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#126 - Elevating Leadership Through Vertical Development - Ryan Gottfredson

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The Importance of Vertical Development in Leadership

The concept of vertical development has been around for about 10 years. The ideas behind it go back to the 1960s and they stem from the field of developmental psychology. 64% of all adults never Developed into the second level of adult development during their adulthood during their lifetime so 35% end up getting to the second level, only 1% get to the third level as adults. Most effective people are those who have Developed to that level when we think about actually some of the biggest names in a world's history like Mahat McGondie Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther King jr. Nelson Mandela These are types of people that show a lot of evidence is operating at that highest vertical Development level.

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