Spiral Dynamics^® / Graves EC Theory Certification Schedule

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SD Certification

Our SD1 provides participants with a thorough grounding in Spiral Dynamics and Dr. Clare W. Graves's ECLET model, often called "The Graves" in the NLP world, and on which SD is based. This certification will give you a chance to learn how the model can be applied in real-world settings, to interact with others who have used SD practically, and to explore its applicability to organization development and human resource aspects through a systems lens. 

Our SD2 is a more extensive look into the theoretical base on one hand and to apply the theory to real-world applications on the other. Completion of our SDI is a prerequisite for participating in SD 2. This module concentrates on primary source materials and research. For more on these courses and others, click here. 

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Repeating students are entitled to special rates!

If you have previously taken one of these trainings and would like to join us again for a second or third time, you are considered a "Repeater" and entitled to special rates. If you haven't participated in NVCC's SD1 since 2001 or our SD2 since late 2002, please be aware of the dramatic changes in these programs. They have been 'renovated' and updated to include much new, in-depth, Gravesian material. As ever, we concentrate of the foundational work so students are equipped to carry the work forward from a sound base.

Good outcomes begin with effective analysis.  For instance, we have noticed that many people in the SD community still miss obvious signs of the core systems. We've addressed this by including greater and deeper coverage of the Systems Recognition Principles and by focusing more attention on the essential Gravesian elements of the model. On the whole, after completing these programs, students spot the systems with greater accuracy and are able to use the model more effectively as a result. 

More than that, though, we teach the theory behind the colours - the emergent bio-psycho-social-systems perspective – so, you will learn how to think in new ways.

In SDII we've revamped 40% of the program and focus on the transitions between systems in greater depth with direct, practical applications to issues you bring with you. Our approach is to help you systemically integrate all aspects of the model in practical ways so you can incorporate this point of view into your approaches to consulting, training, managing, leading, and interacting with others and the world. We look forward to seeing you at the next session!

(Please Note: Space is limited in some sessions. If you have repeated multiple times, you could be put on a waiting list.)

 Feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in an in-depth understanding of Spiral Dynamics
and who can benefit from insight into the emergent nature of human nature.

Your Trainers: 45+ years of Experience in Human Emergent Systems

CHRISTOPHER C. COWAN

Take advantage of this opportunity to study with Christopher Cowan, renowned Gravesian, co-author of Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change, an early student of the Gravesian work, and genuine authority about: Dr. Clare W. Graves, his research, his ECLET model and his wealth of experience. A long-time Gravesian and original co-creator of Spiral Dynamics, Chris is committed to compiling, preserving, teaching, applying, vitalizing and maintaining the important lineage connecting the life's work of his friend and mentor, Dr. Clare Graves, with new discoveries and extending its integrity into the future by assuring the application of Dr. Graves' pathfinding efforts are grounded in fact.

NATASHA TODOROVIC

Take advantage of this opportunity to study with Natasha Todorovic, an internationally recognized expert on the Spiral Dynamics/Gravesian model. Natasha was invited to join the National Values Center as a partner in 1998 and subsequently co-founded NVC Consulting with Chris Cowan to help apply and expand Spiral Dynamics and Dr. Graves’s point of view. She is currently involved in research and assessment, working to make more of Dr. Graves’s original work and writings available, designing and delivering programs globally, and helping associates and clients gain fullest use of the theory. Working with this model since 1991, Natasha will help you navigate through common pitfalls and misunderstandings regarding Spiral Dynamics/Graves’s theory. She has helped hundreds of professionals around the world to use this in their daily work and is is committed to providing you with a clear and unbiased understanding of this model so you too can use it effectively. 

Those studying with Chris and Natasha can be assured that they will bring you close to the primary source of this important theory - Dr. Clare W. Graves - whose work is founded in exhaustive research, imaginative conceptualization, exacting interpretation and rich with practical application. They are co-editors of The Never Ending Quest: Clare W. Graves Explores Human Nature and Graves: Levels of Human Existence (with William R. Lee), as well as maintaining the www.clarewgraves.com website. The work of Dr. Graves has had enormous impact on our ability to appreciate our sometimes chaotic, sometimes orderly, but always dynamic lives.

Register for upcoming certification training by going to: 

Seminar registration go to
http://www.spiraldynamics.org/pdf_resources/SD_OrderForm.pdf

For course contents go to
http://www.spiraldynamics.org/learning/standards.htm

Program Descriptions
http://www.spiraldynamics.org/learning/courses.html

 ^{Related Materials Online}

Materials, including reprints and assessments, are provided during the courses. Participants who choose Certification and meet requirements become part of the authorized worldwide SD/Graves network and are eligible to purchase assessments and access to our online software, participate in advanced courses, web listings, and collaborative support.  

ABOUT THE MODEL? Go to ‘Frequently Asked Questions’

http://www.spiraldynamics.org/learning/faq.htm

Curious about the research and theoretical underpinnings? Visit the Clare W. Graves website
http://www.clarewgraves.com

Want a quick and simple overview? View an SD mini-course
http://www.spiraldynamics.org/pdf_resources/SDMC.pdf

The Clare W. Graves Website for reviewing original Graves writings
http://www.clarewgraves.com

Dr. Clare Graves on Management: "How Should Who Lead Whom to do What?"

http://www.clarewgraves.com/articles_content/1971_YMCA/1971_YMCA_1.html

Chris Cowan & Natasha Todorovic on SD in Strategy and Leadership
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/pdfs/2002121.pdf

Order books on the works of Clare W. Graves

The Never Ending Quest: Clare W. Graves Explores Human Nature

Edited by Chris Cowan and Natasha Todorovic with the help of William R. Lee and others, and relying on Dr. Graves's previously unpublished manuscript plus other publications, recordings, and notes, this is as close as we will ever come to the book Dr. Graves wanted to write. In it, in his own words, Graves describes his research and how he came to his remarkable theory over a period of years. He compares his work to a number of other theoreticians', and shows how this kind of thinking can be of use from the individual to geopolitical levels. Hardbacks of a limited first run are now available to our NVCC students and those who have supported the work; remaining copies will be shipped to others on a first come, first served basis. Preview Table of Contents  and  Index. Click for order form.  

Graves: Levels of Human Existence remarks by Clare W. Graves from a transcription edited by:   William R. Lee, Christopher C. Cowan & Natasha Todorovic. Foreword by Christopher C. Cowan, coauthor Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change. In this overview, Dr. Clare W. Graves, a great explorer of human nature, describes his theory in a workshop conducted at the Washington School of Psychiatry in 1971; now this session is available to you in trade paperback form. 

If your clients, students and colleagues ever ask about the research behind Spiral Dynamics^®, you'll be able to answer their questions. In this publication you'll be able to examine the methodology Dr. Graves used to build his model. You'll be exposed to: the 3 Phases of Research, how he collected his data, how he processed the data, what it meant, and his original charts and figures. The transcription includes a question and answer session where he discusses: Baby Boomers, Child Rearing, Psychopathology, Suicide, Peace vs. War thinking, 5 Social Revolutions, and much more! 

A reprint of Dr. Graves's classic 1970 article from the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, "Levels of Existence: An Open System Theory of Values," is also included. Order your copy today! (Not available online due to publisher's restrictions.) 

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