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THE CENTER FOR
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The purpose of The Center is to convene, develop and deploy Conscious Change Leaders who can lead transformation worldwide.

We know these are challenging times for you, your family, organization, and community. As we face a global pandemic, struggling economies, social unrest, and environmental upheaval, we as people, organizations and communities face tremendous uncertainty. If we don’t start collaborating and building trust, more chaos is bound to come. The key to a safe, secure and stable future is our ability to band together as leaders and create effective transformational strategies that provide for all stakeholders’ betterment.

At the Center, we’re firing on all cylinders. We are here to support you in every way we can to navigate the complex personal and professional challenges you face successfully. We are in the process of moving all our training programs, consulting, coaching, assessments, and change methodologies online. We have compiled all of the best practices and transformation strategies from the last four decades into the courses and programs you’ll find here. We hope this helps to give you everything you need to make an immediate difference now.

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Achieving Breakthrough Results through Transformation

In this video series, Co-Instructors Dr. Dean Anderson and Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson explore what it means to achieve breakthrough, what transformational change is, the evolution of change management to transformational change and what it takes to lead transformation and adapt to constant change successfully.

 

How to Break Through Limitations and Barriers to Achieve the Extraordinary

Learn how to break free of conventional thinking and strategies to achieve new possibilities previously thought unattainable.

What does it mean to Achieve Breakthrough?
 

How You Can Achieve Breakthrough Results through Transformational Change

Learn how to break free of conventional thinking and strategies to achieve new possibilities previously thought unattainable.

What IS Transformation?
 

Conscious Change Leadership: How to Transform to Achieve Breakthrough

We explore Conscious Change Leadership, a comprehensive Field of Study about human development and large systems transformation.

Why is this approach required to succeed?

10 Key Strategies for Leading Transformational Change

Watch a snippet of our virtual workshop where Linda and Dean explore each of the ten critical strategies required for transformational change success.

 

 

Are there best practices for leading transformation?

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Transform & Achieve Breakthrough:
An Intro to Conscious Change Leadership

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This free self-paced course introduces you to how to achieve breakthrough results in yourself, your organization and / or community. 

You’ll learn what breakthrough is, why transformation is required to achieve it, and how to develop the necessary transformational leadership skills through Conscious Change Leadership. By the end of this course you will better understand this profound new way of thinking about, framing and addressing human performance and organization transformation.

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Doug Robertson
Posted 1 month ago
Commitment to the Big Win

In siloed organizations, leaders are hired and expected to propagate their respective areas as opposed to sacrificing for the greater good. Even considering the "third" win of W/W/W is counter-cultural. They see no need to engage in a process that benefits the greater good if there is not an explicit gain for their areas, never mind when they actually have to take a loss. It's WIIFM, not WIIFus.

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CLAUDIA ROUBAUD
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Very informative

Great new approach and information

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Nouf Alhaza
Posted 8 months ago
Perfect

This course helps open your minds about the inclusiveness of managing change to include everything surrounding you even yourself. Thank you for the smooth valuable presentations.

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Jonathan
Posted 8 months ago
Clarity on transformation

I got such a sense of clarity on change through this short mini course. Getting a way to discuss what kind of changes (developmental, transitional and transformational) was a huge shift in the way I explore change projects and conversations.

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Wendy
Posted 8 months ago
Just in Time Change Consulting Support

This was an extremely well designed and thought provoking course. I was able to immediately apply many if not of all of the principles and practices in my field of work!

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Alejandro Gonzalez
Posted 10 months ago
Quite interesting and enlightening

Great piece of work, looking forward to more of the Conscious Change Leader to learn and to apply at work and in my personal life

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Margaret Cruz
Posted 1 year ago
Clear and Concise

I'm very impressed with this model and so impressed with how the "human dynamics" component is incorporated as an integral part of this process. I can already sense this training will serve me well as colleague, leader, and coach

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Virginie Carrier
Posted 1 year ago
Impressive model

I am very impressed with the level of integration of the Conscious Change Leadership model and how each of the components, taken individually and together, influence transformation for the better.

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The Center is a hotbed of thought leadership and co-creativity

The Center is a hotbed of thought leadership and co-creativity

Here you’ll find a deep, more comprehensive, sincere investigation and conversation about how people, organizations and communities transform and evolve. 

Come join and contribute to this conversation.

