January 13th - May 2nd, 2014

Become the leader the world needs now.

What is so vital about being an Authentic Leader? Whether you are a business owner, nonprofit director or department manager, this program will build your capacity to see situations from multiple perspectives, foster trust and collaboration and strengthen your ability to respond creatively and effectively to change.

Authentic Leaders are comfortable with complexity. They look for opportunities to partner with individuals and groups to address organizational, societal and environmental issues. They foster innovation and help discover unique and creative solutions to questions such as:

  • How can we nurture ourselves and our teams in the midst of turbulent and divisive change?
  • How can we create resilient organizations that innovate and renew, yet respect their environment?
  • How can we achieve bottom-line results while fostering a culture of trust and collaboration?

The qualities of authentic leadership are not only developed and honed through experience, but from exposure to new ideas and approaches through continuing study and practice.

Authentic Leadership's blended learning format encourages deep, personal learning, fast assimilation of conceptual models and practical application to the workplace. The program offers you a transformative learning experience integrating the best of Western leadership practices with the wisdom of Eastern contemplative traditions.

2012 Cohort

Program Format

  • Online interaction with instructors during sixteen weeks of Internet-based instruction
  • Two five-day onsite seminars in Boulder, Colorado
  • Five individual sessions with professional leadership coaches
  • Action-learning projects in the workplace
  • Teleconferences with coaches and colleagues

Benefits of the Authentic Leadership Program

  • Increase your effectiveness with organizational issues
  • Find well-being and meaning in your work
  • Gain skills and confidence in leading change
  • Energize and empower your employees
  • Balance work and life commitments
  • Broaden your ability to respond creatively to change
  • Participate in a vital learning community

Topics

  • Authenticity, self-reflection and personal mastery
  • Skillful conversation and conflict resolution
  • Collaboration, decision making and teamwork
  • Power, influence and empowerment
  • Leading organizational change

With more than 400 alumni, the program continues to grow and expand, incorporating concepts and practices from business, human development and leadership authors including: Juanita Brown, Pema Chödrön, Jim Collins, Riane Eisler, Glenda Eyong, Bill George, Mark Gerzon, Daniel Goleman, Joe Jaworski, Adam Kahane, Robert Kegan, Fred Kofman, John Kotter, Lisa Laskow Lahey, Joanna Macy, Sakyong Mipham, Julio Olalla, Otto Scharmer, Peter Senge, Chögyam Trungpa, Ken Wilber, Meg Wheatley.

Discussion

2014 Dates and Location:

16 weeks online with two 5 day intensives

Online Program: January 13– May 2, 2014
Onsite 1: January 27–January 31, 2014
Onsite 2: April dates TBD

Sessions occur at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado

Tuition

Non-credit Tuition: $4,800*
This certificate program can be taken for credit (see below) or for non-credit/certificate only. If a participant selects to take the program for non-credit they cannot switch to credit at a later date.

Scholarship: Applications for partial scholarship are made available each year for students taking the program for noncredit.
* Travel, lodging and food are not included. Multiple discounts and/or scholarships do not apply.

Graduate Credit Tuition: (MAR500e, 6 credits): $5,400* Plus a materials fee of $650 which includes a technology fee and coaching.
*Travel, lodging and food are not included. Discounts and scholarships do not apply if taking the program for credit.

Documentation is available for corporate tuition reimbursement programs and for bank loan programs when Authentic Leadership (MAR500e) is taken for 6 graduate credits. Naropa University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association.

Non-Credit vs. Graduate Credit
Taking a class non-credit means that you are not responsible for fulfilling the academic requirements for the class and you are not graded for your participation. As a result, you will not nor will you be able to in the future, receive academic credit for your participation should you choose to enroll non-credit now. It is not possible to "upgrade" a non-credit class in order to receive academic credit

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