Revolutionizing Leadership: Transforming Systems from the Inside Out With Purpose and Love

The Revolutionizing Leadership program combines in-person learning and reflective practice, designed to help you rethink leadership from the perspectives of healing, social awareness, and systemic transformation. Over the course of four immersive days, you will engage in facilitated discussions, real-world case studies, and hands-on simulations, all focused on Shawn Ginwright’s Four Pivots model. Sessions will help leaders examine and apply these critical shifts:

• Awareness (practices of self-reflection and mindfulness)
• Connection (building authentic and inclusive relationships)
• Vision (creating a shared sense of purpose and possibility)
• Presence (leading with intentionality and responsiveness)

Collaborative group projects and community engagement exercises will provide opportunities to design and implement healing-centered strategies tailored to educational or organizational contexts.

By the end of the program, you will learn to:

• Apply the Four Pivots of Healing-Centered Leadership in everyday practice.
• Assess and enhance organizational culture to promote well-being and inclusion.
• Build and sustain authentic connections within diverse teams and communities.
• Lead with presence and adaptability through challenging or uncertain situations.
• Facilitate healing spaces that support individual and collective growth.
• Design leadership strategies that advance equity and social justice.
• Communicate vision and purpose effectively to inspire collective action.
• Respond to organizational and community needs with empathy and awareness.
• Foster resilience and empower others to contribute to transformative change.
• Integrate reflection, mindfulness, and relational practices into leadership routines.

Revolutionizing Leadership is designed for established and aspiring leaders committed to fostering healing, equity, and transformation within their organizations and communities, including:

• School principals and assistant principals
• District administrators and superintendents
• Department chairs and instructional leaders
• Deans and directors of student support or culture
• School counselors and social workers in leadership capacities
• Education program and nonprofit managers
• Experienced teachers stepping into leadership roles
• Early-career educators with a focus on leadership development
• Leaders overseeing organizational or community-wide change
• Administrators guiding teams through transitions or conflict
• Community organizers and nonprofit leaders
• Higher education professionals:
• Deans and assistant deans
• Program directors
• Faculty in education or social justice fields

This program, which will enroll practitioners as well as degree-seeking EdM and EdLD students at HGSE, welcomes those seeking practical frameworks and tools to lead with presence, compassion, and impact across educational and community-based settings.

First-time applicants need to create a Professional Education account to apply.

This program welcomes applications from both individuals and teams. First-time applicants need to create a Professional Education account to apply.

Individuals: Click the "Apply" button at the top of this page to log into your Professional Education account and access the application page. Proceed with the individual form until submission.

Teams: Designate one participant or an administrative staff member as the Coordinator.

• The Coordinator should click the "Apply" button at the top of this page to log into their Professional Education account and access the application page.
• Proceed with the team form, including providing the name, email address, and job title of each participant in your team.
• The Coordinator can choose to receive a team invoice.
• Contact us if you need to make any changes to your team after submitting the form.

Invoices: Invoices will only be available upon your acceptance.