Interweaving Vertical and Horizontal Development: a Whole-Person Approach to Scale Leadership

When it comes to the mainstream understanding of leadership, one mode of development dominates: horizontal. Horizontal development, or building skills, expertise, knowledge, and competencies, is usually what people refer to when discussing leadership development. It is absolutely necessary, but alone it doesn’t develop leaders who can operate effectively in today’s ever-changing world. 

Vertical development is less understood, often neglected, more nuanced, and it is absolutely critical for leaders to actually effect systemic change. Vertical development transforms who a leader is. It shifts their mindset, challenges their beliefs, increases wisdom, expands consciousness, and ultimately builds a leader’s capacity to interpret, relate, and lead in today’s highly complex world.  

In this webinar, Carlo and Lori will explore the importance of connecting vertical and horizontal leadership in pursuit of scalable leadership. They will discuss: 

  • The cost of focusing largely on horizontal leadership development, and why it still dominates the market.  
  • What vertical development is, how it scales leadership, and how it can be practically nurtured.  
  • How these two forms of development combine to produce tangible results. 

Presenters

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Lori Mazan

Co-founder, President and Chief Coaching Officer, Sounding Board

Lori Mazan is the co-founder, president, and chief coaching officer for Sounding Board, the first Leader Development Platform designed to bridge the leadership gap. One of the first 250 ICF certified coaches globally, she has spent more than 25 years coaching C-suite executives to develop critical leadership capabilities that have immediate and positive business outcomes. 

In 2016, Lori partnered with Christine Tao to launch Sounding Board as a feedback-driven, cloud-based leadership coaching platform that could deliver best-in-class leadership coaching, while lowering costs to make coaching affordable and scalable for leaders at every level of their careers.

Certified by the industry’s gold standard, the Co-Active Training Institute, Lori was a founding member of the Genentech Preferred Network of Coaches.

Carlo Bos

Carlo Bos

Co-CEO, Co-Active Training Institute (CTI)

Carlo Bos is the co-CEO for Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), and a member of the Board. Carlo has spent more than two decades leading the charge to transform human experience through contextually based, experientially driven leadership development. He is passionate about helping develop a world full of courageous and conscious leaders who fight for healthy relationships with self, others and systems.

In his co-leadership role at CTI, Carlo has been instrumental in building the organization’s leadership effectiveness and developing sustainable governance practices. He is committed to continued learning to ensure equity, inclusion, diversity and accessibility are at the heart of CTI’s products, operations and people experience.

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