Polarity Thinking: Power Up Through Paradox

When
10/30/2015
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location
Government Accountability Office (GAO), 441 G St, NW, Washington, DC, room 2N30

Registration

Member – $50.00
Non-Member – $80.00

Inhale and exhale, yin and yang, rest and activity, diverge and converge…we live in the midst of independent elements, paradoxes or polarities. How can a conscious approach to polarities lead to more successful outcomes in coaching and facilitating?

In this hands on workshop, you will learn Johnson’s Polarity Thinking approach, a powerful means of seeking wisdom in resistance, distinguishing between problems to solve and polarities to leverage and using seemingly contradictory views to enhance the work of professional facilitators. You will come away with a practical and profound tool for your personal and professional applications.

Participants will:

Build awareness of what polarities are, distinguish them from a problem to solve and construct your own list of the most important polarities you are addressing.
Learn the fundamentals of the energy systems behind independent factors like stability and change, team and individual, head and heart.

Clare Dus & Cliff Kayser

As a Vice President on the Sensory Spectrum consulting team, Clare Dus designs and executes technical approaches to product evaluation. She has tasted, smelled, felt and looked at a wide range of consumer products.

Clare is a trained facilitator in creative problem solving. She uses polarity thinking in both consumer research and in her responsibilities for leadership development at Sensory Spectrum.

She has recently taught Polarity Workshops for CREA, Disney and Worlding.

Clare has a BS degree in Food Science from Rutgers University and is a Board Trustee for the Creative Education Foundation. She is a long-time leader and instructor for the Creative Problem Solving Institute and a 2015 graduate of the Polarity Thinking Mastery program.

Cliff Kayser brings 20 years of experience in organization development, leadership coaching, and training to his role of Vice President, Mastery and Coaching Programs at Polarity Partnerships. He conducts training in Polarity Coaching for the Advanced Coaching Certificate Program at the Mason Center for the Advancement of Well Being and Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. He is also on the faculty of the American University’s Masters in Organization Development program, KEY Executive Program, and the Federal Executive Institute. He has experience leading system-wide change processes and leadership development initiatives a variety of public, private and not-for-profit organizations nationally and internationally..

Cliff received a bachelor’s degree from Lenoir-Rhyne University, and holds master’s degrees in both Organizational Development and Human Resources from American University. He is Dean of the 2-year Mastery in Polarity Thinking program, which he completed in 2009.

If you pay for an individual MAFN workshop session and cancel before the registration deadline, MAFN will either credit your full registration fee towards a future workshop or process a refund, less a processing fee.

There will be no refunds or credits for cancellations received after the registration deadline.

Refunds, less a processing fee, are only available for workshop series subscribers until the September workshop of each year.

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