Cliff Kayser

Cliff Kayser is the author of  “It: Forty Years in Conversation with the Tao Te Ching” having spent more than four decades working at the intersection of human development, leadership, Polarity Thinking, and Taoist wisdom.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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liff Kayser has spent more than four decades working at the intersection of human development, leadership, Polarity Thinking, and Taoist wisdom. His practice has taken him into organizations and communities across sectors and around the world, where he helps people recognize interdependent tensions and make wiser choices within them.

A catastrophic accident in 2021 interrupted that work and changed its direction, bringing the diffe rent parts of his life and thinking into closer relationship. He is the author of the Just Tao It and Wiser Decisions series and the founder of XperienceIT Press, created to steward this long-arc body of work and help it reach readers who may find it useful.

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor’s Degree, History & Business, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC
  • Master’s Degree, HR Management, American University, Washington, DC
  • Master’s Degree, OD, American University/NTL, Washington, DC
  • Executive Leadership Coaching, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

CERTIFICATIONS

  • PCC, Professional Certified Coach — International Coaching Federation
  • Polarity Master, Polarity Thinking Mastery Program (Cohort II)  (www.PolarityPartnerships.com)
  • EQi 2.0/EQ 360, Emotional Quotient Inventory, MHS/OKA Associates
  • MBTI, TKI, FIRO-B, Strong Career Development Inventory, Pearson-Marr Narrative Intelligence Profile
  • SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources), Society for Human Resource Management
  • Benchmarks 360 By Design, Center for Creative Leadership
  • Level Two Consultant, Barrett Values Centre Cultural Transformation Tools (www.valuescentre.com)
  • BBI (Becoming a Better Intervenor), Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
  • MAP, Cook-Greuter Leadership Development Maturity Profile Map
  • Master Trainer, Achieve Global & Development Dimensions International
  • Hogan Leadership Circle Profile

AFFILIATIONS

  • Adjunct Faculty Member, AU KEY Executive Program
  • Coaching Fellow, George Mason University, Center for the Advancement of Well-being
  • Visiting Faculty, The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, 2009-present
  • Adjunct Faculty, George Mason’s EDGE– Center for Team & Organizational Learning, 2009-present