"The higher our self-expression and the deeper our self-awareness, the richer our  life experience and the greater our self-evolution." - Dr Antoinette Braks

In this podcast episode, Pete and Dave speak to Dr Antoinette Braks about her approach to vertical development coaching with senior executives for organisational transformation. She also chatted about StageSHIFT, how it's different from other people's or theorists models and how it is being applied by leadership consultants and coaches.

We also focus on what it takes to go from one developmental level or stage to another, and how you might adopt some of these ideas and principles to accelerate your own vertical development journey.

About Dr Antoinette Braks

Antoinette is the founder of the global StageSHIFT Coaching and Consulting Community.

She is a Master Certified Coach, has a PhD in Developmental Psychology and Transformative Coaching, an MBA from London Business School, and is the author of Executive Coaching in Strategic Holistic Leadership: The Drivers and Dynamics of Vertical Development (McGraw Hill 2020). She received the CEO Today 2020 Management Consulting Award in Leadership Coaching.

Her PhD builds on a lifelong commitment to study following an Honours degree in Law, BA in Political Science, an MBA from London Business School, an MA in Management Research and Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision at Oxford Brookes University. After an early career in executive search and selection, Antoinette shifted to organisational development followed by leadership development. She flourished in global executive roles with Shell in Latin America and Africa, and with Korn Ferry across Asia Pacific. She also led People and Culture with Vector, New Zealand’s innovative energy infrastructure company, and inaugurated the Executive Coaching Division with Hudson Australia.

In recent years she has led organisational vertical transformations and distilled the theory and principles behind the effectiveness of the StageSHIFT Transformation Programs with an extensive Coaching Certification Program in Vertical Development. Antoinette’s purposeful intent is to architect and engineer the intrinsic evolutionary capacity of the organisation, its people, and all stakeholders, at all stages of development, to build a more sustainable, healthy, equitable, and joyful world for all.

Links

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Stage Map - For all of you who listen to today’s podcast and haven't seen the model we are talking about, you can find it here. Just scroll down. 

Stage Shift Programs, Website and Resources