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The Polarity Management? Consultant Development Intensive Delivered by: Robert Jacobs, Barry Johnson, Liz Monroe-Cook, Beena Sharma and Elaine Yarbrough Sponsored by PMA October 10-11 and December 6-7, 2007 This book belongs to ____________________ Have a taped vertical and horizontal line on the floor creating the 4 quadrants of a polarity map. Make a tape “+” sign in the inner corner of the two upsides and a tape “-” sign in the inner corner of the two downsides. Make sure there is enough space in each upside for all participants. Have participants quickly go through the list and put a check by their preference for each (30 Seconds) Ask participants to take their workbooks or this page with them and move to the upside of the pole that represents their preferred choice. Start off with one of the pairs. When individuals talk about why they chose the pole they chose, they stay in the upside quadrant to talk about the positives of their preferred pole. Ask them to go to the downside of the opposite pole if they want to talk about the limits or concerns associated with the opposite pole. Key points: We choose a pole both because there is something positive we associate with our preferred pole (its upside) AND there are some concerns we have with the opposite pole (its downside). Opposition becomes resource in filling out a complete map because each group has easy access to one upside and its opposite downside. Combining both points of view gives a more complete picture. The smaller your opposition the more you need to listen to them. This is because a large majority preferring one pole makes the group vulnerable to over-focusing on that pole and neglecting the pole favored by only a few. The group thus is vulnerable to the downside of their preferred pole. Have a taped vertical and horizontal line on the floor creating the 4 quadrants of a polarity map. Make a tape “+” sign in the in