Episode description

Why do we fail to achieve the most important high-stakes changes that our lives demand and that we desire? 

According to the Immunity to Change approach to human development, it is because we have a sub-conscious "immune system" of competing commitments and assumptions that make those changes nearly impossible; until we uncover and overturn them.

In this episode, Deborah Helsing, the Director of Mind at Work, explores the psychological "Immunity to Change" and its roots in proven theories of adult human development. Science has proven that the human mind develops throughout our lives. This development is not just about learning new skills, it's also, and more critically, about developing the capacities to thrive amidst ever-greater complexity.

Deb shares with us her personal journey of development, from educator to coach, to a trainer of coaches around the world using Minds at Work's innovative and proven coaching methodology.

Deborah Helsing, Ed.D. has coached individuals from many walks of life and consulted with organizations across several sectors to use the Immunity-to-Change approach to reach their most-cherished improvement goals. More recently, her role as Director of Coach Learning Programs at Minds at Work has focused on developing coaches’ and consultants’ abilities to integrate the ITC method into their own practices.

Minds at Work helps people to close the gap between their good intentions and their actual behaviors. Their work is based on Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey’s breakthrough discovery of the hidden behavioral dynamic called the “Immunity to Change.” This highly lauded technique is now being used by executives, senior teams, and individuals in business, governmental, and educational organizations in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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