Whole Person Leader Development
En Avant, in partnership with Leadership Design Group, develops leaders through whole-life coaching, using Leadership Design Group’s 8 Dimensions of the Circle of Life. All people have eight essential dimensions to a healthy and successful life:
- Social
- Emotional
- Vocational
- Physical
- Financial
- Intellectual
- Family & Marriage
- Creative / Innovative / Designful / Playful
At the center of these 8 Dimensions is a core: the source of people’s values, integrity and character, and their purpose: why they are here to make a difference in our world. We view these dimensions as a continuum. No dimension is more important than another; health in all eight is essential for success.
Health in all 8 Dimensions is also valuable to organizations and businesses. Well-established research shows a strong and positive link between whole-life health and engagement at work. This engagement, in turn, has a strong and positive link to organizational performance.
In working with our model, we do not pursue “balance”. There are times in every person’s life where balance is not possible; focus on one or a few dimensions is necessary for success. Rather, we seek to ensure that no person neglects any dimension of a whole life. We seek to discover where neglect has allowed a particular dimension to atrophy and find creative ways to reinvigorate health and development within that dimension.
We work with individuals to explore each of the 8 Dimensions and discover where personal development is most needed. We help teams explore and discover how developing whole people brings value to team performance.