Our Unique Line of Teaching Gives You Access to a New World of Thinking and Listening!
Since 2000, IDM has developed and refined a certification course in applied developmental theory that is unique in the world: teaching an international student body a holistic perspective on clients that integrates cognitive, social-emotional, and psychological aspects of life and work.
NOW, for the first time, we offer the fruit of our consulting and teaching experience in the form of two new stand-alone courses:
In these two 16-hr courses which complement each other, we show you how to enlarge your conceptual field through dialectical thought forms and how to integrate the experience of your own thinking with new ways of listening to, and understanding, yourself and your clients.
If you are coach or consultant who wants to stand above the crowd, we invite you to learn more about these innovations by following the links above.
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“Challenges & Opportunities in Coaching International Executives”
Who We Are
The Interdevelopmental Institute (IDM) is the world's leading provider of research-based adult-developmental education for consultants, coaches, HR strategists, facilitators, mediators, social workers, and psychologists. All teaching is provided through teleclasses using a US-based teleconferencing service. Teaching is oriented to an international student body whose members work in cohorts and keep in touch via IDMSpace (http://idmspace.ning.com).
IDM Brochure
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What We Do
Members of the Institute consult, teach, and publish. Teaching comprises two high caliber programs based on the Institute's own research which is not matched elsewhere in terms of excellence and breadth:
Assessment Certification
Starting with the introductory Gateway class and proceeding through Modules A, B, and C, participants learn developmental listening, social-emotional interview scoring, dialectical thinking, and cognitive thought form assessment and acquire psychoanalytical knowhow (Program I). They prove their knowledge of CDF through a case study of a single volunteer they have interviewed. In Program II, they solidify their practical mastery of CDF by writing 3 further case studies which can be expanded into a dissertation (Program III), thereby enhancing their dialectical thinking. For Programs One to Three, see CDF Certification Overview.
Specialized Intensives
In the IDM intensives, participants master two interrelated expertises: the use of dialectical thought forms resulting in high thought fluidity, and of social deliberative skills deriving from disciplined semi-structured interviewing, both social-emotional and cognitive. The focus is on practice. For Stand-Alone Intensives, see Dialectical Thinking Intensive and Developmental Interviewing Intensive.
Dialectics in Coaching
A program in applied developmental theory for coaches based on 50% of self-study, and 50% of live teleclass instruction focusing on individual coaching approaches and concrete client issues. See Dialectics in Coaching Program Overview
The Institute's international research and development group (IDMRG) focuses on bringing the concepts of Requisite Organization, enhanced by dialectical thinking, to the attention of CEO's and upper management. This group teaches a decision science for organizational human resources, seen as stratified in terms of different levels of work complexity, each of which provides a measure of the value added provided by people working in different capacities and roles.
The group also delivers additional services to innovative organizations worldwide who seek to leverage cutting-edge research on adult development in optimizing innovation and improving bottom-line performance in organizations.
Get to Know IDM
Our quarterly newsletter Hidden Dimensions Insights contains in-depth articles on the latest findings in adult development, our own research, as well as the updated course schedule and schedule of international activities of the Institute (seminars, conferences).
IDM Brochure
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