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What is Vertical Development?

Most people assume that once you’re grown up, you stop growing — something which couldn’t be further from the truth.

In actuality, studies have shown adults still pass through further stages of development, allowing them to improve their capacity to think in more complex, systemic ways. 

This is the concept of Vertical Development which takes an innovative approach to leadership growth rooted in research from renowned institutions like Harvard and Cambridge University. It goes beyond traditional skill acquisition, focusing instead on the evolution of a leader’s thinking, perception, and decision-making abilities. 

This transformative approach ensures that leaders are not just prepared for today’s challenges but are also equipped to anticipate and adapt to the future’s unknowns

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Why Vertical Development?

Vertical Development is essential in today’s fast-evolving landscape, offering a transformative approach to leadership that matches the complexity and pace of the modern world.

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Elevating Leadership Effectiveness:

Vertical Development is pivotal for nurturing generative leaders who are self-aware, empathetic, resilient, and emotionally intelligent. This transformative growth enables them to drive significant change in organisations and communities, fostering an environment where innovation and progress thrive.

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Driving Better Business Outcomes:

Leaders engaged in Vertical Development acquire the ability to navigate complex challenges with a holistic perspective. This is especially crucial for generative leaders who aim to create sustainable and strategic impacts, leading to accelerated and meaningful business growth.

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Promoting Personal and Generative Growth:

Emphasising personal growth, Vertical Development aligns with modern values of wellness and self-care. It’s particularly beneficial for generative leaders as it deepens their understanding of their developmental journey, enhancing their ability to foster growth and development in others.

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Clear Progression Pathway:

Vertical Development provides a linear, mappable journey, essential for leaders, especially those striving to be generative in their approach. It allows them to identify their current stage and the specific steps needed for advancement, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.

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Enhancing Versatility and Organisational Impact:

Focusing on beliefs and values, Vertical Development is crucial for generative leaders aiming to impact their teams and the wider organisation positively. It enables leaders to expand their vision and long-term planning, essential for creating a lasting and generative impact on the organisation.

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“ILS has the versatility and the scale to deliver what we need, and we have gotten sustainable results. Unlike typical trainings, ILS uses a holistic roadmap approach to make sure that the employees retain and apply what they have learnt. We have observed marked improvement in our people.”
- Group CEO of Honsen Printing Industries & Zephyr Silkscreen Co
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- HR Manager at Vopak Terminals Singapore
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Vertical Development is a forward-thinking approach to leadership growth that focuses on evolving a leader’s thinking, perception, and decision-making capabilities. It’s based on extensive research and aims to transform leaders to effectively navigate and thrive in complex environments.

Unlike traditional training that focuses on skill acquisition, Vertical Development concentrates on the personal growth of a leader’s cognitive and emotional capacities. It enables leaders to think in more complex and systemic ways, preparing them for the unpredictable challenges of the future.

In our rapidly changing world, leaders face unprecedented challenges that require not just technical skills but also advanced cognitive and emotional capabilities. Vertical Development nurtures these qualities, promoting resilience, empathy, and a strategic perspective that matches today’s fast-paced, complex environment.

Yes, Vertical Development can drive better business outcomes by enhancing leaders’ abilities to think more complexly and strategically. This advanced capability allows leaders to handle greater ambiguity and complexity, leading to more innovative solutions and improved organizational performance.

Vertical Development promotes personal growth by encouraging individuals to expand their thinking patterns, self-awareness, and adaptability. It challenges leaders to progress beyond their current mental and emotional capacities, fostering deeper understanding and more effective interactions with others.

Vertical Development offers a clear progression pathway for leaders by providing a structured approach to evolving their cognitive and emotional capabilities. This progression is tailored to help leaders transition from operational to strategic thinking, enhancing their ability to influence and lead in increasingly complex environments.

Vertical Development enhances a leader’s impact within an organization by equipping them with the skills to navigate complex challenges, manage diverse teams more effectively, and drive change more successfully. This development leads to stronger leadership presence and more substantial organizational influence.
Vertical Development programs can benefit anyone in a leadership role or those aspiring to lead. This includes executives, managers, emerging leaders, and professionals seeking to elevate their strategic thinking and leadership effectiveness.

Organizations can implement Vertical Development by integrating it into their existing leadership development frameworks. This involves assessing current leadership capabilities, identifying potential leaders for advancement, and providing targeted development interventions that promote higher levels of thinking and problem-solving.

To get started with Vertical Development at ILS, you can contact our training department to schedule an initial consultation. During this consultation, we will assess your or your organization’s needs and tailor a development plan that aligns with your strategic goals and the specific challenges faced by your leaders.

Vertical Development is a forward-thinking approach to leadership growth that focuses on evolving a leader’s thinking, perception, and decision-making capabilities. It’s based on extensive research and aims to transform leaders to effectively navigate and thrive in complex environments.

Unlike traditional training that focuses on skill acquisition, Vertical Development concentrates on the personal growth of a leader’s cognitive and emotional capacities. It enables leaders to think in more complex and systemic ways, preparing them for the unpredictable challenges of the future.

