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Transform your leadership approach with Lance Secretan\u2019s powerful teachings. Whether you\u2019re guiding a team or seeking personal growth, our programs offer actionable insights to inspire and create meaningful change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Teachings and Certifications<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Dr. Lance Secretan brings over 50 years of leadership expertise\u2014as a Fortune 100 CEO, award-winning academic, author, and global coach\u2014to his teaching. A rare leader who lives what he teaches, he now dedicates his life to helping others create more inspired lives and organizations.<\/p>\n

Through in-person and virtual Teaching and Certification events, participants learn his Higher Ground Leadership\u00ae framework and CASTLE\u00ae Principles, gaining tools to lead with purpose\u2014in work and in life. These life-changing programs empower individuals to inspire others and help shape a more inspired world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lance Secretan\u2019s newest book, Reawakening the Human Spirit, is the basis for a 6-week Masterclass open to a limited number of participants. In 90-minute weekly sessions, Lance introduces the core principles from Part One\u2014drawn from his 50 years of teaching and insights from 23 previous books\u2014to help others live and lead more inspired lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lance Secretan\u2019s latest book, Reawakening the Human Spirit, is the focus of a 16-week, in-depth Masterclass. In weekly 90-minute sessions, participants explore lessons from his 23 books and 50 years of teaching on how to live and lead with inspiration. This course is also a path to becoming a Higher Ground Leadership\u00ae Pathfinder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Higher Ground Leadership\u00ae Masterclass is our core offering\u2014an 8-week online certification program led by Dr. Lance Secretan, followed by teleclasses and a practicum. Based on 50 years of research, it helps you discover your spiritual essence, uncover your true purpose, and deepen your skills to live and lead more consciously in every area of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In partnership with CoachVille, we offer an 8-week teleclass series plus a supervised practicum leading to certification as a Higher Ground Leadership\u00ae Coach and Pathfinder. Co-facilitated by Dr. Lance Secretan and CoachVille\u2019s Deanna Stull, the course focuses on developing strong coaching skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Leadership Summit is a hands-on, three-day residential event led by Lance Secretan, based on his books Reawakening the Human Spirit and The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch. Held in the Rockies during ski season and in rural Ontario during summer, it combines leadership insights with outdoor adventure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The DreamQuest\u00ae program is a DVD-based training series of 18 short (10\u201315 min) seminars. Filmed at Lance Secretan\u2019s homes in Colorado and Ontario, it features skiing, canoeing, and biking footage, along with interviews with people living his teachings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Join a global community of leaders who are reimagining what it means to inspire and lead. Take your first step toward creating an inspired life and organization now.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Lance Secretan leads a limited number of Training and Certification events each year through combinations of in-person and communications technologies. In each full-immersion experience you will learn the concepts of Higher Ground Leadership\u00ae<\/a> and become proficient at applying this renowned methodology in your leadership, consulting, coaching and teaching roles. The aim of each event is to inspire and change your life.<\/p>

\"Higher<\/a>Our foundation program is the Higher Ground Leadership\u00ae\u00a0Pathfinders Certification<\/b><\/a>. Drawing on 40 years of research, this program is a three-day residential intensive, followed by a series of teleclasses\u00a0and a practicum, all led by Dr. Lance Secretan. You will learn how to identify your spiritual essence, reveal your true purpose and gifts, deepen existing skills\u00a0and add new ones, and\u00a0align these to becoming a more conscious leader, coach and teacher, who changes the world. Learn More<\/b><\/a><\/p>

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In partnership with CoachVille<\/b>, the world\u2019s largest coach training organization, we offer a course consisting of a 6-week teleclass<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>followed by a supervised practicum<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which leads to Certification as a Higher Ground Leadership\u00ae Coach. Learn More<\/b><\/a><\/p>

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