FocusON the Whole Leader

What's it worth to reduce leadership performance risk and increase value? Well in baseball, it would be the difference between a batting average of .250 and .350. It’s the difference between a middling player and Hall of Fame material, between a player who can hit only certain pitches and one who can handle just about anything, and in major league salaries, its worth about $17 M a year.

Now in leadership, we don't keep score quite the same way. But we recognize the difference between a partial leader who's good in only certain situations, and one who can handle anything. Given the 4 patterns, and the fact that leaders have preferences while life does not, what do you suppose the blind chances are that a leader will be in the right pattern at the right time? Right...about .250. What would it be worth to your business to have leaders who have significantly higher odds?

Everywhere leaders turn today, they face paradox. Do we focus on the short term or invest in the long term? Yes. Do we drive performance or develop our people? Yes. Do we do what’s right for our shareholders or what’s right for our communities? Yes. Of course, these “yes’s” collide, which is what makes leadership so interesting. But there is an art and a science keeping the tension healthy, which is what I especially enjoy teaching leaders. Working with the science of the energy patterns, and the art of managing a healthy balance among them – in leadership practices, strategy, culture and more – I help my clients master the complexity of today.

- Mark Kiefaber

FocusON the Whole Leader

The pressures facing leaders today will accelerate some toward profound development, while others plunge toward derailment and burnout. We are dedicated to helping leaders find the first path...

- to know and reclaim their whole self,
   - to have energy for the whole game,
    - to be up to the whole challenge,
     - to thrive in this time, wholly fulfilled.

Our leadership programs and executive
coaching move leaders beyond talk to
authentic action, beyond cognitive learning
to embodied learning, beyond development
plans to real outcomes.

Whole leadership made possible

through executive coaching and custom programs that address the real issues facing leaders and their businesses, giving leaders an embodied understanding of how they need to shift to address any challenge they're facing;
through immersion experiences that flip, for example, coping to transforming, or being "spun up" to centered;
through practice in such areas as managing paradox, and coaching and influencing others;
by working with the whole leader to build pattern awareness and agility;
by giving leaders a way to manage their energy for the long run and avoid burnout.

Leadership development accelerated

Nothing accelerates development more than mindfulness in the body, which we foster through pattern awareness, agility and mindful practice. Working with the energy patterns enables a leader to bring the right focus to right now. It's part of our approach to executive coaching. It's part of our approach to leadership programs. And we do it better than anyone.

We help leaders...

know who they are, clarify their vision and the purpose of their work
transform their business and align their organization
create a climate for innovation
develop a global mindset
manage paradox and complexity
engage and inspire their people
develop the next generation of talent
manage their energy and avoid burnout