About the Connective Leadership InstituteConnective Leadership InstituteCLI_8e033d58-8e37-11e4-a7ad-6db227151545The Connective Leadership Institute (formerly the Achieving Styles Institute) is a leadership development and research firm.Connective LeadersConnective leaders plant and nourish the seeds of understanding among their constituents, using a nine-fold repertoire of behavioral strategies. We call these behavioral strategies "Achieving Styles™" to draw attention not to past achievements, but to the on-going process and the different ways in which individuals accomplish their tasks.Direct AchieversPeople who prefer the direct set of behavioral styles tend to confront their own tasks individually and directly (hence the 'direct' label). The three styles within the direct set emphasize deriving intrinsic satisfaction from mastering the task, outdoing others through competitive action, and using power to take charge and coordinate everyone and everything. These are the styles most closely linked to diversity and its various expressions of individualism.Relational AchieversPeople who prefer to work on group tasks or to help others attain their goals draw on behaviors described in the relational set. The three relational styles emphasize taking vicarious satisfaction from facilitating and observing the accomplishments of others, as mentors do; taking a secondary or contributory role to help others accomplish their tasks; and working in a collaborative or team mode on a group task.Instrumental AchieversThe instrumental set reflects those behaviors described in the accompanying article as 'denatured Machiavellianism.' The political savvy embedded in the instrumental styles helps to diminish the sparks created by the friction among people and groups with different agendas. The three instrumental styles emphasize using one’s personal strengths to attract supporters, creating and working through social networks and alliances, and entrusting various aspects of one’s vision to others. Individuals who use themselves and others as instruments for accomplishing organizational goals prefer the instrumental styles.Janet T. Spence"Achieving Styles in Men and Women: A Model, an Instrument, and Some Findings." In Janet T. Spence (Ed.), Achievement and Achievement Motives: Psychological and Sociological Approaches, pp.147-204.CLI TeamThe Connective Leadership Institute functions with a lean internal management team and a group of external associates who have engaged in Connective Leadership / Achieving Styles work since 1972.Prof. Jean Lipman-BlumenCLI Co-FounderProf. Harold J. LeavittCLI Co-Founder (1922 - 2007)CLI Sounding BoardProf. Warren G. Bennis(1925-2014)Dr. Frances HesselbeinDr. Tom PetersProf. Jeffrey PfefferProf. Robert SternbergCLI Advisory BoardPeter S. Blumen, Sc.M., MBACarolyn Cason, EMBAThomas Deegan, Ph.D.David Drew, Ph.D.Robert Fisher, BSBAMaura Harrington, Ph.D.Kathie Pelletier, Ph.D.Sarah Smith Orr, EMBASteve Rapier, Ph.D.... interdependent, but diverse, groups ... live and work together productively_8e033eca-8e37-11e4-a7ad-6db227151545To provide leaders globally and locally with visionary, but pragmatic, research-based Connective Leadership™ Development programs and strategies for succeeding in a world where interdependent, but diverse, groups must live and work together productively._8e033f7e-8e37-11e4-a7ad-6db227151545Connective LeadershipThe Connective Leadership™ Model represents a leadership model designed for the current Connective Era, an era marked by the tensions between interdependence and diversity.1 The Connective Era calls for new leadership strategies to enable individuals and groups with diverse – and potentially conflicting -- backgrounds, talents, and agendas to live and work together productively, creatively, and harmoniously for their mutual benefit.TechnologyIn the Connective Era, technology, exemplified by the internet, continues to expose and intensify the connections between everyone and everything. These tight and tightening connections result in interdependence, best served by collaboration and other forms of joint action. In this challenging environment, leaders who can identify the mutual concerns and needs of diverse groups -- no matter how seemingly limited -- can help them to build bonds of understanding and initiate productive collaborative enterprises.InterdependenceCollaborationJoint ActionInsightConnective leaders bring precisely these leadership strengths to the table. They have the insight and skills to help divergent, even adversarial, individuals and groups come together initially around limited areas of mutuality. Then, gradually, they encourage these cautious collaborators to broaden the scope of their shared concerns to address more complex, even contentious, issues.SkillsAchieving Styles... Achieving Styles™ are those learned, characteristic behaviors that we all call upon repeatedly to achieve our goals.Behavioral StrategiesReinforced by past successes, most individuals tend to rely upon a limited set of comfortable, "no fail" Achieving Styles™. By contrast, connective leaders routinely draw upon the entire nine-fold behavioral repertoire that the Achieving Styles™ Model delineates. Guided by situational cues, connective leaders select the most appropriate combination of behavioral strategies to achieve the particular goal on which they are currently focused.Leadership, Innovation, Change & CrisesOffer alternatives for improving leadership practice, stimulating innovation, encouraging "hot groups," implementing change, and dealing with crisis_8e034032-8e37-11e4-a7ad-6db2271515451In a world where inclusion is critical and connection inevitable, the Institute offers sound, realistic alternatives for improving leadership practice, stimulating innovation, encouraging "hot groups," implementing change, and dealing with crisis. The Institute's unique Connective Leadership™ Model, based on the underlying behavioral Achieving Styles™ Model, offers rigorously-developed assessment tools (ASI, OASI, ASSET, and ASI360)._8e034118-8e37-11e4-a7ad-6db227151545Assessment, Training & CertificationOffer leadership assessment, training, and certification_8e0341e0-8e37-11e4-a7ad-6db2271515452Leadership Development ExpertsOrganizational ConsultantsHuman Resource SpecialistsExecutive CoachesProfessional LeadersAssessmentMeasure Connective Leadership™ Profiles and the underlying Achieving Styles™ repertoire_8e034a28-8e37-11e4-a7ad-6db2271515452.1The Connective Leadership™/Achieving Styles™ Assessment Suite -- The Connective Leadership Institute has developed seven inventories, or assessments, for measuring Connective Leadership™ Profiles and the underlying Achieving Styles™ repertoire, as well as aspired change.Training & CertificationTrain and certify participants to use the Connective Leadership™/Achieving Styles™ Models and the seven rigorously-designed and tested Achieving Styles™ Assessments._8e034b54-8e37-11e4-a7ad-6db2271515452.2The Connective Leadership Institute presents certification seminars to train leadership development experts, organizational consultants, human resource specialists, executive coaches, and professional leaders to use the Connective Leadership™/Connective Leadership™ Models and the seven rigorously-designed and tested Connective Leadership™ Assessments. The Institute also provides tailor-made organizational consultations, executive seminars, and executive coaching.2014-12-27https://www.connectiveleadership.com/about/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net