Articles
Articles included here were curated from scholarly papers contributed by academics and recognized practitioners of Action Inquiry.
History of Reliability, Validity, and Impact Testing of the Global Leadership Profile and of the New ‘GLP-Artificial Intelligence Scorer’ for Scoring GLPs and MyWorldView®
William R. Torbert, Professor Emeritus, Boston College, Founding Board, Global Leadership Associates with Elaine Herdman Barker and Jonathan Frank of GLA, as well as Professors Reut Livne Tarandach, Manhattan College and Kirill Veselko v, Intelligify Ltd UK
How can an Adult Development Lens Expand the DEIB and Social Justice Conversation? A Practitioner Dialogue
Aman Gohal, PhD, MCC – Global Leadership Associates, Developmental Coach and Human Development Practitioner
Christopher McCormick – Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Director – Talent, Development and Inclusion
| “In a world with such rapid transformation of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) some of us in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) & leadership development field are scratching our heads about the lag in retention and positioning of women and marginalized communities in formal leadership and additional roles. The on-going systemic and structural aspects of this work are often bypassed for “quick fix” representation. These quick fix approaches reinforce a continuous struggle with diverse representation at the highest levels of leadership.” |
Harvard Business Review Article
Seven Transformations of Leadership
William R. Torbert and David Rooke
Harvard Business Review
FROM THE APRIL 2005 ISSUE
In 2012, HBR chose this article as one of its 10 best leadership articles ever for its new book on the Top Ten Leadership MUST READS. For more references from Bill Torbert
Bill followed up this successful article with a 2020 update titled ‘Warren Buffett’s
and Your Own Seven Transformations of Leadership‘ here.
Imperfect Beauty: Hierarchy and Fluidity in Leadership Development
Elaine Herdman-Barker and Nancy Charlotte Wallis
Volume 6, Issue 1:
Challenging Organisations and Society. Reflective Hybrids
Editors: Nancy Wallis and Maria Spindler
For more references from Elaine Herdman-Barker and Dr. Nancy Wallis
Inviting Vertical Development into Coaching: Interview with Elaine Herdman-Barker & Bill Torbert
Please click HERE to listen to the podcast hosted by GLA’s Partner, Danny Morris.
Brief Comparison of Five Developmental Measures: the WUSCT, the SOI, the LDP, the Map and the GLP
William R. Torbert © 2019
Principal, Action Inquiry Associates Leadership Professor Emeritus, Boston College
Images of Leadership Development (through TRANSFORMATIONS™)
Elaine Herdman-Barker
For more references from Elaine Herdman-Barker
GLA’s Response to Dave Snowden’s critique on Vertical Adult Development Theory
Editors: William R. Torbert & Elaine Herdman-Barker, 2022. Global Leadership Associates Press.
For more references from William R. Torbert and Elaine Herdman-Barker
Clearing Obstacles in Action Inquiry: An Exercise to Expand a Person’s Repertoire of Action
Elaine Herdman-Barker and Aftab Erfan
Sage Handbook of Action. Research (Third Edition, 2015).
For more references from Elaine Herdman-Barker
The Art and Science of Vertical Development
The Art and Science of Vertical Development Charles J. Palus, John B. McGuire, Sarah Stawiski, William R. Torbert – Chapter 3 Maturing Leadership – The Art & Science of Vertical Leadership