Mastering Leadership

Chapter 4 Stages of Development: The Backbone of the Universal Model of Leadership

Thus far we have been making the core argument that the levels of consciousness and performance—personal, organizational, and systemic—are harmoniously related. We have argued that your business will be structured and perform at the predominant level of consciousness of its leadership, through which all leadership, culture, organizational structure, action, and creation are being organized. This is a greatly overlooked truth. If we want to perform better, individually and organizationally, we must be restructured. With each fundamental evolution in the Structure of Mind (IOS), more, much more, becomes possible.

The good news about this is that the Level or Structure of Mind can evolve. There is a considerable amount of good research in the field of Adult Development that has mapped out the entire trajectory of development—how consciousness structures itself at one level of mind and then restructures itself into the next higher-order structure, and the next, and the next. This chapter is a brief introduction to the Stages and Structures of Mind, how they are integrated into the Universal Model, and their relationship to leadership effectiveness and business performance. In the next chapter, we will describe each Structure of Mind and Stage of Leadership.

Bill: We have spent 30 years working on what is required for systems to transform in order to enhance performance and create a level of leadership ...