Coaches Rising 32 - Jennifer Garvey Berger: Uncovering the Deep Principles of Change
Dec 11, 2018
Jennifer Garvey Berger, an adult development expert and author, dives deep into the transformative stages adults go through. She explains how understanding these stages can elevate leadership styles and enhance coaching effectiveness. Listeners learn about the powerful concept of self-authorship, the triggers that catalyze developmental change, and the difference between coping-focused and developmental coaching. Jennifer shares techniques to help leaders find their voice and warns coaches to be mindful of their own development while working with clients.
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Adults Keep Developing
- Adult development maps how grownups change their meaning-making over time.
- Jennifer Garvey Berger says these changes are as large as differences between a five and fifteen year old.
The Stage Sequence And Leadership
- Minds typically move from self-sovereign to socialized to self-authored and sometimes self-transforming.
- Each stage shifts where people locate truth, loyalty, and decision-making, changing leadership styles.
Capacity Grows With Complexity
- Each developmental stage expands capacity for complexity and nuance.
- Jennifer notes later stages see black and white as interdependent, producing gray and interconnection.
