Horizontal and Vertical

About the Book

This book presents an approach to business leadership development to help fill the pressing need for more effective leaders who can operate across cultures. Our HV model of global leadership development combines a horizontal approach (traditional competencies) with a vertical one (self-transformation). The model’s horizontal aspect is based on our study of 1880 global leaders of nine nationalities. Nine competencies are measured, and individual profiles are compared against this global data base. Feedback and coaching begins the development process by verifying results, achieving self -recognition and establishing motivation and potential for change. The vertical aspect is based on the work of Kegan and Lahey (2009) in which self-transformation can be attained by overcoming an “immunity to change” and engaging in behaviors measured by the horizontal assessment. Examples of behavior change maps are shown for all nine of the competencies.

About the Author

Michael Tucker is the founder and President of Tucker International, a leader in the field of global talent assessment and development. He is an I/O Psychologist, Certified Management Consultant and Trustee, and a Fellow in the International Academy of Intercultural Research. He was the senior faculty member for the NASA International Project Management Program at the Kennedy Space Center. He has lived or worked in some 45 countries around the world, doing assessment, training and coaching global leaders and managers. Dr. Tucker has conducted and published large scale field research on the measurement and prediction of global performance. He spans the gap between research and practical application, authoring the OAI, the GLTAP and the HV Model of Global Leadership Development. His writings include diversity in HR management, international project management, assessment and development for international assignments and ROI for intercultural assessment and training. Lori Tucker-Eccher is the Director as well as Senior Assessor and Executive Coach at Tucker International. She lived as an expatriate as a child and has been involved in the field of intercultural communication in varying capacities for over 20 years. She is the author of Tucker International’s International Mobility Assessment IMA® and architect of Tucker Internationals ExpaTracks (an on-line expatriate candidate assessment tracking system). She is a certified assessor for the Overseas Assignment Inventory (OAI), the TAP® Assessment Profile and the Global Leader TAP® Assessment Profile (GLTAP). She has conducted well over 400 assessment feedback and coaching sessions with expatriates from multi-national companies taking on key leadership roles in over 25 countries. She is particularly interested in exploring research based applications for coaching and developing global leaders and more specifically the methods that inspire motivation for change.