Series 2: Episode 2 with Dr. Darren Stevens

Well, this Episode will REALLY make you think about how difficult it is to operate in Leadership roles.

My returning Guest is Dr. Darren Stevens, who is a Developmental Psychologist and Next Level Coach. Darren, amongst many roles, is the Founder of The Institute for Adult Development, a Lecturer at Northampton University in the UK, and the Creator of Constructed Development Theory in Coaching. His academic qualifications include a BA (Hons) Degree in Business Management, a BSc Degree in Psychology, an MSc in Behavioural Sciences, and a PhD in Cognitive Behavioural Psychology.

Dr. Stevens has coached Leaders and Teams in multinational companies and his powerful approach strengthens leaders’ and organisational capabilities through transformational cognitive development and higher level systemic thinking.

Darren presents new ways for executives, managers, and consultants to reflect on who they are as leaders, how they relate to and impact others, and how to challenge their organisation to reach new levels of excellence.

In this Episode, Darren explains to us how there are FIFTY (50) Cognitive Intentions in any moment! These are conflicting, and drive our behaviours! And we as Leaders need to understand how they operate so we can understand how to be effective with our colleagues.

It is really fascinating stuff! And we could have discussed for hours, so we are already booked in for the next Episode!

There is a reason Darren has put all of this in a book, “Thinking Deliberately”, publishing in the Summer of 2025. If we thought Leadership was difficult before, listen to Darren, and it gets more challenging.

In our NEXT discussion, Darren has promised to share how we DEAL with these challenges!