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The Qualifying.org® Advantage: Training Staff The members of Qualifying.org's Training Staff are required to have extensive experience using the psychological tools for which Qualifying.org®, Inc. provides training. We require more than academic or research experience to join our faculty; these trainers know the special challenges and opportunities for using these tools in organizations. In addition, our faculty must meet the following criteria:
The current professional associates with Qualifying.org®, Inc.: Roger R. Pearman, Ed.D., President, Qualifying.org, Inc.Roger R. Pearman is the president and principal of Qualifying.org, Inc and Leadership Performance Systems, Inc. His company provides customized training programs and individual executive coaching. He has extensively consulted with executives and leaders in government, business, and education in the United States, Canada, and in Europe. Specifically working with entrepreneurial companies, his organization provides training programs that focus on: leadership development and change management, executive team development and team performance, succession planning and talent retention, and leading through company lifecycles and culture development for financial returns. Formerly a vice president of operations for a financial services company, Roger combines his academic knowledge with leadership experience to provide effective training and coaching. As a senior adjunct trainer, feedback coach, and adjunct research associate with the Center for Creative Leadership, his work includes delivering services to public enrollment and custom programs. Dr. Pearman's recent publications include:
Judy Aanstad, Ph.D.Judy A. Aanstad has her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Florida. She began her career as a therapist and career counselor at VPI in Blacksburg, VA, and then at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC, where she helped start a Lifespan Center for women in transition. In 1988 she left the academic arena to work with Ziff and Associates, a qualitative market research firm. In 1990 she started her own consulting firm providing management development and training. She specializes in topics such as communication skills, career management, conflict management, managing change, team building, and coaching. Her clients span business, education, and government. Judy has been an adjunct faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC, for over twenty years. In addition, she is the facilitator for two community based leadership programs in the central piedmont area of NC. Her BA degree in Psychology is from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. Judy uses a wide variety of assessment instruments in her work including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, FIRO-B™, California Psychological Inventory®, Benchmarks, Skillscope, Change Style Indicator, Campbell Leadership Inventory, KAI, and the Denison Leadership survey. She is committed to facilitating the personal and professional development of her clients. Bonnie Hagemann, M.Ed.Bonnie Hagemann is the President of Character of Excellence. She has 13 years experience working to influence individuals and organizations. She offers her specialty in assessment-based facilitated learning. Her skills include: key note speeches; consulting and facilitated learning for individual, team and organizational development. Selected clients include:
Bonnie has an M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling from the University of Central Oklahoma, and B.A. in English Education. Other experience includes: Regional Consultant for Consulting Psychologists Press in Palo Alto, California, Advertising and Research Director for an executive career consulting firm in Dallas, Texas, Career Counselor at Meridian Technology Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and High School English Teacher in Perkins, Oklahoma. Amanda Canavan, M.A.Amanda Canavan, M. A. brings a range of experiences to her work, including a total of 12 years experience exploring the MBTI® instrument in educational, business, non-profit, and personal settings. Examples include...
In her role as facilitator, Amanda Canavan sees herself as a catalyst, not as someone just giving information, but as someone sparking an individual's own potential for growth. She strives to foster a comfortable environment that promotes risk-taking and experiential learning. In particular, she is known for her active teaching and coaching style, engaging her audience with activities and exercises so they can feel, touch, and live the ideas being taught. She specializes in exploring Creativity and the MBTI® instrument, especially as a means of fostering creativity to promote personal, professional, and organizational excellence. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Nebraska and her graduate degree at Wake Forest University. Beth Dixson, M.A.Beth Dixson is an Executive Coach, Consultant, and Trainer with over twenty-five years of experience in leadership training. She serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, http://www.ccl.org, and teaches and coaches executives throughout the USA. Sandra Eveloff, M.A.Sandra Eveloff has been consulting and training managers and leaders for twenty-five years. She has been a vice president of human resources and a writer for the Kansas City Herald. As a developer of customized programs for business and industry, she delivers programs known for resulting in improved business performance. Her primary work involves executive coaching at the highest levels of organizations. She is an adjunct assessor for the Sprint Worldwide leadership development program. In this program her expertise is in individual and group assessment, feedback, selection, training, organizational development and turnaround management. She has particular strengths in analysis, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, team leadership, and creative problem solving. Sandra has an extraordinary array of professional roles from corporate to the governmental setting which enables her to bring a vast experience of how instruments like the MBTI®, FIRO-B™, Strong®, and CPI® instruments are effectively used as organizational and personal development tools. Waite Maclin, Ph.D.Waite is a minister and counselor from Maine. He has been involved in ministry all of his professional career which expands 30 years. He applies various assessment for development strategies in his work and has become expert in using tools in not for profit settings. Combining his many years of practical experience and his thorough knowledge of the instruments he uses, Waite brings critical training information his our participants. Dan Parks, M.A.Dan Parks has been training with the MBTI® and TAIS® tools for nearly two decades. A founder of Learning Archetypes, LLC, Dan bring creative energies to the development of business simulations that promote leadership development. With twenty years as an executive as his background, he brings unique and direct applications to the classroom. He coauthored numerous learning applications for economic development efforts throughout North Carolina and the Southeast. Chuck Pratt, M.A.Chuck is the principal of a training and consulting company located in Washington. His company provides customized training programs and individual executive coaching. He has extensively consulted with executives and leaders in government, business, and education in the United States. Chuck served in the US Coast Guard, with the last decade of service dedicated to leadership training and development. He specializes in training conflict management, dialogue, appreciative inquiry, and a variety of experiential techniques. Robin Pratt, Ph.D.Robin is the principal of Pratt Enterprises, Inc. His company provides customized training programs and individual executive coaching. He has extensively consulted with executives and leaders in government, business, and education in the United States, Canada, and in Europe. Specifically working with entrepreneurial companies, his organization provides training programs that focus on: Leadership development and change management, Executive Team development and team performance, Succession planning and talent retention, and leading through company lifecycles and culture development for financial returns. With thirty years of experience with the TAIS instrument, he works closely with the designer of that tool. Collin Rustin, M.A.Colllin Rustin is a trainer and an executive coach, Consultant, and Career Counselor with over thirty years of experience. He has been on the staff and faculty of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and now is in private practice. He serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, http://www.ccl.org, and works with executives and corporations throughout the United States. Jim Shields, Ph.D.Jim Shields is an Executive Coach and Consultant with clients in the United States and Europe. Formerly a full time staff member at the Center For Creative Leadership, Jim serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, http://www.ccl.org. He is qualified to facilitate, administer, interpret and give feedback on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator®, FIRO-B™, Strong-Campbell Career Inventory, California Psychological Inventory™, Benchmarks 360 degrees, SkillScope, Prospector, Change Style Indicator, Denison Organizational Culture Survey, Denison Leadership Survey, Campbell Leadership Inventory, SYMLOG Team Effectiveness, Decision Style Indicator, Learning Tactics Inventory, NEO, and KAI instruments, and to train and facilitate Paper Planes, Inc., an award winning simulation. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and MBTI® are registered trademarks of the Myers Briggs Trust. |
