Current Courses

Institute for Developmental Coaching invites you to an intimate and intensive exploration of the Leadership Maturity Framework (LMF), and its measurement instrument, the Leadership Maturity Profile (LMP). The LMF illuminates the journey of human development, with demonstrated applications in organisational contexts (See  & Torbert, Harvard Business Review, April 2005); and the Leadership Maturity Profile (LMP) is the most robust measure of adult development available today.

The Leadership Maturity Framework (LMF) is concerned with the core human process of making meaning – how we make meaning determines how we think, how we behave and how we change.  The framework analyses and predicts the meaning-making stages leaders pass through, and the workshop provides practical tools for assisting professionals to guide themselves and others through a journey of transformational change.  Based on adult development theory, the LMF describes the unfolding of human potential through nine stages towards deeper understanding, wisdom and effectiveness in the workplace and in the world. LMF is based on extensive research and collaboration among high profile academics including Dr Jane Loevinger, Dr Susanne Cook-Greuter, Dr Robert Kegan, and Dr William Torbet.

Dr Maja Stanojevic-Andre, Sydney based leadership development consultant and coach, originally trained as a medical doctor and psychiatrist, has been working with Dr Susanne Cook-Greuter since 2006 in designing, developing and delivering LMF workshops and LMF Developmental Coaching trainings in Australia.

Dr Susanne Cook-Greuter was responsible for building upon and extending the Washington University Sentence Completion Test (Dr Jane Loevinger) with years of extensive and rigorous research into latter stages of adult development. She has created the sophisticated, full-spectrum developmental assessment tool behind the LMF – the Leadership Maturity Profile (LMP), commonly called the MAP (SCTI-MAP). It is a result of 20 year research that was a basis for her doctoral theses “Post Autonomous Ego Development”, a landmark study in the characteristics and assessment of highly developed and influential individuals and leaders.  It is Harvard-tested and the most reliable stage measure currently available.

In an intimate, intensive experience deepened by a rich community of fellow participants engaged in co-inquiry, you will:

The workshop is offered in two modules.

Module 1 (3 days): Adult development stage theory and applications

Cover the basics of developmental theory and gain a detailed understanding of the nine stages of adult development in the LMF.  Understand the overall spiral of development, and describe the strengths and limitations of each level.

In days 1 and 2 participants learn through lecture, dyad work, experiential learning and group work what people at different levels are able to pay attention to, and what does not yet appear on their radar; that is, what is object and thus alterable, and what is yet subject and therefore hidden from awareness.

In day 3, learn how the LMF can be applied both implicitly and explicitly for individual, team and organisational transformation.  Be introduced to Polarity Management as a powerful toolkit for developing self, individuals, teams and organisations in service of vertical development.  Learn how to apply the LMF and use the instrument for team and organisational culture interventions, in addition to individual coaching and development.  Discuss cases of real application of the LMF, and the outcomes.

Module 2 (2 days): Language Analysis & LMF Coaching Intensive
In module 2, explore aspects of language and implications for meaning making and therefore growth.  Engage in real world analysis of text as insights into stages of development and subject-object orientation.

Explore the application of developmental moves, developmental momentum, types of developmental support, LMF developmental coaching, impact of the maturity stage of coach, and metaphors for coaching.  Role play demonstrating different ego stages.

Debrief your own Leadership Maturity Profile, practice coaching using LMP in dyad/triads and through observation of coaching demonstrations.

All participants who complete the five day workshop will receive a Certificate of Authorisation and will be able to use LMP as a tool in their coaching practice. However to be a fully credentialed LMF Developmental Coach, a supervised practice period will be required.

The full Leadership Maturity Development program has been accredited by the International Coach Federation for 38.4 continuing education units; that is 19.2 units per module.