Leader

Year-long immersive study and practice in graduate-level psychology (in-person or virtual)

Team

Year-long immersive experience (in-person or virtual) with colleagues inside an organization.

Culture

Customized immersive approach to implementing culture change in geographically distributed or centralized organizations.

Coaching

Individualized exploration in graduate-level psychology guided by executive coach.

Lab

Half-day immersive experience (in-person or virtual) exploring one target for desired cultural change.

Leader

The Pathwise Leader Program is a year-long immersive study and practice in knowledge from graduate-level psychology. Through the process leaders develop a rare capacity to become aware of the present - and otherwise unconscious - perceptions and behaviors that limit them and their relationships with others. They also learn and hone their psychological thinking: that is, how to perceive, understand, and act on nuanced psychological dynamics. This is more than psychological education because it increases the leader’s cognitive level.

All candidates for the leader program participate in an enrollment interview. A good candidate for the program is one who possesses sufficient ego-strength to learn about and see otherwise unknown facts about him/herself - facts that usually trigger defensiveness. Also of importance is the degree to which he or she understands that knowing oneself is pivotal to leadership.

The learning experiences in Pathwise sessions often combine “aha” moments of clarity and comprehension with the sense of shared trust and adventure one might associate with learning along with others in a highly collegial environment.

The 8-12 participants in each leader program group (or cohort) come from a range of positions within diverse companies, which often accelerates their willingness to be vulnerable without fear of consequence.

The 3-hour-long sessions occur on a roughly monthly basis. Between sessions, participants are encouraged to practice and experiment with the concepts they’ve learned as a group. Each participant also has four 1:1 individual instruction and advising meetings.

Participation in the leader program results in a more mature and less reactive leader, open to collaboration and more capable of recruiting, retaining, and accelerating the performance of their talented people.

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“Pathwise has been instrumental in helping me coach and grow my team as well as partner effectively across my peers at Microsoft; the skills I am learning allow me to drive for more successful business outcomes while better caring for my people.”

Omar Shahine

Corporate VP of Microsoft Word, Microsoft

“Pathwise has been the cornerstone of my professional and personal growth. It’s given me tools to better understand human dynamics in the workplace, and space for self-reflection to tackle some of life’s bigger questions with greater clarity and purpose.”

Becky Frederick

Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

“I send all our senior leaders through Pathwise because it makes us more effective: we have much better meetings, we work better with our partners, and we have trust even in confrontation.”

Ron Sevart

CEO, The Space Needle

“Pathwise has transformed me - I learned to pause, observe, and respond strategically instead of reacting. I gained comfort with ambiguity, enhanced my decision-making, and gained a deeper self awareness of my patterns and motivations.”

Andy Pelletier

Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

“The most difficult person to manage is yourself, and Pathwise gave me the insights to do that. Pathwise served as a mirror, allowing me to perceive myself with clarity, comprehend the positive and negative ripple effect of my actions.”

Jeffrey Snover

Distinguished Engineer, Google

“We put nearly 40 leaders through Pathwise. People go into the course at one maturity level and they come out at a new maturity level – and that new maturity enables teams to gel in deeper and more resilient ways.”

Christian O’Meara

CEO, Logic 20/20

“Pathwise has provided powerful tools that have been transformational in solving some of the hardest problems my team and I face. I am continually amazed at the ways in which my effectiveness at work and my connectedness at home have improved.”

Don Box

VP of Engineering, Meta

“I have seen Pathwise help myself and my teams develop a greater awareness of what we need and want; it provided powerful tools to create psychological safety and brought our team closer together, allowing us to work more effectively as a team.”

Steve Macbeth

Director, Amazon

“Pathwise transformed my leadership by helping me embrace self-acceptance, thoughtful listening, and deeper self-awareness. These skills are vital for a meaningful dialogue and embracing diverse perspectives.”