Who Our Courses Are For

Participating in courses created at the Aspen Center for Human Development requires a high level of commitment and intellectual effort, and should only be undertaken by those who are willing to confront whatever is necessary to examine their lives and leadership with rigor and candor.

Our courses are only for people who are willing and able to fully participate in and complete all of the course sessions and all of the assignments, and are committed to transformative discovery in areas that matter to them.

A recent study by the Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Leadership Development and Research concluded that nearly 100% of CEOs would like leadership coaching, but almost two-thirds do not receive any.¹Our leadership courses are ideal for people seeking coaching in their leadership.

When asked to rate the most important area for their own personal development, nearly 43% of CEOs rated ‘conflict management skills’ highest.² Our courses are recommended for people who are interested in effectively leading people or communicating with people who hold conflicting positions.

Colleges and Universities are offering programs in leadership at increasing rates.¹Leadership transforms the future and moves the world. This is why it is important and why we strive to do it well. Our leadership courses are designed not only for community members and college and graduate students, but for faculty looking to expand themselves as leaders in education.

Our courses challenge participants to think critically and reflectively, participate effectively in groups, and bring to their existing (or emerging) leadership or other projects everything they learn throughout each course.

Our courses fill a critical need in higher education: to give students access to a kind of intellectual and critical capacity that stretches them beyond how they know themselves as learners and leaders.

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“...what really excites me is the prospect of a stronger link between
practitioners and academics, so we can apply the research we’ve done
and shape the research we need to do.
Together, we can simplify reality without distorting it
and uncover the social laws that we don’t yet understand
but shape our world.”

Michael G. Jacobides “What Managers Really Need from Academics”

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Business
^[1]Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Leadership Development and Research, 2013 Executive Coaching Survey. (found at: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/2013-ExecutiveCoachingSurvey.pdf)
^[2]Ibid.

Academic
^[1]Howe, W., and Freeman, F. (1997) “Leadership Education in American Colleges and Universities: An Overview.” Concepts and Connections: 5-7