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Authentic Leadership
Become a leader who can work creatively with change and uncertainty. Go beyond conventional ideas about management, planning and strategy, and learn to be more comfortable with complexity.
Through the Authentic Leadership Certificate Program, you can learn to discover unique solutions to challenges and opportunities. You can become a compassionate leader who genuinely motivates others. You can balance who you are with what you do.
This innovative training brings together the education philosophy of Naropa University with the specialized business focus of Naropa’s Marpa Center for Business and Economics.
I can make a difference in my industry and in the world
“I can make a difference in my industry and in the world. “I learned how to listen. For years I equated vulnerability with weakness and now was learning the courage and strength it takes to truly act from ones core… I could see that running my life with quick answers and faster solutions only hid endless possibilities…A profound change has come over my business. I believe in what I am doing and that I can make a difference in my industry and in the world.”
—Rick Kahn, President Territorial Development LLC
The Program
Launched in 1999, Naropa’s Authentic Leadership program is a transformative leadership course that integrates ancient wisdom with effective, modern approaches to management. The format encourages deep, personal learning in an environment that makes it possible to assimilate ideas and concepts at an accelerated pace. Online instruction makes it possible to share ideas and participate in group learning from anywhere in the world.
UNCERTAINTY AND ACCELERATED CHANGE have stretched traditional leadership and managerial approaches beyond capacity. A new kind of leader is needed — one who can respond creatively and effectively in the midst of change and step beyond conventional planning and strategy. This leader is comfortable with complexity and looks for opportunities to partner with individuals and groups to address organizational and societal issues. This leader also fosters a learning environment in his or her organization and discovers unique and creative solutions to the following questions:
- How can we achieve bottom-line results while fostering community, commitment, and personal and professional development for ourselves and associates?
- How can we create resilient organizations that continue to innovate and renew?
- How can we nurture ourselves and our teams in the midst of turbulent change?
I know how to build a powerful team
“The focus on skillful communication and conflict resolution was really impactful for me. Now I know what I need to do to navigate through organizational barriers and build a powerful team.” – Debby Pratt, Sr. Dir. Marketing Research, Sprint
Format
- Fifteen weeks of internet-based instruction
- Two five-day residential seminars
- Online interaction with instructors and colleagues
- Individualized real-world learning projects
- Executive coaching with experienced professionals
The Benefits
- Increase effectiveness with organizational issues
- Find well-being and meaning in your work
- Gain skills and confidence in leading change
- Energize and empower your organization
- Balance work and life commitments
- Participate in a vital learning community
- Integrate core values and performance
The Topics
- Emotional intelligence
- Commitments and personal responsibility
- Self-reflection and personal mastery
- Skillful conversation and conflict resolution
- Effective team action
- Systems thinking and mental models
- Leading organizational change
The program integrates important concepts and models from business and leadership authors including: Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer, Linda Gioja, Daniel Goleman, Lisa Laskow Lahey, Mark Gerzon, Chris Argyris, Jim Collins, Rebecca M. Saunders, Bill George, Juanita Brown, Pema Chodron, Joe Jaworski, Robert Kegan, Fred Kofman, Susan Skjei, and John Kotter.
Graduate Credit
Authentic Leadership may be taken for six graduate credits or as a noncredit professional development program. Documentation is available for tuition reimbursement programs and for bank loan programs. Naropa University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Faculty for Boulder, CO
Where
Naropa University
Boulder, Colorado
When
Online Instruction: January 14-May 7, 2008
Residential Seminars: January 28-Feb 1, 2008 & April 14-18, 2008
How
Register through Naropa University School of Extended Studies.
800-603-3117 • 303-245-4800
extend@naropa.edu
Fees and Discounts
Certificate Program Cost: $5,200
Nonprofit Discounted Cost: $4,160
Early Registration Discount: 20% before December 1, 2007
Group Discount:10% off for 3+ participants from one organization
Nonprofit Discount: $4,160; A limited number of scholarships are available for nonprofit organizations.
$5,800 for a six graduate credit option — MAR500e
(Travel, food and lodging are not included)
Informational Conference Calls
Conversations with faculty about Authentic Leadership and Coaching for Authentic Leadership will be held on the following dates:
October 23 at 10:00 a.m.
November 8 at 12:00 p.m.
December 7 at 10:00 a.m.
(all times are MT)
Please call the toll-free conference line at 1-866-365-4406 at the designated date and time, and enter the seven-digit access code: 2454817.
For more information about Authentic Leadership contact Susan Skjei at 720-320-7860 or sskjei@prodigy.net
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