Like Children, Adults Develop Throughout Their Lives
How does your developmental stage affect your relationships, work style, goals, and fears?
In this section, you learn the adult developmental scale and how it applies to your life.
Developed by Stages International, a pscyhological research foundation founded by Kim Barta and Teri O'Fallon, Stages is a developmental model built to bring you clarity on the many viewpoints from which adults experience the world around them.
View Master ClassStages may be for you if...
- You are a boss, CEO, or team leader, responsible for managing multiple personalities and work styles.
- You struggle to find common ground with your family members, teammates, co-workers, or fellow citizens.
- You are confused by the polarization of politics and ethics in your community.
- You feel distant from your long-term life partner.
- You feel lost in your life and feel as if all of your past decisions were made by a different person.
- Your values, interests, and friends no longer seem to fit you.
- You struggle to communicate with others or a particular person.

Level One
In this course you learn a developmental model that accounts for four distinct ways adults mature, or develop. You learn to place yourself in the model and gain competency in gauging where others might be. If you work in a leadership role or manage a family you learn the basics for communicating with others who may be at a different developmental stage.

Level Two
Now that you know the basics, dive...

Level Three
Position yourself in...