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Leadership Team

Laura Smith

Leslie DePol - Founding Partner, CEO & Leader of Strategic Partnerships

In addition to leading the development process for the Polarity Assessment™ and the associated 5-Step consulting process, Leslie works with Strategic Partners to integrate Polarity principles, practices and tools into a licensee’s existing and new offerings to increase value delivered to clients while optimizing the ROI on the licensee’s investment in Polarity Thinking.

20+ years’ of entrepreneurial experience & bottom line responsibility inform Leslie’s leader, team and organization consulting and help her relate credibly to her client’s challenges and opportunities. 

Laura Smith

Barry Johnson - Founding Partner & Creator of The Polarity Map® and Principles

Barry (he/him) created the first Polarity Map® and set of principles in 1975. Since then he has been learning And applying Polarity Thinking® with people and organizations all over the world. He continues to explore and promote supplementing Or-thinking with And-thinking to enhance our quality of life on our planet.

With humility And pride, Barry is passionate about creating an international community of Polarity Practitioners who are dedicated to the study and application of Polarities in a variety of disciplines and situations. 

Barry’s newest publications, And: Volume One – Foundations and And: Volume Two – Applications represent what he and his colleagues have learned about And-thinking since his first book, Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems, came out in 1992. Barry is an avid outdoorsman and intrepid traveler, and brings head And heart together in his teaching and consulting. Barry and his wife, Dana, have 5 children and 11 grandchildren.

Laura Smith

Cliff Kayser - Partner, Chief Learning Officer, Mastery and Coaching Programs

Cliff brings 25 years of experience as both a senior level internal OD positions (The Washington Post/The National Cooperative Bank) and as an external consultant and founder/president of Xperience LLC. He holds master’s degrees in HR and OD from American University, is a graduate of the Georgetown Executive Leadership Coaching program and a PCC credential through the International Coaching Federation. In 2007 Cliff completed construction of Kayser Ridge Retreat and Learning Center, which serves as a primary location for the Polarity Mastery program and hosts Foundations in PACT™ and Advanced Applications in PACT™ Certification programs. Cliff’s application of Polarity Thinking™ theory and application is supported by his lifelong passion for study and practice of eastern philosophy and tai chi/martial arts.

Laura Smith

Wanda Savage-Moore, Partner, Vice President of Engagement Solutions

Wanda has almost 40 years of experience with emphasis in Organizational Development, Leadership Development, Training and Facilitation. Prior to joining Polarity Partnerships, she spent 30 years building a consulting firm, working with over 30,000 professionals and public, private, and non-profit sector clients. She is an ICF-certified coach, a graduate of the George Mason University’s Organizational Wellness Coaching Program, and holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Laura Smith

Bob Tauber - Partner, Director of Enterprise Sales

Bob brings over 30 years of sales and multi-channel marketing expertise to Polarity Partnerships. He is very excited about the opportunity to utilize his knowledge of publishing, creative services, broadcast media distribution and digital asset management in the pursuit of making Polarity Concepts, Practices and Tools known throughout the world. His experience in international sales and distribution partnerships and experience in the nuts and bolts of sustainable partnership agreements, forecasting, strategic planning and business development are a natural fit to his role.

Laura Smith

Nomali Perera - Director of Operations & Customer Experience

A PACT™-certified practitioner, Nomali Perera champions the Polarity Approach™ to help individuals and organizations navigate complex tensions. She joins Polarity Partnerships to expand its global impact in leadership development and organizational change. Since 2007, Nomali has worked in executive coaching, leadership and talent development, facilitation, and teaching, serving clients across healthcare, MedTech, FinTech, consulting, law, and cosmetics in the USA, Brazil, and Mexico. She is also deeply committed to animal welfare, including efforts to end captive elephant exploitation in Asia.

Polarity Partnerships Fellows & Advisors

Peter Durie

Susan Dupre

Susan has 25 years guiding clients through all aspects of cultural and systems change. She has mentored many consultants in the knowledge, skills of large system intervention methodologies, preparing her well for her role of VP of Consultant Support Services, building capacity in consultants and in partner organizations as they adopt Polarity Thinking™ and The Polarity Approach for Continuity and Transformation (PACT™) into their lives, practices and organizations. She has done extensive work in North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe, as an extension of her curiosity about other cultures. Susan loves collecting art – both from her world travels as well as from local artists.

Peter Durie

Peter Dupre

Peter is a seasoned educator, trainer and performance coach who designs and leads unique and challenging programs. He uses these skills as VP of Leadership Discovery and Delivery to build capacity in organizations and deliver polarity programs and services. Since 1985 he has been an adjunct faculty member of the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®), providing executive coaching, curriculum design, and custom program leadership. Peter is a pioneer in Action Learning and is a passionate world traveler, photographer, and wilderness explorer.

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