The Journey of Conscious Leadership with Bob Anderson
Learn from one of the world’s foremost authorities on conscious leadership development in an intimate, immersive setting designed for deep transformation, relational learning, and integration.
The Journey of Conscious Leadership is a live 15-hour virtual course led by Bob Anderson in partnership with Grounded Idealist.
Bob Anderson is the Founder of the Leadership Circle and creator of the Leadership Circle Profile™, a 360° leadership assessment named by Forbes as one of its top executive development assessments.
About the Course
Course Summary: Join us for a rare opportunity to learn directly from Bob Anderson, Founder and Chairman of The Leadership Circle, co-creator of the Leadership Circle Profile, and one of the world's foremost authorities on conscious leadership development. This live course will take place in an intimate, immersive setting designed for deep transformation, relational learning, and integration. Drawing on six decades of cutting-edge research across leadership, psychology, human potential, and consciousness, Bob will personally guide you through the Universal Model of Leadership and cutting-edge thinking on Adult and Leadership Development that is reshaping how the world's most effective leaders grow.
Using your own Leadership Circle Profile results as a living map, you will gain unprecedented insight into your leadership patterns, your reactive tendencies, and the untapped potential waiting at the next stage of your development. Through six powerful practices - from discerning your deepest purpose to embodying a catalytic, transformative presence - you will leave with both a new understanding of what leadership can be and the concrete tools to accelerate that evolution in yourself and the clients and communities you serve. If you are a coach, therapist, or consultant who wants to work at the leading edge of human and organizational transformation, there is no better place to be.
Course Length and Format: 15 hours of live instruction via five 3-hour virtual Zoom sessions. Sessions are interactive, with instructor-led presentations, experiential learning, live demos, facilitated Q&A, and breakout rooms. Participants will also be invited to join learning triads to support integration and relational learning outside of regular sessions. Participants must attend 4 of the 5 sessions live to receive a certificate of completion. Note: enrollment is limited to ensure an intimate learning environment. Early registration is recommended.
Dates: This live virtual course will run from September 2 to October 21, 2026, with live Zoom sessions held on the following dates:
10-1 pm ET, September 2
10-1 pm ET, September 9
10-1 pm ET, September 16
10-1 pm ET, September 30
10-1 pm ET, October 14
ICF CCEUs: We are currently seeking approval from the ICF for the following continuing education hours for coaches:
Core Competencies: 9
Resource Development: 6
Who is this course for:
This advanced course is for you if you are in the business of helping people develop into the highest versions of themselves. This includes, but is not limited to: coaches, creative arts therapists, educators, HR professionals, family therapists, healthcare professionals, social workers, and leaders. While not required, this training can offer those already certified in the Leadership Circle Profile an enhanced understanding of their Profile and how to use the underlying model more effectively and with a much deeper transformative presence.
About Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson is the Founder and Chairman of The Leadership Circle and Co-founder and Chairman of the Full Circle Group. Bob has dedicated his career to exploring the connections between leadership, mastery, competence, consciousness, spirituality, and business. Over the past 35 years, he has worked to integrate the best of leadership theory and research, resulting in a comprehensive framework for developing leaders — the first Universal Model of Leadership to emerge in the field.
The Leadership Circle Profile™ (LCP) is a comprehensive leadership assessment that provides leaders 360° feedback through the lens of the Universal Model. The LCP is an industry standard for measuring a leader's operating system—internal beliefs and assumptions—against external behaviors. It uniquely maps 29 key dimensions onto a single circular graph, highlighting the relationship between Creative Competencies (high-effectiveness) and Reactive Tendencies (self-limiting habits).
The Universal Model and the Profile provide organizations of any size, in any industry, with what they need to measure the effectiveness of leaders (individually and collectively), chart a pathway for their development, and then assess their progress as they develop.
Forbes named the LCP one of its top executive development assessments. Bob has written widely, including is the co-author (along with Bill Adams) of the book, Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results, which has been described as a seminal work in the leadership field. Bob is dedicated to impacting the consciousness and effectiveness of leadership globally. Bob’s practical wisdom, humility, creativity, humor, and expertise provide a rare and transformative experience for those with whom he works.
