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Abstract

What will distinguish your leadership from others' in the years ahead? The authors of this chapter believe it will be your ability to develop yourself, your people, and your teams. They apply adult development theories-debunking the belief that the human brain slows in its ability to adapt and learn by the age of thirty-to the concept of leadership development. They argue that the field has overemphasized 'leadership' and underemphasized 'development.' Consequently, the incubator necessary for effective leadership development-namely, the human brain and its ability to achieve greater and greater levels of mental complexity as it matures-remains unaddressed. They describe three age-related plateaus in adult mental development: the socialized mind, the self-authoring mind, and the self-transforming mind-and use compelling graphs and study results to show how the unique characteristics of each plateau might play out amidst the everyday demands of leadership. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 26 of 'Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium.'
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Reference no. 6121BC
Authors: Nitin Nohria (Harvard Business School); Rakesh Khurana (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 26 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6122BC
Authors: Noam Wasserman (Harvard Business School); Bharat N Anand (Harvard Business School); Nitin Nohria (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 40 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6123BC
Authors: Joel Podolny (Harvard Business School); Rakesh Khurana (Harvard Business School); Marya Besharov (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 44 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6124BC
Authors: J Richard Hackman (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 13 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6125BC
Authors: Mary Ann Glynn (Harvard Business School); Rich DeJordy (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 42 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6126BC
Authors: Jennifer A Chatman (University of California at Berkeley); Jessica A Kennedy (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 26 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6132BC
Authors: Manfred FR Kets de Vries (Harvard Business School); Elisabet Engellau (INSEAD)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 43 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6133BC
Authors: Mauro F. Guillen (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6134BC
Authors: Patrick Bolton (Harvard Business School); Markus K Brunnermeier (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 29 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Book chapter
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Reference no. 6135BC
Authors: Patrick Bolton (Harvard Business School); Markus K Brunnermeier (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 29 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6141BC
Authors: Patrick Bolton (Harvard Business School); Markus K Brunnermeier (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6142BC
Authors: Joseph S Nye Jr (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 31 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6144BC
Authors: Robin J Ely (Harvard Business School); Deborah L Rhode (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 37 pages
Topics: Leadership; Women executives; Women in business; Organizational culture; Gender
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Reference no. 6145BC
Authors: Jay W Lorsch (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2010
Version: 26 January 2010
Length: 22 pages
Topics: Superior & subordinate; Leadership; Power and influence; Uncertainty
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Reference no. 6151BC
Authors: Michael E Porter (Harvard Business School); Nitin Nohria (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 44 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6152BC
Authors: Ruth Wageman (Harvard Business School); J Richard Hackman (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 34 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6153BC
Authors: Michael Useem (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 22 pages
Topics: Board of directors; Decision making; Leadership; Leadership development
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Reference no. 6154BC
Authors: Marshall Ganz (Harvard Kennedy School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 45 pages
Topics: Activists; Leadership; Power and influence; Loyalty
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Reference no. 6159BC
Authors: Mansour Javidan (Thunderbird School of Global Management); Peter W Dorfman (Harvard Business School); Jon Paul Howell (Harvard Business School); Paul J Hanges (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 45 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Book chapter
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Reference no. 6160BC
Authors: Mansour Javidan (Thunderbird School of Global Management); Peter W Dorfman (Harvard Business School); Jon Paul Howell (Harvard Business School); Paul J Hanges (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 44 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6161BC
Authors: Linda A Hill (Harvard Business School); Greg Brandeau (Walt Disney Company, USA); Emily A Stecker (Harvard Business School); Maurizio Travaglini (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 47 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6162BC
Authors: Herminia Ibarra (Harvard Business School); Scott A Snook (Harvard Business School); Laura Guillen Ramo (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 25 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6168BC
Authors: Jay Conger (USC Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 33 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6169BC
Authors: Bruce Avolio (Author's Institution)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 33 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6175BC
Authors: Morgan McCall Jr. (USC Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 32 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Abstract

What will distinguish your leadership from others' in the years ahead? The authors of this chapter believe it will be your ability to develop yourself, your people, and your teams. They apply adult development theories-debunking the belief that the human brain slows in its ability to adapt and learn by the age of thirty-to the concept of leadership development. They argue that the field has overemphasized 'leadership' and underemphasized 'development.' Consequently, the incubator necessary for effective leadership development-namely, the human brain and its ability to achieve greater and greater levels of mental complexity as it matures-remains unaddressed. They describe three age-related plateaus in adult mental development: the socialized mind, the self-authoring mind, and the self-transforming mind-and use compelling graphs and study results to show how the unique characteristics of each plateau might play out amidst the everyday demands of leadership. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 26 of 'Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium.'

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Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
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Published in: 2010
Length: 42 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
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Authors: Manfred FR Kets de Vries (Harvard Business School); Elisabet Engellau (INSEAD)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 43 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
View full details
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Reference no. 6133BC
Authors: Mauro F. Guillen (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Authors: Patrick Bolton (Harvard Business School); Markus K Brunnermeier (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 29 pages
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Authors: Patrick Bolton (Harvard Business School); Markus K Brunnermeier (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 29 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Authors: Patrick Bolton (Harvard Business School); Markus K Brunnermeier (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Authors: Joseph S Nye Jr (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
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Length: 31 pages
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Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 37 pages
Topics: Leadership; Women executives; Women in business; Organizational culture; Gender
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Authors: Jay W Lorsch (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2010
Version: 26 January 2010
Length: 22 pages
Topics: Superior & subordinate; Leadership; Power and influence; Uncertainty
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Length: 44 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Authors: Ruth Wageman (Harvard Business School); J Richard Hackman (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 34 pages
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Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
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Authors: Mansour Javidan (Thunderbird School of Global Management); Peter W Dorfman (Harvard Business School); Jon Paul Howell (Harvard Business School); Paul J Hanges (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 44 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Book chapter
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Reference no. 6161BC
Authors: Linda A Hill (Harvard Business School); Greg Brandeau (Walt Disney Company, USA); Emily A Stecker (Harvard Business School); Maurizio Travaglini (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 47 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 6162BC
Authors: Herminia Ibarra (Harvard Business School); Scott A Snook (Harvard Business School); Laura Guillen Ramo (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 25 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
View full details
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Reference no. 6168BC
Authors: Jay Conger (USC Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 33 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Reference no. 6169BC
Authors: Bruce Avolio (Author's Institution)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 33 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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Authors: Morgan McCall Jr. (USC Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California)
Chapter from: "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2010
Length: 32 pages
Topics: Organizational behavior; Business history; Leadership
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