We want to be visionary and values-driven leaders who strategically develop other visionary and values-driven leaders.
Commitment to the
Local Language and Culture
We believe it is critical to not only learn the culture of one’s training context, but also to be able to speak articulately in the local mother tongue.
Relating Well
with All Cultures
Whether in our businesses or neighborhoods, we strive to develop meaningful and positive relationships with people from all walks of life.
Lifestyle
of Integrity
We develop leaders who are honest and truthful in every aspect of their lives.
Living within
the Host Culture
We practice our commitment to learning the local language and understanding the our host cultures by living among the local people.
Learner
Attitudes
We enter into our host cultures as students, rather than as experts. We earn the right to contribute.
Simpler
Lifestyle
In order to maintain a cost-effective international program, we embrace a simpler lifestyle.
Team-ship
Commitment to one another is the core strength of each leadership team. We seek to develop our students into healthy, functioning members of unified leadership teams.
Holistically
Healthy Individuals
We create and sustain a holistically healthy atmosphere for developing leaders to mature into individuals who thrive in every aspect of their lives.
Training Is
for a Lifetime
We believe leadership training is a lifetime process. We aim to model patterns of learning and leading that contibute to a continual, upward spiral of holistic growth.
Leadership Flows
out of Being
Who we are directly influences what we do. By discovering and studying the lives of great leaders who have gone before us, we shape ourselves and our leadership styles. We aim to be great leaders and models for others to follow.
High View of Local
Leadership Structures
Entering our host cultures as leaders who are, first and foremost, learners, we seek to support and work alongside local leadership structures and teams.