Any study of Theory S – and specially any study regarding the nature of Senior Sage leadership (ages 56+) and Emerging Sage leadership (ages 25-55)—must take into account social and cultural aspects of the age groups that broadly define who these people are and what they represent.

(excerpted from “Integral Leadership Coaching: A Partner in Sustainability” by Lloyd Raines, published March 2007, Integral Leadership Review.) One of the things I have come to notice in my coaching is the panoply of ways people silence others, are silenced by others, or engage in self-silencing. Cultural influences, organizational practices, leadership’s individual behaviors and language, and the prevailing mental models …