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The Institute for Generative Leadership has been producing leaders and effecting change in organizations for over 20 years.  Robert “Bob” Dunham founded the institute after spending time at Stanford, Motorola and Business Design Associates and years of study with prominent teachers. The Institute for Generative Leadership produces embodied learning, rather than just theory, in management and leadership, and draws on the work of Dr. Fernando Flores in ontology, language and action, and the work of Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler in the discipline of Somatic Leadership.

The Foundations of Generative Leadership course is a transformative introduction to the principles of Generative, language, action, commitments and leadership. FGL is the entry point to the multi-year The Generative Leadership Program (for Managers and Executives) and  Coaching Excellence in Organizations  (for Executive Coaches).  The offer of the Institute is a working professionals learning experience, designed for individuals and/or teams to develop real world strategies and tools that are not just theoretical but embodied.  You develop  skills while actively engaged in your work be it as a manager, business leader, executive or coach.  This Generative Leadership experience is impactful both personally and professionally. It helps today’s developing leaders invent a better future for themselves, their families and their organizations. Take a moment and fill out the information request form ->

foundations-of-generative-leadershipFoundations of Generative Leadership goes beyond conceptual understanding into experiential learning. You will learn the power of continued leadership practice. After the workshop you will produce actions, conversations, and results that you couldn’t before. Through the practices you will build your capabilities and prepare for the CEO or GLP programs. Read More

coaching-excellence Coaching Excellence in Organizations provides the opportunity to study with Bob Dunham, founder of the Institute for Generative Leadership. It’s the only graduate-level training program offered for experienced coaches. Nothing like this exists in the coaching or corporate training world and the learning is applied to current clients. Read More

generative-leadership-program Generative Leadership Program is an opportunity for teams, executives and managers to create more effective organizations. participating in GLP you will develop into a more effective leader and will emerge from the experience with a permanent new way to see action and opportunity in the world with enhanced power to produce extraordinary results. Read More

Featured IGL Posts

COACHING, LEADERSHIP AND THE ICF

The Institute offers learning and programs for both generative leadership and coaching for leadership. In fact we have found that effective leaders have to coach, and effective coaches have to lead.  The generative leadership discipline supports both professional communities. In the coaching world the International Coaching Federation (ICF) sets standards for coaching competencies. In this video we show what needs to be added to these standards to elevate the positive impact coaches can have in

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Learning in the Mud: How Everyday Breakdowns are Raw Material for Breakthroughs

in the mud

Register for our free conference call on this topic on May 7, 12 pm PT, 3pm ET by CLICKING HERE. One of the skills available to us as leaders and coaches is to bring our world into a new focus in order to see new opportunities. If we take a step back and look at how we see our world we find that every individual is a unique kind of “observer” of the world.  Different people see differently.  Just as a physician sees different bodies than those not trained in medicine, the entrepreneur sees opportunity where others don’t. Innovators smell

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Upcoming Events

Jun 2013

11 Jun

The Generative Leadership Circle is the community conversational of Generative Leadership. These FREE meetings are giving back to the leadership community. In them we dialog with one another to discover and grow. CLICK HERE to REGISTER NOW for this complimentary call.. More Details…

 

Jul 2013

9 Jul

The Generative Leadership Circle is the community conversational of Generative Leadership. These FREE meetings are giving back to the leadership community. In them we dialog with one another to discover and grow. Please join us on one of these complimentary calls. More Details…

 

Aug 2013

13 Aug

The Generative Leadership Circle is the community conversational of Generative Leadership. These FREE meetings are giving back to the leadership community. In them we dialog with one another to discover and grow. Please join us on one of these complimentary calls. More Details…

 

Sep 2013

10 Sep

The Generative Leadership Circle is the community conversational of Generative Leadership. These FREE meetings are giving back to the leadership community. In them we dialog with one another to discover and grow. Please join us on one of these complimentary calls. More Details…

 
26 Sep

The Foundations of Generative Leadership (FGL) workshop takes you past the blind spots of mainstream culture to explore how the aspects of communication, coordination, language, emotions, and embodied learning enable us to more powerfully generate the future we care about instead of living with our unexamined limits. More Details…

 
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