  • Push the envelope of cutting-edge approaches to transformation
  • Learn and share best practices for achieving breakthrough
  • Co-create with other brilliant visionary leaders and practitioners
  • Test newly developed methods, tools and techniques for positive change
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The Center is a Community –
a global network of competent and experienced visionary leaders

The Center is a Community –
a global network of competent and experienced visionary leaders

The people you meet here are committed to their own personal development and excellence – being the best they can be – and transforming their organizations and communities.

Come and meet other leaders and change agents with similar roles as you, and a passion to make a positive difference in the world.

  • CEO's, senior executives and other business leaders
  • Org Dev consultants, project managers, LEAN consultants and others
  • Government officials
  • Non-profit leaders
  • Community leaders
  • Social and environmental activists
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Leading Transformational Change:

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This online instructor-led course will enable you to deliver desired results from the complex change initiatives you lead or consult to. It will forever up-level the way you both think about and lead transformation.

Join the two masters of transformation to learn their best practices, culled from 40 years of being strategic advisors to senior executives in Fortune 500, government, and global NGO organizations. Individually and collectively, these key strategies will generate a paradigm shift in your approach to change.

Learning these strategies will significantly increase your personal presence and capability as a corporate, government or community leader, activist, or change consultant. 

You’ll finish this course knowing the most important next steps to take for your transformational change effort to succeed.

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“Being First’s integrated System of Transformation provides a force multiplying effect, where each piece multiplies the value and impact of the next pieces – the dynamic effect accelerates exponentially.”
Tony Johnstone-Burt
ex-Chief of Staff, NATO’s Allied Command Transformation; Three Star Vice Admiral (Retd)
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All programs are part of an integrated System of Transformation refined through four decades of real-time experience and best practices

You’ll be able to apply what you learn to your work and life immediately. All programs are stakeholder focused and based in experiential, adult learning theory. Your learnings will be relevant and meaningful because the cases, examples, models and methods speak to you in your role. You practice what you learn to embody and retain the wisdom long term. 

No matter which development path you choose, each opportunity integrates learning objectives and uses common language, strategies, models, and tools. These set in motion a “force-multiplying effect” that plays specific reinforcing roles to accelerate your development and provide immediate results.

Our training programs provide you with innovative insights and methods so you can:

  • Lead organization and community transformations that will produce a better world
  • Make your mark on society by being an agent of positive change
  • Easily integrate new information to expand your thinking and handle greater complexity
  • Find new ways to create short term growth while transforming to maximize future success
  • Develop leaders who are agile and working collaboratively towards a common vision
  • Become a model of leadership that raises the bar on what is possible in the world
  • Generate insights and innovations to help solve today’s organizational, social, and environmental challenges
  • Develop a workforce culture built on trust, authenticity, respect, and care that continuously strives for improvement
  • Make complex decisions that solve problems quickly without second-guessing yourself
  • Effectively mentor and coach others about how to lead transformation

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Equip yourself with the advanced skills, strategies and tools proven to deliver immediate and measurable results in transforming leaders, organizations, communities and cultures.

The foundation of our courses and programs is Conscious Change Leadership, a leading-edge Field of Study and Practice pioneered by our co-founders and lead instructors, Dr. Dean Anderson and Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson. 

Conscious Change Leadership and Linda’s and Dean’s seminal books on this approach, Beyond Change Management: How to Achieve Breakthrough Results through Conscious Change Leadership and The Change Leader’s Roadmap: How to Navigate Your Organization’s Transformation, have been cited in over 600 academic and business papers and journals.

Both Linda and Dean received Honorary Doctoral degrees from Brandman University for catalyzing this emerging field and their innovative thought leadership in how to lead transformational change. Brandman University has the fastest-growing Transformational Leadership Doctoral Program in America, which is based on many of the methods of Conscious Change Leadership. 

In each course, you’ll learn about key strategies of Conscious Change Leadership directly from the pioneers of this innovative field.

The foundation of our courses and programs is Conscious Change Leadership, a leading-edge Field of Study and Practice pioneered by our co-founders and instructors, Dr. Dean Anderson and Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson.Conscious Change Leadership and Linda’s and Dean’s seminal books on this approach, Beyond Change Management: How to Achieve Breakthrough Results through Conscious Change Leadership and The Change Leader’s Roadmap: How to Navigate Your Organization’s Transformation, have been cited in over 600 academic and business papers and journals.

Both Linda and Dean received Honorary Doctoral degrees from Brandman University for catalyzing this emerging field and their innovative thought leadership in how to lead transformational change. Brandman University has the fastest-growing Transformational Leadership Doctoral Program in America, which is based on many of the methods of Conscious Change Leadership. 

In each course, you’ll learn about key strategies of Conscious Change Leadership directly from the pioneers of this innovative field.

