE MATERIALS + PEER REVIEW + LIVE GROUP DISCOVERY DIALOGUE
3. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VHLD
Vertical Holistic Leadership Development (VHLD) has its origins in Constructive Developmental Psychology, as outlined in Part I of the VHLP Report. The online materials provide you with more information on:
- The Origins of Vertical Holistic Leadership Development
- The Motives, Means, Morals, and Memes of VHLD
- The Implications of VHLD for Leadership Effectiveness
- The Key Distinctions between Achievist and Synergist
Read Part I of your VHLP Report to consolidate your understanding of VHLD. Bring your Questions and Perspectives to our Live Group Discovery Dialogue. Read Part II of your Report to review your Results and reflect on what feels most resonant within you.
REVIEW YOUR VERTICAL HOLISTIC LEADERSHIP PROFILE
4. REVIEW YOUR REPORT
Take 60-90-mins to do your VHLD Self-Assessment and then review your 40p Vertical Holistic Leadership Profile (VHLP). The Report outlines VHLD, and presents your assessment data in tables and visually in the VHLP Wheel. Review your Leadership Presence Ratings in terms of your Action Orientation, Emotional Awareness, Mindful Attention and Spiritual Congruence.
The VHLP Report is in 4 Parts:
- The Architecture of VHLD
- Your VHLP Data and Wheel
- The 6 Stages of Development
- StageSHIFT's Approach to Evolution
Take time to familiarise yourself with your Report. The Modules that follow focus on different parts of the Report.
MODULE 2
ONLINE MATERIALS
5. THE STRUCTURE OF VHLD
Explore the architecture of VHLD in relation to the Holistic Self of human becoming from Ego, to Self, and Soul. Discover the interconnection between Self-Expression and Life Experience, and how leadership capacity aligns with Role Levels in organizations.
- The 12 Stages, 6 Perspectives and 3 Tiers in VHLD
- Correlated Human Faculties and Energy Fields
- The 2-Step Square Dance and Spectrum StageSHIFT
- The 6 Role Levels, 5 Leads, 4 Lines and 3 Limits of VHLD
- Distinguishing Stages and Styles of Leadership
Take a deeper look at your Top 7 Strengths, Stressors, Blind Spots and Stretches. Inquire into their thematic resonance to expand your inner self-awareness. This will enable you to prepare for and make the most of your individual Discovery Debrief.
INDIVIDUAL 90-MIN MEETING WITH YOUR StageSHIFT COACH
6. YOUR DISCOVERY DEBRIEF
Enjoy an illuminating one-to-one 90-min Discovery Debrief with your StageSHIFT VHLP Coach to gain deeper insights and new revelations into your current identity. Together we will clarify:
- The most resonant aspects of your 4 sets of Top 7
- The deepest insights and revelations into your identity
- The nature, source and pattern of your shadow elements
- A memorable declaration of the leader you wish to become.
After the Discovery Debrief, you'll be able to tune into Part III of the Report to add explicit actions to create your own customized 12-month VHLD Map for your evolutionary journey ahead.
MODULE 3
ONLINE MATERIALS
7. THE NATURE OF VHLD
In this Module we share StageSHIFT's proven unique Fast Track in VHLD to the advanced later stage of Synergist and beyond, as set out in Part IV of the VHLP Report. Our accelerated approach is evidence-based. Executives shift one-two Stages to Synergist in 1-2-years by applying the 8-Step StageSHIFT Systemic Solution.
- The integration of Self, Other, System and Culture
- How Vision, Values, Voice and Purpose set direction
- Inviting the quantum field of cosmic consciousness
- The essential aspects of the hero's journey to Synergist.
We will help you to complete your customized 12-month VHLD Map so you can navigate your evolutionary journey in the year ahead.
SET OUT YOUR CONSCIOUS 12-MONTH EVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY
8. COMPLETE YOUR MAP
You will have gained a deeper understanding of your current identity, your strengths, stressors, blind spots and stretches that resonate most with you, as well as a clear picture of your aspirational self.
You will also have a broad understanding of the systemic holistic landscape of vertical development so you can place your evolution in context. You'll be able to draw on specific actions from Part III of yur VHLP Report to cultivate your higher self and release shadow.
Your completed 12-month Journey Map incorporates:
- A sequenced series of developmental goals and/or practices
- A clear monthly focus on one aspect of your evolution
- A set of proven actions and commitments each month
- StageSHIFT's Approach to Evolution
Moreover, your new understanding of Vertical Holistic Leadership Development will enable you to deepen your self-awareness while consciously cultivating your self-expression, enriching your life experience and leading to soul evolution.
GREAT TO MEET YOU!
