As stated in my entry on August 5th – development as a human being is not stagnant after a certain age.  We have untold potential to rise to higher and higher states of awareness.  As we grow we have the ability to find greater levels of success and fulfillment as well as the capacity to lead ourselves and others through increasingly complex situations.  Just like a snow flake or set of finger prints, each of us has our own unique expression through which we approach achieving achievement, people and our own personal fulfillment.  We come into the work place with our own special talents as well as achilles heels.  That being said, recent research by Bob Anderson of The Leadership Circle – as well as years of research done in the leadership and human development field – has shown that at a high level there are three primary mindsets that human beings take on as they move into adulthood.  While we each of us has contact with all three – most of us will lean heavily in one direction.

I have labeled these three orientations as:

• The Achiever
• The Intellectual
• The Relater

In our last entry we took a deeper look at the key qualities and the leveraged developmental path for The Achiever.  In this entry we will examine The Intellectual. (more…)