Failure of Institutional Leadership Inspires New Wave of Individual Leadership

POSTED ON MAY 30, 2019

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Sadly, many of our institutions are failing to deliver on their promise. Government, education, and health care typically receive low satisfaction ratings. In fact, over the past 25 years, the percentage of Americans with a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the presidency has dropped from 72% to 36%, while the percentage of those with a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress has dropped from 30% to under 10%, according to Gallup polls.*

However, I am encouraged by the rise in grassroots efforts to take on issues directly instead of complaining, blaming or continuing to depend on others. The failure of institutional leadership is inspiring a new wave of individual leadership.

At CTI, we hold every person as a leader, one who is willing to take responsibility for their world. Each person decides the scope of their world: some choose closer to home, and some choose to play on a wide stage. In any case, they are stepping up to take responsibility.

We applaud these courageous individuals and want them to be successful. The best way we know how to support their leadership is through Co-Active coaching conversations. Co-Active coaching is real-time, targeted leadership development. It is common for organizations to invest in this kind of development for their leaders, and now we see it is time for anyone who wants to be a leader in their community to be afforded this kind of support as well.

Co-Active coaching is leadership development. If you are a coach, this is the context and the calling for your profession. If you are an individual who is fed up with institutions failing our people and you are willing to step into leadership, then find a coach who will be your ally — one who will challenge you to stay on purpose and realize your vision for a better world, whether that world is your family, your school, your community or beyond.

*Gallup, Confidence in Institutions. http://www.gallup.com/poll/1597/confidence-institutions.aspx.

Written By

John Vercelli

At CTI, John Vercelli leads strategic planning and execution, spanning the organizational to the individual levels. The position includes developing and driving long-term strategic planning processes, forecasts and analyses, as well as overseeing the development and delivery of management reporting environments, monitoring key performance indicators, and driving company-wide performance initiatives. John partners closely with the other executive leaders at CTI to drive business insight and company-wide results, and to provide fact-based thought leadership on key strategic decisions. He develops, leads, and administers CTI’s strategies and tactics for new product development and commercialization. This responsibility includes research and innovation, product design and testing, overseeing a product’s successful launch, and sustaining support. John has a 20-year history with CTI that started with his coach training, then his role as a trainer and Leadership program leader and designer. He contributed to CTI’s course designs and faculty development and is well known and respected by the founders, faculty, and staff.

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