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About Cliff Kayser

Cliff is an experienced organization development (OD) consultant, executive coach, and leadership trainer overseeing Polarity Partnerships' east coast operations out of Washington, DC. In 2017, Cliff became a founding partner of the 501(c)3 organization the Polarities of Democracy Institute and in 2018 the healthcare coaching/consulting firm, SixSEED Partners. Cliff is a faculty member at American University's Master's in OD and KEY Executive programs and is a Coaching Fellow for George Mason's Accredited Coach Training Program under the Center for the Advancement of Well-being. His past work experience includes VP of Organizational Development and Training for The National Cooperative Bank, Senior OD Consultant for The Washington Post, and Corporate Manager of Human Resources (HR) and Training for The Washington Post Company. Cliff earned Master's Degrees in OD (2007) and HR Management (1998) from The American University and his Coaching Certification from Georgetown's Executive Leadership Coaching Program in (2008). He is a PCC (Professional Certified Coach) and a graduate of the 2-year Polarity Mastery program (2010), and has served as the program dean since 2014.

Series Introduction: Wiser Decisions

By |2026-03-19T12:50:58-04:00March 10th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Polarity Thinking, The Polarity Assessment™, Wiser Decisions|

The word “radical” often suggests someone has wandered far from common sense. In this case, I mean something closer to the opposite. My radical position is simply this: human beings need to become far more skillful at supplementing Either/Or Thinking with Both/And Thinking. At first glance that statement may sound almost too obvious to deserve a [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 36: Power & Love

By |2026-06-15T11:04:33-04:00March 10th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 36 (Unpublished): Reduction, relies on expansion. Illumination, depends on hidden. Risen, comes from ruin. Taken, returns as given. What [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 64: Attend Early & Let It Work

By |2026-06-15T11:05:11-04:00March 4th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 64 (Unpublished): What’s recent is easily corrected. What’s brittle is easily shattered. What’s little is easily scattered. Attend early. [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 63: Doing (What’s Yours) & Being (Let It Be)

By |2026-06-15T11:05:49-04:00February 25th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 63 (Unpublished): Act without ado. Serve what is. Be among the willing few. See seeds in trees and trees [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 29: Claim Power & Share Power

By |2026-06-15T11:06:24-04:00February 24th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 29 (Unpublished): Some reach for the powerful place
 Without concern for the whole.
 Some climb to the highest space
 [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 27: Direct & Allow w/side of Steadiness & Fluidity

By |2026-06-15T11:07:16-04:00February 24th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 27 (Unpblished): Without forcing, It flows. Travelers move with It, and the journey unfolds. Artists create, and the work [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 12: Hold On & Let Go

By |2026-06-15T11:08:39-04:00February 20th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 12 (Unpublished): Blindness for the color, when too many run together. Deafness for the notes, when too many overtake [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 10: Power & Love

By |2026-06-15T11:09:53-04:00February 19th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Law of Least Resistance, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 10 (Unpublished): Do you travel in body, spirit, and soul, without losing their unity? Are you as tender in [...]

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