How To Develop Adaptive Leaders

Leaders are increasingly grappling with complex challenges, rapid change, and growing demands on their time and attention. Our new Insight Series Report, How to Develop Adaptive Leaders, dives into the challenges, goals and shifts leaders are focused on today....

Empowering leaders for the future of work

What does the future of leadership development look like? In the last 12 months, we’ve worked with organizations that are doing some incredible work to help their leaders navigate disruption and change. Our clients around the world tell us they’re facing volatility on...

Coaching Conversation with Lettie Dalton

“I always wanted to become a leader and now I don’t.”  That’s an eye-opening start to a conversation with a leadership development professional!  We are discussing the path Lettie Dalton has taken on her way to becoming a coach, facilitator, and General Manager of...

Coaching Conversation with Dan Lake

Long before Dan Lake was a lead facilitator and coach at Adeption, he was a bungy jump instructor and tour guide.  “It’s different but similar when you compare motivating people to leap off a bridge and taking a professional or personal leap of faith.  Most people...

Leadership Insights: Story editing

Carl Sanders Edwards My Dad was a primary school teacher.  Unlike most teachers in those days, he was popular with the kids.   I remember as a 6-year-old that everyone in our town seemed to know Dad and want to stop and chat and engage. So I asked him why. “Oh,...

Leadership Insights: How’s your to-do list?

Carl Sanders Edwards I took a deep breath.  I gulped the bitter green tea, squeezing the caffeine placebo as much as I could.  “Two more”, I said to myself hoping for a mantra like boost.  I was exhausted but still needed to do more.    I wasn’t...