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Five Paths to Leadership® Self-Assessment Facilitation Certification Training

Thousands of faculty and staff across North America have benefited from The Five Paths to Leadership® Self-Assessment because it’s an intuitive and powerful tool that helps them to better understand their natural leadership style and how it changes under stress. By growing their self-awareness, they become more adaptive and responsive leaders, which positions them well for current or future leadership roles, whether in the classroom, in committees, or at the department/unit level.   In addition, insights gained through the Five Paths to Leadership® Self-Assessment can be used to improve interpersonal and team dynamics. For instance, the Five Paths model can you help you and your teams to:   Register early—space is limited to 30 attendees to preserve an intimate and productive experience for all.  Please note that certification enables you to facilitate Five Paths workshops for as many audiences as you’d like, at the organization of your current employment. Facilitation of the Five Paths to Leadership® workshops outside of your organization is expressly prohibited.  Earn Your Certificate Earn a certificate after attending this event. Here’s the process: 

Five Paths to Leadership® Results Debrief Session

Now included in membership! Academic Impressions’ Five Paths to Leadership® Assessment has been leveraged in our leadership programs for years. Thousands of leaders in higher ed have benefited from this dynamic model that explores and reveals how one’s leadership styles manifest under normal circumstances—and how they change under stress.  Having a deeper understanding of your own leadership styles in varying situations increases your self-awareness, enhances your emotional quotient, and allows you to more effectively plan, communicate, strategize, and, ultimately, lead.   Join us to learn what your own leadership styles are, how they might change under stress, and how this can apply to your team. Take the assessment prior to attending, and bring your results: https://www.academicimpressions.com/five-paths-self-assessment-members/    During the workshop, we’ll walk through: 

From Vision to Action: Strategic Planning for a Lasting Impact 

This 2-day strategic planning workshop equips higher ed leaders with the tools to create actionable, sustainable strategies aligned with institutional goals. Using design thinking and collaboration, participants will turn broad visions into practical steps for lasting success. You’ll learn to build strategies that inspire buy-in, ensure alignment, and anticipate future challenges.    By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped to translate their institutional visions into clear, actionable strategies that position them for lasting success.   To preserve an intimate and productive experience, this workshop is capped at 30 attendees.

Supervision Certificate Program – July 7 Cohort

Often in higher education, individuals move into a supervisory role without the necessary tools and skills to be successful. Particularly in today’s challenging environments, effective supervision is key to building an effective culture where each individual can contribute to team success. Join us online for a four-week cohort based program leveraging both asynchronous and synchronous learning specifically designed for higher education supervisors who are new to their roles, looking to deepen their skills, or for those who aspire to supervisor roles.

Responding to Disruption Fatigue: Reaffirming Your Purpose and Values 

Are you feeling drained by constant upheavals in higher education? The current U.S. political disruptions promise to bring threats to our work and the higher ed sector as a whole. You may be feeling disruption fatigue as a result—the exhaustion that comes with constant change. But how do you respond?   Join us for this event designed to help you navigate these turbulent times. We’ll focus on tools like a values inventory to help you anchor yourself in your purpose and values. By reaffirming your core values and purpose, you can combat disruption fatigue and lead with renewed clarity and resilience. We’ll also have time to discuss what strategies are working for you.​ This session will not be recorded, so please plan to join us live if you are able.  To learn more about how to lead in uncertain times, check out our additional resources. 

Five Paths to Leadership® Results Debrief Session

Now included in membership! Academic Impressions’ Five Paths to Leadership® Assessment has been leveraged in our leadership programs for years. Thousands of leaders in higher ed have benefited from this dynamic model that explores and reveals how one’s leadership styles manifest under normal circumstances—and how they change under stress.  Having a deeper understanding of your own leadership styles in varying situations increases your self-awareness, enhances your emotional quotient, and allows you to more effectively plan, communicate, strategize, and, ultimately, lead.   Join us to learn what your own leadership styles are, how they might change under stress, and how this can apply to your team. Take the assessment prior to attending, and bring your results: https://www.academicimpressions.com/five-paths-self-assessment-members/    During the workshop, we’ll walk through: 

Effective Leadership is Inclusive Leadership: A Series

Rather than looking to one engagement for a singular solution, this series provides a multi-pronged approach that would embrace a five-month commitment to both inclusion and leadership development for leaders across multiple units. While inclusive leadership content traditionally focuses on bias, education, and various interventions, our unique approach integrates the dimension of leadership development. This method has the benefit of helping all attendees connect the human element of inclusivity with practical elements of outcomes, fairness, and professionalism. This combination elevates the work of changing hearts and minds with the addition of meaningful understandings of individual impact and influence on systems.   The Academic Impressions inclusive leadership framework effectively aligns to the Mayo Clinic Values:   

Advanced Leadership Development in Higher Education 

Higher education is facing several disruptive trends. As a leader, you need to create substantive—not incremental—change.  If this feels like a difficult task, join us for this one-of-a-kind program that will help you to explore how you can lead for the impact you desire.   In this three-day program, you’ll explore how to overcome the following three barriers that make change daunting:   Our Advanced Leadership Development workshop has strengthened the skills of hundreds of higher ed leaders since 2012, but we’ve redesigned the experience for 2025 to address the enormous challenges that are already here or are on the way. Register now to reserve YOUR spot.   To preserve an intimate and productive experience, this workshop is capped at 30 attendees. Optional Executive Coaching: One of the benefits of this workshop is that you’ll walk away with several big ideas that you can implement to drive impact on your campus. Consider adding Executive Coaching—six sessions with a coach who has extensive experience in higher education—so that you have a partner to help you think through how to implement those big ideas after the workshop.  

Deans Success Program Discussion Circle

Each quarter, Academic Impressions will host a discussion for Deans participating in the Deans Success Program.  You’ll have the opportunity to: And the best part is – YOU get to help set the agenda.  We’ll survey the group in advance and use your feedback to co-create the agenda. These sessions are NOT recorded, so you’re encouraged to attend the live event. 

Five Paths to Leadership® Results Debrief Session

Now included in membership! Academic Impressions’ Five Paths to Leadership® Assessment has been leveraged in our leadership programs for years. Thousands of leaders in higher ed have benefited from this dynamic model that explores and reveals how one’s leadership styles manifest under normal circumstances—and how they change under stress. Having a deeper understanding of your own leadership styles in varying situations increases your self-awareness, enhances your emotional quotient, and allows you to more effectively plan, communicate, strategize, and, ultimately, lead. Join us to learn what your own leadership styles are, how they might change under stress, and how this can apply to your team. During the workshop, we’ll walk through:

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