In our rapidly changing world, leaders face unprecedented challenges that require not just technical skills but also advanced cognitive and emotional capabilities. Vertical Development nurtures these qualities, promoting resilience, empathy, and a strategic perspective that matches today’s fast-paced, complex environment.

Yes, Vertical Development can drive better business outcomes by enhancing leaders’ abilities to think more complexly and strategically. This advanced capability allows leaders to handle greater ambiguity and complexity, leading to more innovative solutions and improved organizational performance.

Vertical Development promotes personal growth by encouraging individuals to expand their thinking patterns, self-awareness, and adaptability. It challenges leaders to progress beyond their current mental and emotional capacities, fostering deeper understanding and more effective interactions with others.

Vertical Development offers a clear progression pathway for leaders by providing a structured approach to evolving their cognitive and emotional capabilities. This progression is tailored to help leaders transition from operational to strategic thinking, enhancing their ability to influence and lead in increasingly complex environments.

Vertical Development enhances a leader’s impact within an organization by equipping them with the skills to navigate complex challenges, manage diverse teams more effectively, and drive change more successfully. This development leads to stronger leadership presence and more substantial organizational influence.

Vertical Development programs can benefit anyone in a leadership role or those aspiring to lead. This includes executives, managers, emerging leaders, and professionals seeking to elevate their strategic thinking and leadership effectiveness.

Organizations can implement Vertical Development by integrating it into their existing leadership development frameworks. This involves assessing current leadership capabilities, identifying potential leaders for advancement, and providing targeted development interventions that promote higher levels of thinking and problem-solving.

To get started with Vertical Development at ILS, you can contact our training department to schedule an initial consultation. During this consultation, we will assess your or your organization’s needs and tailor a development plan that aligns with your strategic goals and the specific challenges faced by your leaders.

 

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Jessica

Jessica Choo

Founder and Chief Strategist of ILS

Jessica Choo is the Founder and Chief Strategist of Integrated Learning Systems (ILS). With more than 30 years’ consulting and operational experience, Jessica has extensive working knowledge in the areas of performance consulting, talent development, organisation development, change management, strategic leadership, team development, and business management.

Jessica has extensive experience in assisting companies implement culture and people development solutions. Her behavioural science approach, coupled with her passion in people and result-orientedness, has consistently helped her clients achieved impressive results in organisation-wide people performance and culture change initiatives. A highly-established organisation development consultant, she has addressed over 15,000 executives and worked on more than 200 client projects across 20 countries. During the strategic assignments involving ministers and prominent CEOs in Singapore, Jessica consistently demonstrated her capability to focus the group and achieve creative progress and buy-in through her effective facilitation.

In recent years, Jessica has incorporated Growth Mindset interventions into her consulting as a powerful way to initiate and sustain high performance. She is also an active member of the Chicago Booth Executive Education network in Behavioural Economics.

Carl

Carl Sanders-Edwards

CEO and Founder of Adeption

Carl Sanders-Edwards is the CEO & Founder of Adeption – a platform that is improving and democratising leadership development for all through new, evidence-based, design-led approach to learning. Carl has over 20 years’ experience working with global organisations and start-ups, helping people and workplaces grow to be better.

Carl believes that leadership is no longer a role that one shoots for, but a required trait that everyone in the future must have. His mission is to make effective Leadership Development available to everyone. He brings a unique perspective to this challenge with experience from manufacturing, software development, leadership and innovation.

Carl holds an MBA from Babson College, Boston, as a Fulbright Scholar, graduating top of his class. He has a Bachelor of Technology (Hons) from Massey University, in New Zealand, and received the 2011 Massey University Distinguished Young Alumni.

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Jamie Mclver

General Manager of Adeption

Jamie Mclver is a leader, facilitator and coach with vast international business experience and a passion for growing transformational leaders. He has lived and worked across Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa leading transformations, shaping change and shifting cultures.

With deep expertise in transformation, Jamie partners with leaders to uncover their purpose and long-term goals and takes creative approaches to unlock them. He also works with leadership teams and organisations to shape the leadership culture and transformation journeys that bring about sustainable success.

Jamie holds an MBA from Mount Eliza Business School and is a certified coach, member of the International Coaching Federation, certified practitioner for Leadership Circle Profile and a qualified Six-Sigma Black Belt.

Nick

Nick Petrie

Leadership Researcher and Speaker

Nick Petrie is a researcher and key-note speaker specialising in vertical leadership development, culture creation and resilience under pressure. He is also a performance coach for some of the world’s top companies helping them prepare for the future by creating solutions that help leaders be more: adaptable, resilient and strategic.

For the past decade, Nick has dedicated his time to working and residing in various regions, including the U.S., Asia, Europe, Britain, Scandinavia, and the Middle East. He is sought after for helping organisations build a healthy, high-performance culture (that doesn’t burn people out) and leadership development for senior executives. He spent 10 years at the Centre for Creative Leadership working with senior executives and HR leaders from around the world.