Course Description
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This workshop will introduce you to a Universal Model of Leadership that integrates the best theory and research to emerge over the past 60 years in the fields of Leadership, Psychology, Human Potential, Quantum Physics, and Spirituality. At the core of this model are the Stages of Adult Development frameworks that are now finding their way into leading approaches to the development of leadership effectiveness.
No organization can organize at a higher level of performance than the consciousness of its leadership. We identify five levels of leadership—Egocentric, Reactive, Creative, Integral, and Unitive. Each progressive level is associated with greater consciousness and effectiveness. Each results in more engaging organizational cultures, accelerated innovation, increased business performance, and enhanced capability to lead systemic transformation. Most adults are navigating the transition from Reactive to Creative. This workshop will focus on supporting that transition, while also exploring the territory of the higher Stages - Unity Informed Integral Presence. As a therapist, coach, or consultant, you will learn how to catalyze and accelerate personal/leadership transformation.
This workshop will use the Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) Self-Assessment, which provides personal insight through the lens of the entire Universal Model and a map and foundation for a powerful leadership development experience. Finally, this workshop will introduce six leadership practices that, if practiced, will reliably boot up later-stage leadership. They are:
Discern Purpose: What am I here for? What are we here for? What must I be about to live the life I came here to live and not someone else’s? What do I love more than I fear?
Distill Vision: What is wanted of me/us now? What is the emergent and desired future that wants its way with me/us? What will exist in the future that does not exist now? What is the organization that, if it existed, would put us out of business?
Know Your Fears: How do I/we get in my own way? How do I/we make up that it is too risky to act on the purpose and vision? What is at risk beneath my Reactive strategy, search for a safe path, and/or playing not to lose?
Authentic and Courageous Dialogue: How do I consistently speak the truth, especially when it requires courage? How do I have difficult conversations in a great way? How do I act out the vision I hold in every encounter? How do we create a collective and coherent field for dialogue that leads to breakthrough solutions to complex issues?
Balancing Intuition and Reason: How do I/we open up intuitive meta-capability? How can I/we learn to be informed from a field of larger intelligence about the emergent, desired future and the innovations required to manifest that future?
Catalytic Presence: When I enter any circumstance, how do I embody a presence that resonates a catalytic field for what wants to happen? How do I, through my very presence, create the conditions for courage, honesty, reconciliation, healing, insight, breakthrough innovation, and inspiration for what is most needed?
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Session 1
Introduction of the Universal Model of Leadership
Stages of Adult and Leadership Development
Reactive and Creative Structures of Mind
Session 2
The Leadership Circle Profile Assessment
The Unified Model of Leadership
Your Profile Results
Session 3
Know your Fears
Working with Underlying Reactive Beliefs
Session 4
Catalytic Presence: Energetic Practices that Expand Awareness and Presence
Developing Intuitive Capability: Attuning to Your Client
Session 5
Authenticity: Courageous Conversation
Legacy: Discerning Personal Purpose and Distilling your Leadership Vision
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Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Describe and experience the Conscious Leadership Framework
Describe the five levels of leadership—Egocentric, Reactive, Creative, Integral, and Unitive
Express personal insight into their leadership through the lens of the Leadership Circle Profile
Discover the power and impact of Personal Purpose on their leadership development
Construct a Leadership Vision for what wants to emerge now through your life, your leadership, and your organization
Demonstrate how to embody the six leadership practices in your life, leadership and practice
Describe how to be more powerfully and transformatively present.
Evaluate the extent of one’s understanding and alignment with the key principles and practices underlying the Conscious Leadership Framework
Apply the theory and practices covered into their own practice
Demonstrate how to effectively develop and implement strategies that create and accelerate Conscious Leadership
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Up until two weeks (14 days) prior to your course start date: For cancellations, you will receive a refund less a $50 cancellation fee.
Between 14 days and 1 day: Credit may be applied to any future program or membership. No refunds will be issued within this time period.
Once your course begins: No credit or refund is available if you cancel on the day of arrival, do not show up, do not plan to continue with the course, or leave an event early for any reason. No partial credit/CE hours can be given if you need to leave for any reason. We understand that circumstances outside of your control may impact your ability to continue attending your course. Please reach out with any questions or if you’re experiencing any unforeseen circumstances. Grounded Idealist is not responsible for participants' scheduling, logistics, internet connectivity, or incidental expenses.
