When coaching leaders from an integral perspective our ability to discern where the client is at is critical. What we need to look for are beliefs, assumptions and mental models held by the leader. Second we need to look at the behaviors that are launched from this internal platform. Next we need to examine the relationships between the individual leader’s models and behaviors in relation to the organizational culture and systems in which they are active. None of this is …

Many leaders have considerable skill in breaking things down. That is in the problem solving tradition they cut their leadership baby teeth on. Find the parts, test the parts, fix the ones that aren’t right and reassemble. Does reassemble offer us a clue as to what is required to achieve the kind of integrating skills that leaders need? I think it might suggest that there is a step beyond reassembling. That step is testing.

Testing provides an opportunity to see …