Help Your Clients Navigate Competing Polarities
How do you do two seemingly opposite things at once? How can you be candid and diplomatic, provide structure and flexibility, keep things stable and lead change, and focus on the organizational interests while simultaneously doing what is best for employees?
Many leaders, teams, and organizations innocently and unconsciously approach polarities with an Either/Or mindset — either I have to do this or that. However, those using a Both/And mindset outperform those who don’t. They direct and empower, exude competence and warmth, take action and step back to reflect.
The key is knowing how.
Polarity Navigator Certification (PNC) teaches our practical 5-step approach to Navigating Polarities: Analyzing, Mapping, Exploring, Acting, and Monitoring and how to use the Polarity Navigator tool to expand Both/And thinking for individuals and teams in a way that leads to transformation.
PNC is suitable for Leadership Coaches, Organizational Development Consultants, Talent Development & Human Resources Professionals, and anyone who seeks to add navigating polarities as a key skill to their work.
2025 Polarity Navigator Certification Dates
Select a date below and register now!
Virtual certification: February 24, 2025
9 am – 5 pm ET
Pricing: $1,595
Virtual certification: May 5, 2025
9 am – 5 pm ET
Early Bird Pricing: $1,395 $1,595
Virtual certification: August 18, 2025
12 – 8 pm ET
Early Bird Pricing: $1,395 $1,595
Virtual certification: October 20, 2025
9 am – 5 pm ET
Early Bird Pricing: $1,395 $1,595
Are Conflicting Priorities Holding Your Clients Back?
You know the struggle: seemingly competing priorities that leave clients feeling stuck, frustrated, and uncertain—often facing daily polarities like stability::change or growth::consistency. Leaders can easily lose sight of a clear path forward without a practical approach to navigating these tensions, especially when their preferences naturally lead them to focus in only one direction.
How You’ll Be Empowered with the Polarity Navigator Certification
Polarity Navigator Certification gives you the tools to help navigate, understand, and balance conflicting polarities and tensions using the Polarity Navigator—a powerful sensemaking tool. You’ll learn our practical 5-step approach to polarities that explores identity, the Third Way as a mindset, and the role of Vulnerability in navigating polarities.
This 1-day certification enables you to:
- Determine when to use a Both/And lens: Assess complex situations to decide when a Both/And mindset can best support effective polarity navigating.
- Diagnose polarities with clarity: Identify the stages and signs of the Suffering Paradox, gaining insight into important polarities in your clients’ lives.
- Understand behavioral patterns for greater impact: See how polarities shape behavior and influence team and individual effectiveness.
- Coach clients to create their own Polarity Navigator: Guide clients in building their own tool for navigating and making sense of polarities.
- Cultivate a Third Way mindset: Help clients in embrace new possibilities and develop practical strategies through an approach that utilizes both poles effectively.
- Encourage growth through vulnerability: Work with clients to explore how vulnerability opens doors to deeper Both/And thinking.
Additional Certification Benefits:
- ICF: Earn 4 hours of Core Competencies and 9 hours of Resource Development CEUs.
- Become eligible to advance to Key Polarity Indicator Certification upon completion, deepening your expertise in Both/And Thinking.
Meet Your Faculty
Dionne Galloway, Both/And Faculty
Dionne Galloway specializes in Both/And Leadership, helping leaders navigate polarities and achieve top results. With over 15 years of leadership development, she is dedicated to enhancing the capabilities of individuals and teams.
Brian Emerson, Author of Navigating Polarities and Co-Creator of the Polarity Navigator
Brian Emerson, Ph.D., is the principal and founder of Andiron and author of Navigating Polarities: Using Both/And Thinking to Lead Transformation . Clients value his skill in balancing human dynamics with business needs.
As co-creator of the Polarity Navigator, Brian guides the PNC Cohort in mastering Both/And principles.
Program Overview
This one-day virtual certification program is designed to be interactive and practical, so you’ll leave ready to start navigating polarities immediately.
What’s Included in Polarity Navigator Certification:
- Digital copy of Navigating Polarities by Dr. Brian Emerson and Kelly Lewis
- The Polarity Navigator tool, co-brandable for your practice
- Practitioner resources, guidelines, and ongoing support
What is the Polarity Navigator?
The Polarity Navigator is our unique tool that helps you and your clients make sense of a polarity to take action from a Both/And mindset and get the benefits of both poles — while avoiding their overuses over time.
Is Polarity Navigator Certification Right for You?
If you’re eager to help others thrive amidst competing tensions, this certification is for you. Polarity Navigator Certification provides the tools to help your clients transform how they approach complex challenges to achieve real, lasting success.
Expand Your Toolkit with Both/And Thinking
Once certified, you’ll help clients navigate polarities that once held them back, maximizing the benefits of both poles while recognizing potential overuses. As a Certified Polarity Navigator, you’ll be their trusted partner for mindful growth and transformative change.
You’re 3 Steps Away from Getting Certified in the Polarity Navigator
1. Register and complete pre-certification learning: Access virtual learning to build your foundation of understanding polarities. (3 hours)
2. Attend the virtual certification training: Join the 1-day virtual interactive session to apply your skills. (8 hours)
3. Practice with a client: Complete an assignment and submit a reflection paper to finalize your certification. (2 hours)
Once complete, you’re officially a Certified Polarity Navigator.
Ready to Start Navigating Polarities for Greater Impact in Your Life and with Your Clients?
Gain tools to bring clarity and balance to your decisions and those of your clients. Becoming certified in the Polarity Navigator will enhance your coaching, facilitating, and leadership skills, empowering you to expertly navigate polarities in life and your work.
Register now to elevate your practice and create lasting impact for you and your clients.
Need more flexibility?
Navigating Polarities Connect On-Demand is also available!
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