Weltweite Forschungen zur Wirksamkeit von Ich-Entwicklung

Hunderte empirischer Studien haben das Modell der Ich-Entwicklung weltweit erforscht und immer wieder bestätigt. In nahezu allen namhaften wissenschaftlichen Journalen finden sich Veröffentlichtungen zu diesen Forschungsergebnissen .

Das Niveau der Ich-Entwicklung ist eines der zentralsten Aspekte eines Menschen. Dieser Teil Ihrer Persönlichkeit beeinflusst Ihr Denken, Fühlen und vor allem Handeln. Ob als Vater, Ehefrau, Berater, HR-Managerin, in der Geschäftsführung oder als Vorstandsvorsitzender.

"... the research conducted in the 20 years since the last review (Loevinger, 1979) has provided further support for the conceptual soundness of ego development theory."

Manners & Durkin,
Journal of Personality Assessment, 77(3), 2001

„The findings of this study further support a small but growing trend in applied behavioral science toward seriously considerung the notion of adult development when trying to understand and plan for training and development interventions into human systems.

We conclude that a certain level of ego development is necessary to use organisational development behaviors and techniques competently.”

Bushe & Gibbs,
Journal of Applied behavioural science, 26 (3), 1990

“… the level of development of the managers, consultants and coaches constrains what they can see and understand and how effective they are in their efforts to help others develop and mature ... Generally, postconventional leaders will be in a better position to guide their organizations to successfully change and adapt in complex environments and through turbulent times than conventional leaders.”

Cook-Greuter,
Industrial and Commercial Training, 36 (7), 2004

„… the ego development stage of the CEO and of his or her most trusted advisors is a critical variable influencing the likelihood of successful progressive organizational transformation.”

Rooke & Torbert,
Organization Development Journal, 16 (1), 1998

"Higher levels of ED [ego development] involve greater capacities for perspective taking, less defensiveness, and other qualities of psychosocial maturity ...

ED levels appear to remain relatively stable throughout much of adulthood (Cohn, 1998). So it seems that emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2000) serves as the last period in which substantial gains in ED are expectable — that after this point, society leaves individuals more or less on their own to cultivate more complex, integrative understandings of their psychosocial lives."

Bauer & McAdams,
Developmental Psychology, 46 (4), 2010

"The leader´s voyage is not an easy one. Some people change little in their lifetimes; some change subbstantially. Despite the undeniably crucial role of genetics, human nature is not fixed.

Those who are willing to work at developing themselves and becoming more self-aware can almost certainly evolve over time into truly transformational leaders ...

Corporations that help their executives and leadership teams examine their action logics can reap rich rewards."

Rooke & Torbert,
Harvard Business Review, 4, 2005

"Actualizing higher development has positive implications for the performance of the individual and the organization. Therefore procedures which systematically cultivate human maturation can unfold performance potential.”