People who are highly effective, proficient, and skilled at what they do are often honored with the title of master. Mastery in anything—from sports, to the arts, to leadership—requires a highly competent “outer game” and a highly conscious “inner game.” Effective, masterful leadership is Conscious Competence.What seldom gets acknowledged is that the inner game runs the outer game. It is the maturity of the inner game that mediates and manages the outer game. Most of our efforts to develop mastery in leadership focus on the outer game of competence and very little on the inner game of consciousness. Until our efforts take a more unified, balanced approach, one that simultaneously involves both the inner and outer game (consciousness and competence), we will fall short in our efforts to develop leaders for the future at the pace required.Consciousness and performance—personal, organizational, and systemic—are fundamentally connected. The organization will be structured and perform at the predominant level of consciousness of its leadership. If we want higher-order performance, individually and organizationally, consciousness must be restructured.The good news is that the structure of mind can evolve throughout the lifespan. Consciousness, like an operating system, can be restructured for higher performance in the face of higher complexity. Research has mapped out the trajectory of adult 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. Each new higher-order structure ushers in enhanced capacity, in which more—much more—becomes possible.This workshop will provide a powerful leadership development experience for both those seeking to improve their organizations and those serving clients as organizational development consultants, coaches, and therapists. It will introduce you to a unified model of leadership that integrates most of the best theory and research to emerge over the past 50 years in the fields of leadership, psychology, human potential, and even spirituality. At the core of this model are the Stages of Adult Development frameworks that are now finding their way into our approaches to leadership development. The workshop will include a self-assessment using the Leadership Circle Profile, which provides personal insight through the lens of the Unified Model. It will introduce five leadership practices (listed in the outline below) that will reliably boot up higher-level leadership.

Hosted by MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute live in Orleans, MA for 15 CEs. For more info, visit the event website.