“The Center helps you make change that matters.”

The Center for Ethical Leadership is dedicated to building the ethical leadership capacity of individuals, organizations, and communities in service of the common good. We create environments that build leadership, deepen shared values, and shift culture so that groups and organizations can better achieve the goals they seek.

The Center works across sectors with business, government, nonprofit, education, and community groups. We are best known for:

Values in Action
We help people claim their core values and put them into action. For organizations, this typically involves three conversations to make explicit: the values individuals bring to work; the shared values of the group; and the values that define the organizations relationship to the common good.

Ethical Leadership
Ethics is intended to promote behavior directed toward the greater good. There is often a gap between the way things should be and the way they are. Leaders step into these gaps and make changes that align behavior with values. The Center’s 4-V model of ethical leadership has been used extensively to create cultures of integrity.

Collective Leadership
Traditional models of leadership often seem to be out of step with the demands of contemporary society.  Increasingly, diverse populations must find ways to share power, resources, and decision making. The challenges we face in the 21st century call for new practices where our best collective wisdom and creativity transcend individual abilities to develop new solutions to issues. We help groups come together around shared purpose and create collective leadership capacity that unleashes the power of new relationships and the creativity of unimagined possibilities. 

Creating Gracious Space
We create the space for people to have conversations that matter. This involves creating a safe, respectful setting where diverse perspectives are welcome and people discover solutions together. We teach people to hold challenging conversations in a productive way.

Making Change That Matters
Some people seek to manage change. We help people intentionally make changes that matter most to them. The Center utilizes comprehensive change models that align individual behavior, group cultures, and organizational systems and structures.

All of these approaches help people transform individually, form new relationships and work together in new ways. The typical result is people sharing their gifts and talents fully to move the work forward.

If you'd like more information or learn how to schedule a training or facilitation for your group please email Steve Stapleton or call our office at 206-328-3020.