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Inspiration is NOT Transformation: Let’s Not Confuse Peak States With Stages in Vertical Development

Alis Anagnostakis, Founder of the Vertical Development Institute

Inspiration is NOT Transformation: Let’s Not Confuse Peak States With Stages in Vertical Development

Alis Anagnostakis, Founder of the Vertical Development Institute

Alis Anagnostakis, Ph.D., of the Vertical Development Institute, reflects on the limitations of short-term inspiration in facilitating lasting behavioral change, emphasizing the importance of long-term learning programs firmly embedded in participants’ work realities, leadership modeling, and consultants’ efforts to make themselves redundant in fostering genuine transformation. They stress the need for facilitators to undergo their own transformational journey to effectively support the growth of their clients.