William Bergquist and Gary Quehl It is important to explore and seek the origins of generativity inside an individual’s psyche and inside the spirited and soulful processes engaged by generative people. And it is also critical to look at the environment or context in which generativity is identified and nurtured. Just as we found in exploring the nature of Sage …

I have prepared this very preliminary perspective on the models of leadership to be found in sub-Sahara Africa and will capture the essence of these models in a new "Theory A."

We turn once again to the fundamental choice that Erik Erikson first identified when describing the stages of adult development: generativity or stagnation?

William Bergquist, Ph.D. and Brigitte Lewis, B.S. Neuroscience Welcome to the Pathways to Sleep project. As part of this project, we have identified four components of an individualized strategy for you to achieve successful sleep for yourself or for your clients (with you serving as a sleep coach). We know that this is a big order and that many other …

A timely analogy, metaphor, parable or simile can be introduced in a coaching session that makes a reformed reality that much more a source of insight, inspiration, guidance and enactment.

Generativity can be a source of inspiration and motivation for those of us serving as professional coaches who wish to engage in work on behalf of the Greater Good in their local community, their nation, their environment –and ultimately their world.

As we look down from our high bluff at the world in which we are now working and living, we see (and are challenged by) volatility, uncertainty, complexity and certainly ambiguity (the ingredients to be found in VUCA) as well as our own addition of turbulence and contradiction to this list (what we are calling VUCA-Plus). Those of us standing …

The first two sections of Curated 2020 have focused on leadership competencies and leadership styles –especially as they contribute to effective Team and Organizational performance. The remaining fundamental question is: how do we increase leadership competency, while respecting and appreciating differences in leadership style? The simple answer is: initiate a leadership development program. This has been the automatic answer that …

In this second section of Curated 2020, six essays are offered that focus on specific models of leadership and group development that address the complex, unpredictable and turbulent challenges faced by contemporary organizations around the world. It is proposed by one of us [WB], as co-editor of this Curated 2020 volume, that no one leadership style is best and that …

In the first essay in this series, we concentrated on the “pure” versions of each leadership style and suggested that each of these styles, at its extreme, is aligned with MBTI introversion. The introverted leader stands alone, wanting to assert their own ideas (Ruby Red), inspire with their own vision (Azure Blue) or sit back in order to collect and …