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The changes transforming leadership development
“It used to be that a handful of top leaders would go through a program each year. Now we’re seeing organizations building ecosystems where not only is everyone getting development, but it’s embedded as a continuous, natural part of work, and is seen as critical to the organization’s agility.”
Growth Beyond the Development Experience
Our latest Insight Series Report, Growth Beyond the Development Experience, shines a light on what happens at the end of leadership development programs — exploring the behavioral shifts and intentions leaders share after completing Adeption experiences. By analyzing...
Evolving the way we work with AI and smart technology
The integration of artificial intelligence in leadership development is still in its early stages, with only 24% of professionals currently utilizing AI, according to the LEADx Leadership Development Benchmark Report 2O24. It’s no surprise the most popular use case is...
Mindset growth through leadership development
Download Adeption Insights Series: Mindset growth through leadership development. One of the biggest challenges leadership development practitioners face is proving the tangible impact and return on investment of development initiatives. This is particularly true when...
How To Develop Adaptive Leaders
Leaders are increasingly grappling with complex challenges, rapid change, and growing demands on their time and attention. Our new Insight Series Report, How to Develop Adaptive Leaders, dives into the challenges, goals and shifts leaders are focused on today....
Back to the future.
In a time of rapid disruption, how can we support leaders to be agile and find new solutions to lead their teams forward? There’s a lot we can learn by looking back to the past… way back to 2OO,OOO years ago. This is when early humans lived in the Serengeti, Africa,...
Empowering leaders for the future of work
What does the future of leadership development look like? In the last 12 months, we’ve worked with organizations that are doing some incredible work to help their leaders navigate disruption and change. Our clients around the world tell us they’re facing volatility on...
Five mistakes
CARL SANDERS EDWARDS Last week we held our first Global Chat for the year and I was the guest primed with discussing 5 mistakes I have made over the past 15 years of deep work in enabling quality leadership development at scale. Gulp, sharing mistakes felt vulnerable...
Coaching Conversation with Lettie Dalton
“I always wanted to become a leader and now I don’t.” That’s an eye-opening start to a conversation with a leadership development professional! We are discussing the path Lettie Dalton has taken on her way to becoming a coach, facilitator, and General Manager of...
Coaching Conversation with Dan Lake
Long before Dan Lake was a lead facilitator and coach at Adeption, he was a bungy jump instructor and tour guide. “It’s different but similar when you compare motivating people to leap off a bridge and taking a professional or personal leap of faith. Most people...
Leadership Insights: Story editing
Carl Sanders Edwards My Dad was a primary school teacher. Unlike most teachers in those days, he was popular with the kids. I remember as a 6-year-old that everyone in our town seemed to know Dad and want to stop and chat and...
Leadership Insights: How’s your to-do list?
Carl Sanders Edwards I took a deep breath. I gulped the bitter green tea, squeezing the caffeine placebo as much as I could. "Two more", I said to myself hoping for a mantra like boost. I was exhausted but still needed to do more. I wasn't finishing an adventure...