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- For working professionals we are offering the IDM Professional Development Program
- We are now offering Stand-Alone Cognitive Assessments for Use in Coaching and Consulting
- Coaching Psychology Continuing Education Credits through the Society for Coaching Psychology (SCP), London, UK.
- Two new Certificates of Advanced Study in Leadership Development and Human Resources Management.
- Reviews of Laske’s volume 2 on Measuring Hidden Dimensions of Human Systems, published March 2009.
- A 2009 monograph on CDF, published through the Journal Wirtschaftspsychologie, ETH Zürich, and published by Pabst Science Publishers.
- A new article on Transformational Thinking by the IDM Team.
New Article on Transformational Thinking by the IDM Team
The article 'Leadership for an Evolving Planet' published in R. Volckmann’s Integral Leadership Review in October 2008, and is found on our Publications page.
2008 April - IDM Introduces Professional Development Program
After 8 years of concentrating on instruction leading to Certificates in developmental process consultation, IDM introduced an entirely new slew of courses directly addressing the busy professional who needs to channel his or her learning directly into effectiveness at work. While no less evidence based than the certification courses, the new courses are designed to encourage self study of developmental theory combined with live-teleclass rehearsal of new consulting techniques.
The purpose of the professional development courses is threefold:
- Open up new domains such as psychotherapy, mentoring, supervision, life coaching and spiritual growth to developmental practice.
- Allow practitioners to quickly assimilate developmental thinking into their practice.
- Permit those with an academic bent to practice process consulting in small cohorts formed by people holding multiple perspectives on clients.
The new courses share a common structure, that of preparatory courses on the one hand, and master classes on the other. Preparatory courses are entirely or partly self study, while master classes are entirely live. The term ‘master class’ points to the successful acquisition of developmental thinking that is brought to bear on a variety of service professions.
In a first step, IDM has introduced two master classes:
- Leader as Coach
- Coaching and Mentoring Supervision.
Three others are to follow in 2008:
- Dialectical Thinking in Psychotherapy
- Dialectical Life Coaching
- Dialectical Thinking and the Search for Wisdom.
Learn more at http://www.interdevelopmentals.org/professional-development.php.
IDM Launches Gateway Self-study Course
Designed for busy people who prefer to learn at their own pace, Gateway Self-study provides 8 hours of teleclass recordings and over 200 pages of course handouts to provide a solid introduction to developmental principles.
Learn more at Gateway Self-study
IDM introduces a Certificate of Integrative Thinking in Management
Integrative thinking is a competency and stance increasingly needed in organizational management and leadership positions. The meaning of the term comprises different approaches. At IDM, it specifically indicates the ability of thinking holistically and systemically based on principles of dialectical thinking as taught in Module B of Program One. Dialectical thinking comprises discovery procedures out of reach for formalistic and bureaucratic thinking.
The new Certificate requires participation in IDM Gateway and Modules A, B, and D, as well as in Modules F1 and F2. Module F1 focuses on the assessment of three individual volunteers (beyond Module D), while Module F2 regards a 40-50 pp Case Report on a management topic chosen by the student. The Case Report is centered around a research problem in for-profit management or public administration.
Module F terminates with two exit interviews In the first, the candidate submits three additional case studies and interviews a volunteer (F1), while in the second s(he) discusses the implementation of evidence-based policies discussed in the Case Report. The tuition for obtaining the ITM Certificate is $5,575.
For further details on this Certificate, see our Certification page or write to Dr. Otto Laske at or call 781.391.2361.
IDM introduces Case Study Mentoring
The written Case Study, whether for obtaining a Certificate of Developmental Assessment or a Certificate of Developmental Interviewing & Supervision, is the gold standard of IDM graduation. Depending on the certificate, it requires a single case study (Program One) or 4 case studies (Program Two).
In order to assist students with issues of scoring social-emotional or cognitive interviews and/or the developmental interpretation of behavioral data based on the Need/Press Questionnaire, as well as issues of how to write an IDM feedback report and give clients feedback, the Director of Education has introduced a new offering called Case Study Mentoring. See Mentoring for details.
For personal questions about case study mentoring, write to Dr Otto Laske at or call 781.391.2361.
IDM introduces a Certificate of Developmental Interviewing
Developmental interviewing is a skill taught in IDM Modules A and B of Program One, as well as in Case Study Mentoring. Due to demand for learning and teaching this kind of interviewing and using it in one’s coaching work, IDM’s Director of Education is introducing a Certificate of Developmental Interviewing. The tuition for obtaining the Certificate is $4,000.
The certificate requires prior participation in IDM Gateway and Modules A and B, as well as in Module E. To obtain this certificate, participants submit to IDM four case studies based on 4 social-emotional and 4 cognitive interviews with volunteers. Module E terminates with an exit interview in which the candidate interviews a volunteer. The interview is listened to, in part, by the Director of Education who wants to be assured of the quality of interviewing the candidate is practicing.
For more details on this Certificate, write to Dr Otto Laske at or call 978-879-4882.
Be sure to see our Course Schedule page for IDM's current course offerings.