StageSHIFT VERTICAL LEADERSHIP GROWTH

 
We unlock the latent power of Senior Executive Leaders by guiding them on their evolutionary journeys to become Visionary Inspiring Purposeful - VIP - Leaders with a Transforming Synergist Mindset.
They develop the capacity to reinvent the business, build a team-based empowered learning culture to realize scalable sustainable, healthy, equitable outcomes and generate a brighter flourishing future for all.

The Vertical Holistic Leadership Profile

 

The Vertical Holistic Leadership Profile (VHLP) is a Self-Assessment on a set of 156 vertically calibrated leadership capabilities and shadow elements that generates a unique automated 40p Executive Report. The VHLP includes Online Learning Resources on the Psychology, Structure and Nature of Vertical Leadership Development, and the opportunity to create your own unique 12-month Evolutionary Development Map with the guidance of a StageSHIFT VHLP Coach.

This approach to Vertical Assessment is a subjective assessment of oneself rather than the more objective assessment offered by Sentence Completion Exercises. It is significantly more valuable in raising self-awareness of the nature of leadership capabilities at progressive Stages of Development. Our Discovery Debrief based on thematic resonance enables you to articulate your Aspirational Leadership Brand Declaration and map out your monthly development focus for the year.

 

Vertical Development is ignited by setting an aspirational intent that reflects the leader's deepest inner desires for their life's journey and soul destiny. ~ Antoinette Braks
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StageSHIFTs to Master Role Complexity

Expanded Human Consciousness enables us to perceive, pierce through, and process increasing complexity to take collective steps forward in emergence. I recommend that the top 20% of Senior Executives hold an integrated embodied Synergist Perspective to lead scalable sustainable transformation in the chaotic world we find ourselves in today.

StageSHIFT to Synergist

We StageSHIFT from Dependence to Independence at 3rd Perspective through the Stage of Specialist to land at Achievist. The next StageSHIFT is to Interdependence at 4th Perspective through the Stage of Catalyst to land at Synergist. At 5th Perspective we StageSHIFT through Constructivist to become newly grounded at Alchemist, a level of Interindependence.

The Vertical Holistic Leadership Profile

The Capabilities range from the earlier Stages of Specialist, Achievist and Catalyst through to the later Stages of Synergist, Constructivist and Alchemist.

The capabilities are based on 5 themes within each of the 4 ways of being: Doing (AQ), Relating (EQ), Thinking (MQ) and Creating (SQ), for each of the 6 Stages of Development.

The Assessment results in a Report that offers an extensive explanation of the Stages of Vertical Development, and data tables showing your overall score for Leadership Presence, and your Top Seven Strengths, Stressors, Blind Spots and Stretches with questions for reflection.

Our approach to the Discovery Debrief is significant. Rather than focusing on gap analysis from a 3rd Perspective, we dive deep into thematic resonance at mature 4th Perspective. This ensures that our meaning-making is uniquely customized for you to map out your evolutionary developmental path for the year ahead.

Online Learning Resources

The VHLP is a stand-alone Assessment accompanied by the VHLP Online Learning Resources so you can gain a more expansive understanding of the research,  architecture and pathway in Systemic Holistic Vertical Leadership Development to advanced Stages.

We offer videos and notes on:

  1. The PSYCHOLOGY of Vertical Leadership Development.
  2. The STRUCTURE of Systemic Vertical Development.
  3. The NATURE of Holistic Vertical Development.

As you review the Online Resources, we guide you to undertake the VHLP Assessment, review your Report, clarify your Aspirational Leadership Brand Declaration, and create a unique 12-month map for your personal evolutionary leadership development. 

As you undertake the work you can share your Masterpieces-in-Progress in the online StageSHIFT Community and receive feedback and input from Dr Antoinette Braks to clarify and sequence your intent.

You can also opt for a 1:1 Discovery Debrief with a StageSHIFT VHLP Coach as your register for the Program. Your receive a >20% saving on what will be one of the most profound Discovery Debriefs you have ever experienced. See the Testimonials below. 

If you have any questions or are interested in this Program for a group of colleagues, please email us at [email protected] 

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Your Unique Aspirational Leadership Brand Declaration (ALBD)

Your ALBD is a powerful and meaningful way to create clear intentions for your vertical growth as an executive leader or coach. Your clarity of intention to reinvent your own unique identity creates the quality of attention to harvest the CROP - the Challenges, Resources, Opportunities and People that arise. Your ALBD acts as a powerful magnet to attract precisely those learning experiences and advantages to enable you to realize your heartfelt mindful aspirations.

About the StageSHIFT VHLP Coach Certification

WHO IS IT DESIGNED FOR?

This VHLP Certification is for Executive Coaches who wish to add a Capability-based Vertical Leadership Assessment to their Coaching Toolkit. You can then use this instrument directly with your clients and conduct your own Discovery Debriefs.

It's explicitly designed to raise clients' self-awareness and ignite the StageSHIFT to Synergist and beyond.

THE VHLP CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

This Certification offers:

  • 3 VHLP Assessments for yourself and your clients
  • The VHLP Online Learning Resources
  • 10 Live 90-min Discovery Dialogues pa in Vertical Holistic Leadership Development at 10am CET and 10am EST on Fridays every 4-weeks from February-June and August-December.

At each Discovery Dialogue, we review a VHLP Report and explore new inquiries and insights into Systemic Holistic Vertical LeadershipDevelopment. You're welcome to continue to attend our VHLP Discovery Dialogues as a member of the StageSHIFT VHLP Coach Community.

VHLP ASSESSMENT & COACH CERTIFICATION FEES

The VHLP Assessment and Online Learning Resources is a great way to become familiar with Vertical Leadership Development while personalizing your understanding to your individual evolutionary journey. During the registration process you have the option to include a 1:1 90-mins Discovery Debrief.

For the Coach Certification, you can either make a single payment to cover the ensuing 12-month period or a series of 12 monthly payments.

After the first year, you can continue to participate in the live Discovery Dialogues, or upgrade to another Program e.g., The StageSHIFT Coach Certification, with a second installment and/or ongoing monthly payments.

We offer savings for Coaches who invest >80% of their coaching time in the Non-Profit Sector or in Developing Economies, and Scholarships for Coaches going through a transition. Email us to share your situation and wishes: [email protected]

The SAVING is the difference between making a Single Payment and 3 or 12 Monthly Payments. The saving on the Discovery Debrief is also shown. The conversion to EURO is based on 0.85 to the USD (August 2025).

Register for the VHLP Assessment & Online Program - Single Payment
Register for the VHLP Coach Certification - Single Payment
Register for the VHLP Assessment & Online Program - 3 Monthly Payments
Register for the VHLP Coach Certification - 12 Monthly Payments

DEEP SYSTEMIC SPEED

Leadership Development to a mature Synergist Mindset 3 times faster than usual in just 1-2 years instead of 5-6.

SWIFT OUTCOMES

Double Leadership Effectiveness, People Engagement, and Creative Productivity in short time frames.

BUSINESS GROWTH

Uplift Performance, win Industry Awards, accolades for Presentations, and realize rapid Career Advances.

Be Bold.     Be Brave.     Be Kind.     Be Free.

 
 
 
The higher our self-expression and the deeper our self-awareness,
the richer our life experience and the greater our soul evolution.
Antoinette J Braks 

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