Hi, I'm Dr Antoinette Braks,
Founder of StageSHIFT.
I enable Senior Executives and their Teams become much more effective business leaders quickly. They learn to rise above systemic complexity to master their inner self, find their voice, develop strategic focus, scale their business, and lead a more fulfilling life. Clients have doubled their Leadership Effectiveness in 1-2 years, doubled their People Engagement from 30% to 60% in 6-months, and one client even doubled their Business Revenues after just 3 months!
In terms of credentials, I am a Master Certified Executive Coach with over 8,000 hours of Individual, Group and Team Coaching Experience with Senior Executives and Coaches following a 30-year global corporate career including leadership roles with Shell and Korn Ferry.
I hold a PhD in Leadership Psychology, an MBA from London Business School, and an evolutionary Alchemist mindset. I distilled a systemic, holistic, dynamic fast track in Vertical Development to Synergist and beyond, published in Executive Coaching in Strategic Holistic Leadership (McGraw Hill 2020), and was honoured to win the CEO Award for Leadership Coaching 2020.
My career has always been important to me. I’ve been a bit of a crusader. This has enabled me to excel and also got me into hot water from time to time. I've learned how to bridge opportunity with reality, to align my passions, principles and purpose with the deeply transformative and systemic work I do with people.
More than 50 highly qualified and equally committed and experienced Executive Coaches with international corporate careers behind them, have become certified as Transformative StageSHIFT Coaches. Located all around the world, we offer the distinct advantage of the mature Synergist or Alchemist Mindset. We embody a level of consciousness that offers deeper personal inquiry, systemic dynamic meaning-making and a heartfelt presence to guide your leadership journey to become more.
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"Antoinette is one of only three Thought Leaders I know who credibly and passionately integrates business and spirituality. It's rare and profound, and much needed today. Her brilliant intellect, fearless consulting and coaching has created a great suite of offerings."
- Emma Pearson, Transformative StageSHIFT Coach & Consultant
"I will be forever grateful to Antoinette for enabling me to fully grasp the vastness, importance and grandness of vertical development, yet making it easy to start infusing and transforming my own work with clients. Catch her program if you can - it might be the most uplifting decision in your life."
- Jessica Lowenhielm, Transforming Leadership StageSHIFT Coach & Consultant
"She is part of a class of brilliant, humble human beings, who invite you to fully meet yourself, both your shadows and unfolding potential, simply by their presence and capacity to hold that space. Through her unique well-researched body of work, she enables leaders to integrate business, spirituality, and human development in such a way that we all win."
- Jacqueline van Paassen, Transforming Leadership StageSHIFT Coach & Consultant
This Program is especially suited to you if are a Senior Executive, L&D Professional, or Executive Coach who wishes to ignite and accelerate their Vertical Holistic Leadership Growth to the advanced Stages of Synergist or Alchemist.
It's a great opportunity to delve deep into your current unique identity, and clarify the aspects within your Strengths, Stressors, Blind Spots and Stretches that will propel you forward.
By creating a 12-month Evolutionary Map to guide you on your journey, you'll be able to consciously cultivate your Self-Awareness and Self-Expression to become a much more effective and extraordinary leader.
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"Antoinette Braks' brilliant work, supported by her research, has focused on a pivotal arc in the developmental spectrum - the capacity of our leaders and coaches to take a mature, 4th Perspective. She has accessed the most salient aspects of different developmental models to create an effective, practical and grounded approach for guiding those who are ready, opening their eyes to the next generation of coaching and leading. This is much needed in a world that is hungry for new eyes that will see what is not yet seen, and heal hidden dilemmas that have not yet been identified."
- Terri O'Fallon, STAGES Global Thought Leader
"In these trying times of an unprecedented global health crisis, the smooth day-to-day running of civic affairs is disrupted. Thus, it is more urgent than ever before that mature leaders are at the helm of societies and corporations. As the speed and reach of global change and challenge in all areas of life is increasing, it becomes vital that more people develop the ability to take multiple perspectives, think systemically, consider the long-term effects of decisions and base them on the best available scientific evidence. This book offers a path to help leaders acquire these later stage characteristics."
- Susanne Cook-Greuter, STAGES Pioneer
"If executive coaching supports the transformation from Achievist to Synergist as this book lays out, it will become much more than the support towards achieving the next goal on the career ladder. It will instead become a transformational dialogue: a holistic path that can humanize our world."
- Reinhard Stelter, Psychology Prof. Copenhagen University. Author 3rd Gen Coaching
"This is a much-needed research-based book that shares crucial tools and techniques for coaches that are proven to move clients through the levels of developmental maturity."
- Maureen Metcalf, CEO Innovative Leadership Institute