Practice

Selection and Installation Workshop

This workshop is intended to help organizations design how they select and install people in positions of authority, ensuring the process accounts for character architecture. It is not yet available.

Status

Format, dates, and cost are not yet set.

Who it is for

People who design or oversee selection and succession in an organization, such as HR and talent leaders, board members who oversee appointments, and the executives who sponsor them.

Intended outcomes

Participants should be able to review a selection and installation process against the guidance in Domain 5 of the LCABOK™, to see where the process relies on credentials and presentation more than on evidence of behavior across contexts and under pressure, and to describe changes that would put the evidence ahead of the impression. The workshop reviews processes. It does not teach anyone how to assess a candidate, nor does it certify anyone to do so.

Practice

Practice standards are defined in the LCABOK™.

Practice Standards

Practice

Executive Briefing

This briefing is intended to give executives a short, accurate account of the discipline and of what it asks of the leadership of an organization. It is not yet available.

Status

Format, dates, and cost are not yet set.

Who it is for

Chief executives and their direct reports need to understand the discipline well enough to judge whether and how their organization should take it into account.

Intended outcomes

Participants should be able to explain the foundational assertion, the three dimensions of alignment, reinforcement, and governance, and how a leader's character is reflected in an organization's structures. They should be able to name the questions the discipline would pose to their own organization's architecture. The briefing does not assess the participants or their colleagues.

Practice

Practice standards are defined in the LCABOK™.

Practice Standards

Practice

Find a Practitioner

The Institute does not yet list practitioners because it has issued no credentials, and a listing would have nothing to rest on. This page explains what a visitor can do now and what the Institute intends to provide.

Status

No credential has been issued. The directory will be available here when credentials are issued.

What you can do now

An organization considering an engagement can judge a practitioner against the practice standards, whether or not a credential exists. The page on how to engage a practitioner sets out what to ask, what a sound engagement looks like, and what should give cause for caution.

What the Institute intends to provide

Once credentials are issued, holders who consent will be listed in the directory of certified practitioners, and the register can be checked on the Verify a Credential page. The Institute does not intend to recommend one practitioner over another or to match organizations with practitioners.

Practice

Practice standards are defined in the LCABOK™.

Practice Standards

Practice

How to Engage a Practitioner

An organization can judge a practitioner against the practice standards of the LCABOK™ whether or not a credential exists. This page sets out what to ask and what to look for.

Status

No credential has been issued. The guidance below applies to any practitioner, credentialed or not.

What to ask before engaging

Ask the practitioner to describe the method they use and how it relates to the LCABOK™. Ask what evidence they gather, how they distinguish character architecture from personality or style, and how they handle a finding that is unfavorable to the party commissioning the work. Ask about their process for managing conflicts of interest and for protecting the confidentiality of individuals assessed.

What a sound engagement looks like

A sound engagement states its purpose and scope before it begins, gathers evidence from multiple sources and contexts, applies consistent standards regardless of the seniority of the person assessed, and produces findings that the organization can act on. The practitioner is willing to report findings that contradict the expectations of those who commissioned the work.

What should give cause for caution

Caution is warranted when a practitioner cannot describe their method in terms of the LCABOK™, when findings are consistently favorable to the commissioning party, when the practitioner is unwilling to disclose conflicts of interest, or when the engagement is designed to reach a predetermined conclusion.

Practice

Practice standards are defined in the LCABOK™.

Practice Standards

Practice

Community

The Institute intends to support a community of people who practice, teach, and study the discipline and to offer continuing education for credential holders. Neither exists yet.

Status

Who may join, whether there is a cost, how the community will be moderated, and where it will take place have not been decided.

What is intended

A community is intended to provide practitioners with a place to discuss the discipline, share questions about its application, and hear about changes to the LCABOK™. Continuing education is intended to help holders keep their credentials current, but the Institute has not set what counts toward renewal.

What has not been decided

Who may join, whether there is a cost, how the community will be moderated, and where it will take place have not been decided. The community will be subject to the code of professional conduct for credential holders and to the Institute's rules on confidentiality, since members may not discuss a client's information.

Practice

Practice standards are defined in the LCABOK™.

Practice Standards

Practice

Events

No event is scheduled. When the Institute holds or takes part in an event, it will be listed here with its date, place or format, cost, and audience.

Status

No event is scheduled. To hear about events when they are announced, subscribe to the newsletter.

How events are listed

The Institute lists only events that it holds or has agreed to support. It does not list events run by others as if they were its own, and it does not describe a speaker or an event as endorsed by the Institute without having decided to. Each listing will include the edition of the LCABOK™ that the event addresses, where that applies.

Practice

Practice standards are defined in the LCABOK™.

Practice Standards

Selection and Installation Workshop

Who it is for

Intended outcomes

Executive Briefing

Who it is for

Intended outcomes

Find a Practitioner

What you can do now

What the Institute intends to provide

How to Engage a Practitioner

What to ask before engaging

What a sound engagement looks like

What should give cause for caution

Community

What is intended

What has not been decided

Events

How events are listed

Webinars

How recordings will be presented