Enroll in the free Conscious Change Leadership online course
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Meet Your Instructors

Greetings! Since the early 1980’s, we’ve been guiding visionary corporate executives, military, government, and community leaders to successfully design and implement large transformational change initiatives.

The need for transformational change is more urgent now than ever. Our organizational, social, and environmental challenges require competent transformational leadership. We know that developing these skills is not easy. But we also know what it takes. In our consulting careers, we have seen what works and doesn’t work many times over.

We put lots of effort into making sure we compiled all of the best practices in transformation from the last four decades into the courses and programs you’ll find here, to give you everything you need to make an immediate difference now. It’s truly our privilege to share this knowledge with you.

- Linda & Dean

Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson

Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson

Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson is a founding leader of the Organization Transformation field. Dr. Ackerman Anderson brings 40+ years of experience in facilitating and teaching transformational change in Fortune 1000 businesses, governments, the military and large not-for-profit organizations. Linda’s passion is to equip leaders and consultants with the capability to create transformational change strategies that produce extraordinary business outcomes while transforming leadership mindset and culture. She co-authored with Dr. Dean Anderson the seminal books on Conscious Change Leadership, "Beyond Change Management: How to Achieve Breakthrough Results through Conscious Change Leadership" and "The Change Leader’s Roadmap: How to Navigate Your Organization’s Transformation."

Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson is the Co-Founder and VP of Being First, Inc.

Dr. Dean Anderson

Dr. Dean Anderson

Dr. Dean Anderson is an international thought leader, speaker, bestselling author, and strategic advisor to the C-Suite. For 40 years, Dr. Anderson has been guiding transformational leaders of Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and global non-profit organizations to integrate the inner work of personal transformation and mindfulness with advanced methodologies that guides leaders in HOW to design and implement transformational change successfully. Dean is passionate about co-creation — the high-performance way of Being, working and relating that brings people of diverse perspectives together to solve complex challenges and produce breakthrough results for all.

Dr. Dean Anderson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Being First, Inc.

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“Being First provided us with the catalyst with which we jump-started our Allied Command Transformation’s approach to our transformational journey. Their team inspired our multinational community, and provided us with the means with which we could bind the tremendously rich mix of cultures in NATO together, and then create genuine transformational change.”
Tony Johnstone-Burt
Tony Johnstone-BurtFormer Chief of Staff, NATO's Allied Command Transformation; Three Star Vice Admiral (Ret'd.)
Being First is more than a company. They are a totally different force! Their instructors have profound insights into people and massive experience on all kinds of large projects. Besides - they have changed my brain somehow, I don't know how, but that's what they've done!
Valgerdur Hrund
Valgerdur HrundCEO, Sensa, Iceland
“Navigating transformational change processes like climate change requires Conscious Change Leadership and advanced change process design skills. This is the most comprehensive approach in the market for marrying the two. We have benefitted greatly from Dean and Linda's impactful concepts, insights and experience."
Morten Baek​
Morten Baek​Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Denmark
“As a result of our development and partnership with Being First, York Regional Police has set a trailblazing trajectory into the future of policing. The tremendous progress we are making would not have been possible without the expertise and guidance of Being First's instructors.”
Eric Jolliffe, OOM, BA, MA, CMM III
Eric Jolliffe, OOM, BA, MA, CMM IIIFormer Chief of Police, York Regional Police, Ontario, Canada
"Being First does not provide ordinary leadership development. They make it very clear which areas leaders need to develop in order for them to make a difference in their organizations for all changes. Their tools and approach have helped me to help other leaders also become the change they want to see."
Prof. Hazel Gachunga​
Prof. Hazel Gachunga​Jomo Kenyatta University, College of HR Development
Nairobi, Kenya
"Being First has broken the code by integrating the leadership of people and culture with business content to deliver results from change. They are unquestionably the experts in LEADING transformation in business.”
Pete Fox
Pete FoxFormer GM, Microsoft
"I learned that as leaders we needed change ourselves so we could achieve the breakthrough in our culture."
Farrokh Khalili
Farrokh KhaliliChairman & CEO, Canadian Bearings, Ltd.
"This approach has had the most positive impact on my leadership and personal life than any other in my entire career."
Tony Earley
Tony EarleyFormer CEO, DTE Energy and Pacific Gas & Electric
“Being First reminds us that leading change is a critical capability for organizations. They provide guidance for the essential organizational and human dynamics to consider as we transform our organizations for future success.”
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Jackie Alcalde MarrDirector, Org & Talent Development, Oracle USA
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