Develops
Versatile
Leaders

Read and respond to changing conditions

In a disruptive operating environment, rigid adherence to a certain course can be a quick path to disaster. The best leaders and organizations can adjust on the fly and adapt to shifting priorities, a change in plan, and emerging opportunities.

This requires a full range of behaviors and skills. The LVI is designed to increase the versatility of individuals – as well as organizations.

A Clear Picture Of Where The Leader Stands

A “Field General”
The forceful operator who can drive for results – and needs to add charting the course and bringing people along

A “Versatile Leader”
The rare well-rounded type who has nearly mastered the opposing forces of leadership

"One of the Troops"
The enabling operator who gets down to work with their people – and needs to add raising the bar and looking ahead

Create more effective leaders, more engaged employees, more agile teams, and more effective organizations

Versatile leaders create greater employee engagement, commitment, and retention.

They build more confident, collaborative, and agile teams. And their business units get more stuff done, better and faster.

Organizations that develop versatile leaders achieve better results, are more responsive to change, and are more competitive over the long term.

Dive into the research

The approach to leadership development behind the LVI has been road tested and refined in over 40 years of intensive, one-on-one, deep-dive practice helping thousands of executives become more versatile leaders. This work began at the Center for Creative Leadership in the 1980s; extended through the work of the boutique executive development firm, Kaplan DeVries Inc. (where the LVI was created); and continues today at Kaiser Leadership Solutions.

Versatility: The Meta-competency for Leading in a Volatile World

Harvard Business Review (2023)

Leading in an unprecedented global crisis: The heightened importance of versatility.

Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research (2020)

Are your leaders ready for the “next normal”?

Talent Quarterly online (2020)

The best leaders are versatile

Harvard Business Review (2020)

The Versatile Leader: Make the Most of Your Strengths—Without Overdoing It

Pfeiffer (2006)

Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at May be Your Biggest Problem

San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Press (2013)