Publications with Significance for Advancement
The following publications, by founder Joan O. Wright, culminate more than 30 years of leadership development best practices and 3700 hours of development in the Summit Advance™ Model introduced in UP and the Summit Advance™ Assessment presented in the Explorers Guide. The insights, teachings and action steps contained in these publications are being put into effective practice by organizations in four continents and across multiple industries across the United States.
SOULinks – Pursuing Multi-Generational Significance
At its core, life is all about relationships. We all know the benefits of close and loving relationships between grandparents and their young grandchildren. What we often overlook, however, is the incredible richness and significance of these relationships for adult grandchildren and grandparents. And further, these relationships are not, and should not, be limited to those with only biological ties. These mentoring relationships can function just as well outside typical family boundaries. This book brings together stories about real-life connections that will move you. These stories are followed by some simple ways and tools to help kick-start these relationships. It is the author’s hope that this book will inspire and encourage people of all generations to pursue these kinds of relationships, termed “SOULinks.”
UP – Pursuing Significance in Leadership and Life
UP – Pursuing Significance in Leadership and Life is a book to guide leaders and individuals into the empowerment that comes from striving towards significance as the ultimate blessing beyond attaining and achieving in life. This 426-page book introduces The Summit Advance™ Model, which was developed first as a systematic assessment and leadership alignment process to target high-potential” and “at-risk” performers. You will learn how to successfully navigate your own mountain of opportunity traversing from Survival (Victim to Victor) to Success (Limelighter to Master) to Significance (Top Gun to Sherpa) combining being Best in and Best for to reach the ultimate destination … The Summit.
The Summit Advance™ Model Explorers Guide
Explorer’s Guide to The Summit Advance™ Model is a user’s guide to the Summit Advance™ Model. This 47-page, full color publication includes detailed assessments for personal and organizational use and the Climber’s Map for coaching self and others in their climb to Significance and reaching the Summit.