bernard chanliau

The evolution of senior leadership is not a linear accumulation of skills, but a fundamental restructuring of how an adult makes meaning of their world. In my practice as a developmental coach, I define the most critical strategic shift as the transition from a "Self-Authoring" to a "Self-Transforming" mind (Robert Kegan 1994). A self-authoring leader operates through a coherent internal operating system - a set of values, standards, and identities they have "authored" and use to drive the...

Last month, I found myself barefoot on a wooden floor in Italy, moving through a GSB (God, Sex, and Body) 5 Rhythms workshop. The workshop uses somatic movement to explore how deep-seated psychological and archetypal energies - such as the Father, Mother, Warrior, and Wild Son - physically register within an individual under different emotional states. It is not standard CPD for an (ICF) executive and systemic team coach. But as a diagnostic environment for somatic awareness, it provides an...

With 7,000 hours of executive coaching experience over two decades at the highest leadership levels, one thing is evident: many executives approach building a cathedral with the mindset of a handyman. They concentrate on the visible tools, while the complex organizations they lead demand a deeper understanding they have yet to explore. To understand the difference between a competent manager and a master builder, we must look at the Master Carpenter. Imagine this artisan is handed a piece of...