Bev Lutz specializes in organizational consulting and in individual and group coaching. Skilled in project leadership, facilitation, transitions and cross-functional perspectives, Bev's coaching and consulting practice, The Lighthouse Group and Associates, has been supported almost entirely by referrals for over sixteen years. Her corporate clients have included the American Academy of Neurology, Honeywell, the Minnesota Workforce Center , 3M, the State of Minnesota Department of Administration, Bloomington Public Schools , the Anoka County Highway Department, Kroll Ontrack and the United States Postal Service. Her individual coaching practice has included clients from all areas of the United States as well as from Canada , Mexico and Europe .

An adjunct faculty member at the Adler Graduate School , Bev teaches in the Professional Life Coaching Certificate Series and in the Management, Consulting and Organizational Leadership program. With twenty-five years' experience as a corporate insider and over sixteen years as a consulting "outsider," she says, "I've come to realize that no matter how much I learn, there will always be far more that I don't know. Over the years, I've gained increasing appreciation for and trust in the wisdom of the group. It's both a pleasure and a privilege to have students as critical members of my own learning community. AGS students are one very wise group!"

Classes at AGS:
652 - Living on Purpose, Professional Life Coaching Certificate Program
619 - Organizational Cultural Transition and Integration

What Brought You to Adlerian Psychology?
"Paula Hemming, the coordinator of the Professional Life Coaching series, suggested that I apply to become an adjunct faculty member at Adler. She has always modeled the best of Adlerian encouragement," says Bev. "Paula threw out the line, and then Dr. Roger Ballou's passion for all things Adlerian 'set the hook' during his Introduction to Adlerian Psychology class."

Bev is drawn to the positive, compassionate and empowering nature of Adlerian Psychology. "The world could come a long way if we supported people in their search to belong and contribute," she says.

And that is some of what The Legacy Center, of which she is Cofounder and Principal, does. The center helps individuals, organizations, and communities identify and preserve their non-financial legacies - those stories, values, lessons learned and questions asked, that are so important to share with current and future generations. "As Adler taught, we do not exist outside the social network," says Bev. "At The Legacy Center, we believe that every person is important to this world. What might be possible if all people really 'got' how much their lives mattered - if they really understood that their stories, no matter now ordinary they seem to them, can have an extraordinary impact on others?" 

Professional Affiliations:
International Coach Federation, member
Minnesota Coaches Association - Board Member/Past Co-lead of the Social Action Learning and Transformation Team (S.A.L.T.)
International Association of Facilitators, member
Minnesota Facilitators Network, member

Trainings/Workshops/Presentations:
The Corporate Coaching Skills ClinicT
DiSC©overing Styles
Beyond Empathic Listening: New Tools for Teaming and Customer Satisfaction
Presentation Skills for Leaders
Psychosocial Aspects of Retirement
Leadership Development: Challenging the Process-Encouraging the Heart (based on the work of Kouzes and Posner)
Schmoozing with Integrity
Everyday CreativityT
Celebrate What's Right with the WorldT
Networking for Introverts

Publications:
Passion in the Workplace: Procreation or Co-creation? (Internal corporate publication and external newsletter)

Poetry published in:
Freed, Rachael. Women's Lives, Women's Legacies: Passing Your Beliefs and Blessings to Future Generations ( Creating Your Own Spiritual-Ethical Will),   Fairview Press, 2003.
Freed, Rachael. The Women's Legacies Workbook for the Busy Woman: Weaving Words of Wisdom and Blessing for Future Generations , Minerva Press, 2005.

Beverly Lutz is Cofounder and Principal of The Legacy Center: Preserving Stories, Values and Meanin g; Cofounder and Senior Partner of The Lighthouse Group & Associates; Founder and Chief Head Case of Two Heads are Better, a brainstorming-on-demand business that helps people get "unstuck" so they can make full use of their natural creativity.

Contact Information:
Work: 612-588-9097
Email: LghtHseGrp@aol.com

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