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.
Starting in 2026, we'll offer a live debrief every other month. In the off months, we'll have a session to build your learning in the Five Paths, focusing on topics like feedback, conflict, and the Sage. Keep an eye on this page for dates and registration information coming soon!
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:
Ready to Scale Leadership Growth Across Your Institution?
You’ve started applying the Five Paths to Leadership® framework to your own leadership practice. Now, take the next step to strengthen your team and embed a shared leadership language across your campus.
Use Five Paths to Leadership® to:
- Build internal capacity through Five Paths to Leadership® Facilitator Certification, empowering campus leaders and professional development teams to deliver Five Paths to Leadership® workshops and debriefs in-house.
- Deepen collaboration and communication with the Five Paths to Leadership® 360 Assessment, helping leaders gain insight through feedback from peers, supervisors, and direct reports.
- Apply the framework in action through custom Five Paths to Leadership® retreats tailored to your institutional priorities and team needs.
- Create a resilient and adaptive leadership culture by embedding the Five Paths to Leadership® model into onboarding, supervisor development, and cross-functional collaboration.