Transformations™

User’s Guide & Resources at

www.ccl.org/Transformations

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Transformations™
is
a tool for discerning key patterns in your
life, individually and together in groups,
organizations, and communities.
Transformations™
is
Two sets of cards and a User’s Guide:
1. Life Logics (84 cards)
2. Catalysts (50 cards)

An interactive tool for exploring life

journeys:
From?  Here!  to There?!
 Transformations™

Reflection exercise:
When in your life did you first regard yourself as an
adult? Or, when did others first think of you as an adult?

Choose:
One card that captures something about how you
thought and acted at that time. Write the card number
and label into the chat box with a bit about why you
chose it.
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Reflection exercise:
When you first became an adult (inside), what helped
cause that to happen?

Choose:
One card that captures something about the forces or
catalysts that first propelled you into adulthood. Write
the card letter and label into the chat box with a bit
about why you chose it.
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 Transformations™
is
• In partnership with Bill Torbert & Associates.
• A model of adult development per constructive-
developmental theory / research / practice (aka integral,
stage or vertical). The theory can remain in the
background while using this tool.
• Aligned with CCL leadership culture and vertical
development models.
Adult Development
1. Children develop in steps or “stages” (Piaget)
2. Adults also develop in stages (Kohlberg, Kegan,
Torbert, Cook-Greuter, Wilber)
3. Adults become more mature as they “grow up” and
develop “bigger minds.”
4. Stages of development shape how we think and act –
these are our action logics.
5. There are (at least) 7 transformations possible in
adulthood.

©2016 Center for Creative Leadership. All rights reserved.

 Development =
Horizontal + Vertical
There are really two types of leadership development:
horizontal and vertical.

Horizontal Development Vertical Development refers to

refers to the adding of more expanding the ability to think and
knowledge, skills, and act in more complex, systemic, and
competencies. interdependent ways.

It’s about what you think. It’s about how you think.

Petrie, N. (2014). Vertical leadership development, Part 1: Developing leaders for a

complex world. Center for Creative Leadership. White Paper.
©2016 Center for Creative Leadership. All rights reserved.
©2016 Center for Creative Leadership. All rights reserved.
 Three Triggers of Vertical
Development

1. Intense stretch experiences

2. New ways of thinking
3. Strong developmental networks

Nick Petrie, Vertical Leadership Development–Part 1: Developing Leaders for a Complex

World. Center for Creative Leadership White Paper. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/04/VerticalLeadersPart1.pdf

©2016 Center for Creative Leadership. All rights reserved.

 Seven Transformations (Action Logics)
of Adulthood: Growing “Up”
Alchemical – Integrates material, spiritual, and societal transformations

Transforming – Generates organizational and personal transformations

Redefining – Reframes complex problems in unique ways

Achiever – Driven by personal and team achievement

Expert – Focuses on logic and expertise

Diplomat – Wants to belong and fit in

Opportunist – Wins for self in any way possible

Rooke, D., & Torbert, W. R. (2005, April). Seven transformations of leadership. Harvard
Business Review, 66–77. https://hbr.org/2005/04/seven-transformations-of-leadership
Cultural
Beliefs + Individual
Action Logics

Alchemical
Leadership is a
collective activity
Transforming

Leadership Redefining
emerges out of
individual
expertise and Achiever
heroic action
Expert
People in
authority Diplomat
are responsible
for leadership
Opportunist
The From Here to There (FHT) Model of Human Development
http://www.leadingeffectively.com/leadership-explorer/the-from-here-to-there-
fht-model-of-human-development/
 Action inquiry is a lifelong process of
transformational learning that individuals,
teams, and whole organizations can
undertake if they wish to become:
• Increasingly capable of listening into
the present moment from which the
future emerges;
• Increasingly alert to the dangers and
opportunities of the present moment;
and
• Increasingly capable of performing in
effective, transformational, and
sustainable ways.

http://www.actioninquiryleadership.com/
http://www.actioninquiryleadership.com/

http://www.leadingeffectively.com/leadership-explorer/action-
inquiry-workshop-featuring-the-transformations-deck/
 Transformations™
is
Available for pre-order in CCL GSO Distribution
with a budget code (or at special pricing).

Coaching Package: One Logic deck + One Catalyst

deck ($240 full list price)

Facilitator Package = Six Logic decks (coded) + 2

Catalyst decks ($750 full list price)
Transformations™
applications
How would you apply it?
User’s Guide and resources at www.ccl.org/Transformations

Self-development Leadership strategy

Coaching and mentoring Classroom activities
Leadership development Curriculum design
Youth and early leadership development Retreat activities
Change leadership Career planning
Culture transformation Team building
Boundary spanning
Transformations™

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