Kairios is Greek for “being in the right place, at the right time,” and also imples that doing so is a complex process happening in a dynamic environment. Its acheivement is a function of intuition, skill, intention, and relaxation.
We are in the process of transforming this site, to make it more informative, organized, and helpful.
The nature of values in action is that we may consciously select the values we wish to guide our lives. With this in mind, we at Kairios are in the process of re-creating this site to align with the set of values we as an organization wish to actualize. We wish to inform and to create a sustainable framework for our research into values and to serve the needs of people and groups seeking to understand their values and live in a manner that is guided by their values.
Cheryl De Ciantis, Ph.D.
Cheryl De Ciantis is an experienced international consultant, program designer, facilitator and executive coach. Since 1985, Cheryl has been associated with the Center for Creative Leadership (a not-for-profit international research and educational institution based in the USA), with whom she remains an adjunct senior faculty member. Cheryl was a core designer and deliverer for two of the Center’s most innovative programs: Leading Creatively (which was a key intervention in a major technology company’s breakthrough R&D project selection process) and LeaderLab® (which won recognition as a model program from the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, founded by Daniel Goleman). Between 1998 and 2000, she served as Director of the Center’s Brussels, Belgium campus.
In 2001, Cheryl co-founded her own consulting company, Kairios Group. She is the co-author of the Values PerspectiveTM personal and group values survey. Cheryl obtained her doctorate in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, which houses the Joseph Campbell Library. A working artist, Cheryl draws on an exceptionally broad range of tools across the entire spectrum of learning preferences, both individual and organizational, to produce new observations and insights that lead to productive results.
Cheryl has coached executives from multiple industries and service sectors, and created and delivered programs and initiatives for groups in organizations that include: AT&T, Bayer, Citibank/Citicorp, Georgia Institute of Technology, Granite Construction Inc., Habitat for Humanity, Harvard Business School, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Ingersoll-Rand, Miller Brewing Company, Miller-Thomson LLP, Motorola, New York Life, Oracle, PPG, PepsiCo Foods and Beverages International, Siemens, TNO Netherlands, Unilever Home and Personal Care Europe, US Office of Personnel Management, and Whirlpool Italy. Her professional certifications include Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Fundamental Interpersonal Orientations-Behavior (FIRO-B), Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI), Cultural Orientations Indicator (COI), Gallup Strengths Finder®, Values Technology, the Benchmarks® and Leadership Versatility Index® (LVI) 360º instruments, 4MAT® instructional technology, Dr. Betty Edwards’ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain program, and Stanford’s Creativity in Business program.
Cheryl lives with her husband, Kenton Hyatt, in Tucson, Arizona
Kenton Hyatt, Ph.D.
A specialist in communication, values, and creativity, Dr. Hyatt is an expert in human communication including organizational, interpersonal, small group, team and intercultural communication. He is an international facilitator, trainer, executive coach and program designer for personal and organizational development work. His particular areas of expertise include values assessment and development for individuals, teams and organizations; creativity assessment and development, and coaching managers to be coaches. He has published nationally and internationally, and is a co-author of the Values Perspective, an individual and group values assessment survey.
All of his coaching and consulting focuses on application and results that are designed in consultation with each client.
Kenton is experienced in the use of interactive learning methods based on psychological and behavioral assessment integrated with creative methodologies to produce active learning environments which are designed to achieve the results that are best suited for each person, group and organization. He is a trained and accomplished artist in painting, photography, drawing in various media and storytelling. Between 1997 and 2000, Dr. Hyatt was European Program Director for the Center for Creative Leadership’s Leadership Development Program (recently ranked no. 4 globally by Financial Times). Currently he is an independent consultant and works in partnership with several organizations and professionals. He also serves as an external reader for Pacifica Graduate Institute dissertations and has been a manuscript reviewer for Pfeiffer publishers.
Kenton has worked with senior executives and management groups from corporations including Bayer, Eastman Chemical, Fairchild Semiconductor, General Motors, Granite Construction, Oracle, Motorola, PepsiCo, Procter and Gamble, Readers’ Digest, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Schnitzer Steel, Teichert, Unilever, United Way, Valent, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Whirlpool, and many others.
His professional certifications include Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Fundamental Interpersonal Orientations-Behavior (FIRO-B), Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI), Cultural Orientations Indicator (COI), Gallup Strengths Finder, The Values Measure, Lominger Voices, the Benchmarks and Leadership Versatility Index (LVI) instruments, and Stanford’s Creativity in Business program