Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership

The Center for Leadership Studies and The Graduate Institute offer an unparalleled accredited Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership. This is an extraordinary degree, offered to only a limited cohort of passionate senior leaders who know that extraordinary results are possible — and who are committed to mastering for themselves what it takes to develop leaders in their organization.

This is an applied, practical learning experience that is immediately applicable to your work. There are no abstract cases — it's real-world, real-time work focused on your future. In this program, you, your job and the demands of your business are the case study.

Current participants in the program report results that were unthinkable when they started. They are setting an example for their peers, being noticed by their bosses, and delivering bottom-line ROI to their companies.

If you are a leader delivering good results, but know there is something more you have to contribute ... if you can see beyond current expectations to new possibilities for you, your team and your company ... then this program could be for you.

The research behind the program is the outcome of 15 years of applied work with thousands of leaders. We have distilled this learning into a rigorous accredited master's degree program that will revolutionize how you think about leadership. During the program:

• You'll be coached and taught by experts, supported by a network of current and former cohort members, and learn new skills that are immediately applicable to your day-to-day accountabilities.
• You will discover how to have your actions be more effective and your results increase dramatically, and you will gain the ability to demonstrate new levels of leadership yourself, as well as to generate leadership in others around you.
• You will not only master the material and practices of leadership, but you will also produce documented breakthrough results in your job through leadership.

Participant Results:

• A major division of a multi-national Fortune 100 company exceeded its original targeted revenues by 5%—after reducing the target twice in the first quarter.
• A cohort member was promoted to a new VP position that he created, to lead his company into an emerging market with the potential to exceed that of its existing market.
• A North American customer support organization was re-organized, significantly shortening time-to-customer solutions, resulting in the participant receiving a promotion with responsibility for global customer support. The company's Executive Committee recognized him for his contributions to the organization.
• A consultant in the program is not only making major strides on a state-wide initiative she is spear-heading, she has also increased her consulting practice revenues by 50%.

Participant Comments:

• "The program incorporates self-learning and applied-learning in ways that are allowing me to achieve material, tangible results in my organization."
• "In the program, we have been pushed outside of our personal comfort zones:
      -as individual leaders (how we grow),
      -intellectually (how we think) and
      -professionally (how we apply leadership at work)."
• "The program explores leadership at an organizational level in ways that are deep and profound, and provides new and penetrating insights into how organizations really work."
• "What you learn is critical to seeing the relationship of leadership and management structures in organizations that must orchestrate ongoing development. What previously seemed unchangeable becomes accessible and change amenable."
• "This program is not for everyone—it is for those committed to developing leadership in their organizations."