Using developmental threshold zones to accelerate clients’ growth

Abstract

Integrative Development (ID) offers coaches a more holistic approach to helping clients grow. This article provides an overview of how coaches can use it to: (1) expand their sense and use of space, time, and energy; and (2) to enhance their work with clients. This article introduces one of ID’s key models, Developmental Threshold Zones, which builds on Lev Vygotsky’s (1930/1978) work on zones of proximal development. A case is made that coaches need new approaches to learning and development if they and their clients are to be able to rise to the global challenges we face.