Christian Handberg Clift
School principal, speaker and author
Solbakken 13
5260 Odense
Phone: 0045 51398989
Email: chrclift@gmail.com
Linkedin: https://dk.linkedin.com/in/christian-handberg-clift-8632671
Christian Handberg Clift is headmaster at Vestre Skole in Svendborg Municipality. He has been at the school since 2007. He holds a Master in Public Management (FMOL) from Syddansk og Aarhus University, a diploma in leadership from UCL, in teacher training and a BA in Psychology from Danish University Colleges. He also has an academy diploma in marketing and sales and is trained as a coach based on systemic thinking and as a primary school teacher.
Since 2008, he has worked with social constructionism and strength-based thinking in relation to the school’s development. Since 2013, the school has worked closely with Taos Associate Gro Emmertsen Lund. In the last 10 years, the school has been above the national average in the national well-being measurements, and it also succeeds with a very inclusive approach to all their students. The persistent work with appreciative inquiry, social constructionism, narrative and CMM approaches has produced great results and put the school on the map. This has meant that Christian is now working together in a collaboration with NTNU, UngInvest and Mitt University to spread strength-based thinking through conferences in the Nordic countries.
He has also contributed to books and articles on cultural development in schools, collaborative, inclusive and successful schools. Just as he gives presentations and speaks at conferences, for municipalities and schools.
