The AC Podcast

171: Polarity Thinking: The Wisdom of Resistance

In this Episode

Beena Sharma, President of the Vertical Development Academy, joins our host, Felicity Dwyer, for an in-depth and fascinating discussion on polarity thinking in vertical development. Beena explains that polarity thinking exists unconsciously in all of us and is an incredible agent for change when it becomes explicit. She shares the wisdom contained in resistance, which is part of polarity thinking, defining it as a coaching tool that applies across all coaching frameworks. Beena describes how to integrate it with vertical development to help people develop greater maturity and ability to operate in a complex world.

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You Will Learn

• What polarity thinking and vertical development is
• Its impact on individuals, organizations and society as a whole
• Six powerful examples of polarities within coaches themselves

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Guest Bios

Beena Sharma is President of the Vertical Development Academy and an international consultant with 32 years’ experience in working with individual, team and organizational learning. Beena is a Master Coach in Leadership Maturity Coaching, and a lead facilitator and certifying authority in VeDA’s coach certification program. She is trained in multiple methodologies and frameworks in the areas of leadership and organizational change, including training at the master level in Polarity Thinking.

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