The Humanistic Leadership Academy — For Educators

We are all educators.

Educare (Latin): to lead forth; to bring out.

We believe everyone is an educator—because we are always bringing out something in ourselves and in others: sometimes the worst, sometimes the average, and sometimes the best. The Humanistic Leadership Academy exists for those who choose—deliberately and consistently—to lead forth the best in their classrooms, teams, organizations, and communities.

We amplify enlightening, enlivening, and empowering practices that help create a “world that works for everyone. — Buckminster Fuller

Bring out the best in yourself—and in others.

Our Mission

We’re on a mission to transform business education—to develop leaders who honor dignity, demonstrate the courage to care, and work toward shared wellbeing on a healthy planet.

Why the Humanistic Leadership Academy?

Because the world is suffering from a pandemic of bad leadership—and most of us know we can do better. Yet many educators and leaders feel alone, isolated, and despondent in the face of complexity, polarization, burnout, and institutional pressures.

The Academy exists to provide a purposeful global community and a practice-based developmental pathway for people who want to build human-centered cultures that protect dignity and enable human and planetary flourishing.

What You Will Get

1. A coherent framework for dignity-based flourishing
   A shared language and set of practices for leading in ways that are simultaneously ethical, effective, efficient, and life-giving—for students, colleagues, employees, and communities.
2. A developmental pathway (not just content)
   A clear progression from personal growth to societal impact, structured through four certification levels. Each level integrates Knowing, Doing, Being, and Becoming—with different emphasis as your capacity for transformational leadership expands.
3. A learning architecture that actually changes practice
   Every certification level combines three modalities designed for real-world implementation:
   • Cohort: live, virtual learning with others on the same journey
   • Asynchronous: modules, videos, and self-study resources
   • Application: leadership projects that translate learning into practice

Our Programs

All Academy programs are grounded in a Knowing–Doing–Being–Becoming model—designed to create belonging, collaboration, and honest conversation, so transformation becomes possible, not merely discussed.

Certification Program

Humanistic Leadership Certification

• Level 1: Transforming Self and Others for Flourishing
• Level 2: Transforming Teams and Communities for Flourishing
• Level 3: Transforming Organizations for Flourishing
• Level 4: Transforming Society for Flourishing

For Educators—Because Everyone Is an Educator

If you teach in a classroom, lead a team, mentor colleagues, parent children, facilitate communities, advise executives, or design institutions—you are shaping what becomes possible in others.

The Academy is for:

• Business school faculty and program leaders reimagining management education
• Practitioners and executives building high-trust, human-centered cultures
• K–12 and higher education educators cultivating dignity literacy and flourishing capabilities early
• System architects and change agents seeking scalable, grounded alternatives to economistic organizing

How the Academy Connects to the Wider Movement

The Academy’s applied learning pathway sits within a broader ecosystem advancing humanistic leadership and management through research, practice, pedagogy, and policy:

• International Humanistic Management Association (IHMA): a global hub convening scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and civil society to professionalize and spread humanistic management worldwide.
• Humanistic Leadership Institute: equipping leaders and organizations with tools and support to cultivate cultures of dignity, wellbeing, and flourishing—linking research with real-world transformation.

What People Say

Just two months after attending my first Humanistic Leadership Academy session… I experienced a profound shift in how I show up as an educator and leader… It elevated my teaching excellence in ways that were immediately visible in the classroom… HLA was truly a game changer for me.
— Julita Haber, Professor, Fordham University

The Humanistic Leadership Academy was a true turning point for me… grounded in human dignity and genuine flourishing… connected me to an active global community… and enabled pathways for leaders and educators across Spanish-speaking countries to engage meaningfully.
— Luis Gerardo, Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

The HLA Development Cohort (Asia Pacific) was genuinely transformative… less a program, more a space for real co-creation… translating reflection into practical pathways for change.
— Dr. Sudhanshu Bhatt, Director University Relations, Sanjivani University (India) | Director Partnerships & Collaborations, TRATSEDI (London, UK)

“Being part of this program helped me understand how to better honor the perspective of others… I’ve seen colleagues develop fuller control of their well-being—and positively influence those around them.”
— David Capistran Wah, Professor & Business School Director, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Aguascalientes

“Being in the HLA cohort helped me connect with others who are passionate about creating a more just and equitable world… we need to work together and collaborate to make this dream a reality.”
— Nicky Santos, Professor, Creighton University

“We must find these small groups of people to collaborate and make a meaningful difference… Finding like-minded leaders who are trying to disruptively create a better future is encouraging.”
— Chris Laszlo, Professor, Weatherhead School of Management

Ready to Lead Forth What Is Best?

If you are tired of leadership that depletes people—and you want to practice leadership that protects dignity and enables flourishing—the next step is simple:

• Sign up
• Register for a cohort program
• Complete the certification pathway
• Join a global community—and apply it in your real context

 

We believe business is the best means to address the urgent problems of the day. That means equipping tomorrow’s business leaders with more than mere technical skills. Society’s challenges call for us to reshape business education to develop leaders who are champions for human development and planetary flourishing.

Humanistic leadership is no longer a choice of leadership style; it is the way our business leaders must lead to bring about a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and the health of our planet is preserved.