Sharma, Beena

Beena Sharma

Polarity Certifications: Mastery
Friendswood, TX USA

Authorship in And: Volume Two – Applications:
Chapter 7: ”Values Come in Pairs at Natura: A Case Study from Brazil”
Chapter 41: ”Polarity Thinking™ and Vertical Development”

Beena Sharma is president of Vertical Development Academy (VeDA). VeDA’s mission is to catalyze human maturity on the planet, and to evolve the practice of leadership development using vertical development theory and its measurement. Beena is a gifted leader educator, coach, and consultant, and brings over three decades of deep experience in consulting internationally with large and small organizations.

Beena has learned from and partners with Dr. Susanne Cook-Greuter, seminal theorist and researcher in adult development. She is a certified assessor of the MAP (Maturity Profile), the most widely researched measure of adult development. Beena has learned from and partnered with Dr. Barry Johnson in practicing, teaching, and consulting using Polarity Thinking™. She brings a deep understanding of leadership and organizational dilemmas, and how leaders can leverage these tensions to realize more adequate, sustainable outcomes for all. Beena has developed the concept of Polarity Wisdom, her unique and original contribution to the discourse in adult development. With Polarity Wisdom, Beena has articulated and expanded on the idea that actively working with polarities impacts and facilitates vertical growth.

Under Beena’s leadership, VeDA certifies coaches globally in the science, art, and practice of coaching for vertical growth in leaders, and with an emphasis on polarity wisdom as a high leverage vehicle for cultivating more integrated leadership. Beena is keen to establish the significance of vertical development for the future of our world, and is passionately dedicated to fostering a more enlightened, practical, and real-world application of this critical lens.