What is the Five Paths to Leadership®?
The Five Paths to Leadership® is a proven model that helps individuals and teams understand their leadership strengths — and how to apply them more effectively.
Unlike other leadership models that assign you a single style, Five Paths measures your ease of access to five intuitive leadership styles:
Critical Thinker, Relator, Visionary, Warrior, and Sage — and shows how your style shifts under stress.
With this knowledge, you can strengthen collaboration, lead with greater confidence, and help your teams thrive in a changing world.
Designed for Leaders at Every Level
Whether you're leading a small team, a department, a college, or an entire institution, the Five Paths to Leadership® framework meets you where you are.
Its insights are relevant for:
- Individual contributors and rising leaders
- Team leads and supervisors
- Department chairs, program directors, and deans
- Senior administrators and campus-wide leadership teams
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Why Use Five Paths?
Begin Your Path to Purposeful Leadership
Start your journey with the Five Paths to Leadership® Self-Assessment — included with membership or available for individual purchase.
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Deepen Your Practice
Once you’ve taken the assessment, explore resources designed to help you interpret your results and apply them to everyday leadership.
Attend a Live Debrief Session with a trained facilitator (recommended).
Watch the On-Demand Overview Course at your own pace.
Not a member? Start with the Free Webcast.
Build Real-World Leadership Skills
Turn insights into impact with our Leadership Skills Course — designed to help you apply the Five Paths to Leadership® framework to everyday challenges like delegation, feedback, and meetings.
You’ll Learn How to:
What’s Next in Your Leadership Journey?
Once you've started applying Five Paths to your personal leadership practice, you may be ready to use the model to strengthen your team or scale leadership development more broadly.
Looking to create a shared leadership language across your department, division, or institution? You might consider getting certified to facilitate Five Paths sessions or using the 360 Assessment to deepen leadership growth across your team.