IDM Associates (IDMA)

InterDevelopMental Associates is the consulting arm of IDM. Its primary purpose is to put IDM teachings to optimal practical use, not only in coaching and consultation, but also in facilitating the developmental assessment of groups of people through internet-based automation using e-learning technology.

IDMA Associates come from different countries and backgrounds, and speak various languages. All Associates have gone through IDM Program One, if not Program Two as well. Minimally, they hold the Certificate of Developmental Coaching/Consulting as integral part of their professional education.

At the present time, centers of IDMA activity exist in the northeastern US, Belgium, Switzerland, and Germany. The most important topics of IDMA activity presently are:

• Teaching the Constructive-Developmental Framework
• Developmental assessment of individuals, teams, and groups
• Evidence-based developmental coaching and mentoring
• Capability management consultation in public institutions (e.g., European Commission)
• Establishing internal coaching programs in public and for-profit organizations
• Automation of CDF in collaboration with an international e-learning company

Our Associates

Jon Ebersole

Jon Ebersole founded and directs Dialogue Services GmbH, a Swiss company that offers developmental coaching, group facilitation and alternative dispute resolution. His career includes both headquarters (NYC, Geneva, Paris) and field positions (Africa & Middle East) for international organizations including the United Nations, OECD, World Conference on Religion and Peace, The Aspen Institute, National Council of Churches and the Mennonite Central Committee. His present clients are primarily executives in international organizations and companies whom he advises based on adult-developmental assessment combined with his broad understanding of organizations.

Jon’s education is international and extensive. Beginning with a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies, Mr. Ebersole's training includes an MA in Cultural Anthropology focusing on communication and conflict, and an MSc in International Public Administration. He has been an Adjunct Fellow of the Center for International Studies of the NYU School of Law, a Stein Scholar in Ethics and Public Interest Law at Fordham University School of Law, and a theology student in Stuttgart, Germany. He is currently completing doctoral research on using developmental assessments in the finance industry at the Institute for Leadership and Personnel Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Jon is based in Switzerland and works in English and German. He can be reached at Tel: +41 43 333 9556, Fax: -9557 Email: .

Sunil Ahuja

Sunil Ahuja is the founder of Integral Transformational Systems, a company offering personal and executive development training and coaching. He has a Certificate of Developmental Assessment from the Interdevelopmental Institute, and is also certified to lead the Avatar® Course and the Chopra Center's Seven Laws for Engaging Spirit in the Workplace. His professional degrees include an M.S. in Industrial Administration degree from Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Sunil has thirty years of professional management and consulting experience in the U.S. and India, with multi-national organizations such as Deloitte & Touche, J.D. Edwards, Asea Brown Boveri, and EMI, as well as high tech startups including American Cimflex and Hologix. As an independent consultant, his client list has included Sumitomo Sitix, TRW, Inc., Rochester Telephone, ICF Kaiser Engineers (project in India), and startup ventures in healthcare, and technology.

Sunil is based in Arizona and works in English and Indian. He can be reached at 480.314.1983, and by email at .

Ron Stewart

Developmental Consultant Ron Stewart is an educator who has worked to foster human development for nearly 40 years. He began teaching in the 1960s, first as a youth minister, then as a Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil where he taught in a secondary school. The major part of his career was devoted to co-founding a Montessori high school in Portland, Oregon, which he directed and taught in during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. He also taught occasional university courses related to education and human development during those years.

The primary arena of Ron’s work has now shifted from the classroom to private consulting with individuals and organizations, both in the US and Japan. He considers his current work to be a form of adult education and an extension of his earlier applications of developmental theory. Ron also continues to study human development — especially structural perspectives and process views of development grounded in integral theory. Recently, he completed certification for conducting developmental assessments with Otto Laske through the Interdevelopmental Institute and separately with Susanne Cook-Greuter.

The guiding influence, and often a central focus, in his work is an interest in the further or “higher” reaches of human development, including the development of postrational integrative or dialectical thinking. This interest is closely related to Ron’s nearly life-long exploration of the world’s wisdom traditions and to his growing understanding of spirituality as both the depth dimension of development and a particular line of development. He sees spiritual depth as the foundation for optimal higher self-system development. This depth dimension provides a supporting context for his consultation work and can also be made an explicit agenda for consultation. On a very practical level there is a pressing reason for the emphasis on further development: the higher capacities that come with postconventional development are the only means we have for dealing effectively with the growing complexity of our world, our work, and our personal lives.

Ron consults with individuals and small groups in personal and professional settings, primarily with those who feel the need for further development and who see the benefits of applying it in work and life situations. If you are interested in personal developmental transformation or want to enhance the capacities of members of your group or organization, he can work with you in a variety of ways:

• Providing assessments and feedback detailing a person’s present stage of overall ego/self-system development as well as the current stage or phase in several of the ego’s multiple lines or strands of development, including social-emotional, cognitive, values, intercultural, and spiritual;
• Coaching and mentoring for on-going support of individual and group development;
• Conducting seminars, workshops, and action learning about the practical application of further development in groups and organizations. These activities can be tailored to your specific situation and needs and can have a specialized purpose, such as workshops in cognitive development for managers and leaders;
• Teaching courses and guiding people through the relevant theoretical material and current research findings about adult development; and
• Giving presentations on developmental topics to interested groups and organizations.

Ron lives near Portland Oregon and can be reached at 503-665-8733 or by emailing him at .

Mirna Pérez Piris

Mirna Pérez Piris is the Founder and Managing Director of Conecta Coaching. The company is focused on providing organizations and individuals the highest level of executive coaching to achieve desired outcomes. Mirna is a Certified Executive Coach with Leadership Coaching Certification from Georgetown University, Washington DC; a Professional Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation. She is presently pursuing a Certificate of Developmental Assessment from the Interdevelopmental Institute. Her professional degrees include a Bachelor and Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Puerto Rico, a Leadership Program based in Social and Emotional Intelligence, and is certified in the Leadership Forecast Series “Hogan Assessments.”

Mirna works with corporate executives who want to achieve focus and direction in their professional career. Her work is founded on energetic insight, strong leadership qualities, excellent communication and interpersonal skills. She has worked as an Executive Coach with various multinational companies in the fields of pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, technology, distribution, services and non-profit organizations, providing coaching at various levels including Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, Financial Directors and others.

In addition to Executive Coaching, Mirna has experience in the fields of training and development, management, insurance, and marketing, along with academic knowledge in human resources. She has over 20 years of experience working with multinational clients and has served as liaison on behalf of her clients between the countries of United Kingdom, United States, Puerto Rico and México. On the academic, she has offered the course “Coaching: An Effective Tool for Human Development” at the Iberoamericana University, Human Development Master Program.

Based in Mexico and due to her experience living and working with different cultures, she has broad cross-cultural knowledge. She is completely bilingual in English and Spanish and offers coaching in both languages. She is available to travel to meet the clients’ needs. Contact: (52-55) 5683-9468 and by email at .