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Leadership in Focus

Igniting Leadership to Meet the Moment

How to develop healthy ecosystems of support that provide the help leaders need to grow throughout their lives of evolving service.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

11.05.2024
Introducing In Focus: Igniting Leadership

We’re dedicating the coming months to exploring the many dimensions of effective leaders and leadership through our In Focus Series on “Igniting Leadership.”

BY Aspen Institute

10.28.2024
Leading in Community

The Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship catalyzes the power of young people as changemakers, and partners with them, their families, and their communities to ta ...

BY Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship

06.10.2024
Weaving Can Teach Us About Leadership

Aspen’s Weave project connects and supports grassroots weavers to cultivate a new kind of leader.

BY Paul Smalera

07.09.2024
Introducing In Session

Practical Wisdom from Aspen Leaders.

BY Aspen Institute

10.30.2024

Latest Ideas

A Leadership Lesson For All: Make Better Arguments

The Better Arguments Project exists to help people find healthier, more constructive ways to disagree and exchange ideas. Applications for the spring 2024 cohort are now open.

BY John Peabody

02.02.2024
Dr. King’s Charge for Mayors and Local Leaders

The work of mayors and local leaders, whose relentless pursuit of human rights and the worthiness of all people to experience such items as fair pay, safety in all forms, and adequate housing is essential to carrying on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy.

BY Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard Mayor Sheng Thao Bunmi Akinnusotu Virgil Parker

01.17.2024
The Importance of Dialogue in Creating Safer Communities

The McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund recognizes social impact ventures at critical junctures on their path to creating meaningful impact. Catalyst Fund winners ...

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

05.02.2023
Shaping a Sustainable Future for Business

Joshua Skov talks sustainability, making real change, & more about his award-winning course, Life-Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Thinking, and Business Strategy.

BY Ideas Worth Teaching

11.04.2020