Five Paths to Leadership℠ Self-Assessment Facilitation Certification Training

Denver, CO | November 6, 2025 8:00 am MT - November 7, 2025 4:00 pm MT

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This training will not be available asynchronously.

Five Paths to Leadership℠ Self-Assessment Facilitation Certification Training

Denver, CO | November 6, 2025 8:00 am MT - November 7, 2025 4:00 pm MT

Learn to facilitate this assessment so that you can create more self-aware and adaptable leaders on your campus.

Event Information

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:

Run more effective meetings.
Communicate with others in a way that supports and nurtures them.
Delegate work in a way that does not feel additive.
Create more effective strategic plans.
Make better decisions.

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:

Attend this event.
Start delivering workshops on your own campus. Participants of your training will be required to rate your facilitation of the workshop using an Academic Impressions evaluation form. To receive the certification, you must meet specific benchmarks in terms of your effectiveness (details to be shared at the workshop).
Bonus: Get access to three one-on-one coaching sessions with Academic Impressions staff to provide just-in-time support to help you to prepare, design, and facilitate Five Paths workshops on your own campus.

Who should attend?

We invite anyone to become certified, and particularly encourage Human Resources, faculty affairs, faculty, diversity officers, student affairs professionals, and others to consider this opportunity. Can’t attend over these dates? Find future dates here.

Looking for a Discount?

There are several ways to get a discount:

Bring a partner! Workshops are best facilitated by a pair, so we highly recommend that you bring someone that you plan to facilitate with at your institution. Registering two people for this training gets you a special price of $2,250 per registration, saving you $1,500. To purchase registrations with this deal, please email operations@academicimpressions.com.
Pair this training with Building an In-House Leadership Development Program in Higher Education, and receive a $700 discount. Both events are focused on developing leaders on campus, and both take place in Denver during the same week, from November 4–5, 2025.

What makes our events different?

Academic Impressions conferences provide the opportunity for quality conversations and relationship building through both formal and informal networking opportunities in an intimate setting. Our in-depth and hands-on approach to learning provides you with actionable takeaways.

Agenda

Additional details will be forthcoming, but for planning purposes we are able to provide the following information at this time:

Day 1: Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time (local)
Day 2: Friday, November 7, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time (local)

Meals included in registration price:

Day 1: Breakfast, lunch, and networking reception
Day 2: Breakfast and lunch

In this two-day workshop, you will do a deep dive into the Five Paths to Leadership℠ Self-Assessment and will learn the following:

The origin of the model
How wisdom turns to shadow
The design of the model, including how to understand each path and how fear and insecurity play into each path
The tensions between and across different paths and how to achieve dynamic balance
The scoring model, as well as how to help others interpret their scores
Best practices to facilitate a training session, including common scenarios/questions
The most effective exercises to make your training sessions interactive and applied
The ways each path influences a person’s leadership, both individually and collectively
The dimensions of intersectionality in the Five Paths

Location

Academic Impressions Office
5299 DTC Blvd, Suite 1400
Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Nearby hotel suggestions:

Hyatt Place Denver Tech Center – 3-star hotel
8300 E Crescent Pkwy, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303-804-0700
Distance from office: 0.5 miles if driving, 0.3 miles if walking

A discounted room rate is available if you book your room using this link.

This reduced rate and room availability are subject to general hotel availability and not guaranteed. So, we recommend booking as soon as possible!

Denver Marriott Tech Center – 4-star hotel
4900 S Syracuse St, Denver, CO 80237
303-779-1100
Distance from office: 0.9-1.2 miles, depending on route

A 10% discount is available if you book your room using this link.

This discount is subject to general hotel availability and not guaranteed. So, we recommend booking as soon as possible!

Reviews

“The Five Paths Certification Program was an absolute game-changer for me. It provided a comprehensive framework for personal and professional development, equipping me with the skills and mindset to navigate a leadership program. The program’s blend of theory and practical exercises made the learning experience engaging and impactful. I highly recommend it to anyone seeking growth and transformation in their professional journey!”

“The Five Paths to Leadership Self Assessment certification training and process truly puts the “building capacity” into action as it broadens the reach of Academic Impressions’ philosophy of adaptive, dynamic leadership in higher ed.”

“The Academic Impressions programs are fantastic. The collaborative approach and presentation style is perfect for getting a diverse group engaged and empowered. The university specific content and contextualized cases allow immediate application when we get back to campus.”

“The Five Paths to Leadership Certification training is a must have if you want to master how to facilitate the sessions. You don’t know what you don’t know until you take the certification class. I learned so much and feel prepared to roll this out to my division.”

“The Five Paths to Leadership Workshop provided a dynamic and insightful view of leadership, emphasizing how we can access and integrate different leadership styles to better lead ourselves and our teams. The sessions were highly interactive and offered fresh perspectives and actionable tools that are easy to implement. This workshop is a must for anyone looking to enhance their leadership skills and drive meaningful change within their organization.”

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Testimonials

“The Five Paths to Leadership℠ Assessment helped me to reflect more on how I tend to communicate with my colleagues and boss at work, as well as how I go about my day during working and non-working hours. It also allowed me to reflect on the different ways those within my research group communicate/ work, and how we could split tasks to be more effective, perhaps, or avoid conflicting situations.”

“I know my MBTI, my strengths, my interest pattern, and my Kouzes and Posner areas of leadership. But it was The Five Paths to Leadership℠ that gave me new insights into a recent conflict I had with a direct report. Thank you!”

Five Paths to Leadership℠ Self-Assessment Facilitation Certification Training