Leadership, Coaching, & Transformation

Discover how these approaches differ and why the arts can unlock new pathways for growth and self-discovery.

Find your path to an expressive arts coaching career at CIIS.

Professor Phil Weglarz leads CIIS' Expressive Arts Therapy program, preparing students to integrate creative modalities into mental health services and community transformation.

Three Transformative Leadership alumni share how they navigate bias, build community, and create inclusive spaces for change.

Professor Mimi Savage introduces CIIS' new Expressive Arts Coaching & Community Building master's program, designed for artists and coaches seeking to support transformation through creativity.

Expressive arts coaching uses creativity to foster resilience, connection, and meaningful change.

In a divided world, two Blue Sky Leaders explore how deep listening, jazz, and integral education create connection and shared leadership.

Fernando Ona, Chair of Transformative Inquiry at CIIS, carried questions from Iraq to the classroom—and found space to explore them.

Chris Heuer reflects on his conversation with CIIS’ Bruce Alderman about the Blue Sky Leaders program, exploring how slowing down may be the key to thriving in the age of AI.

Chair Christine Brooks spotlights CIIS’ fully online M.A. in Expressive Arts Coaching and Community Building—a transformative program that blends creativity, connection, and empowerment.

At Human + Tech Week in San Francisco, Bruce Alderman of the Blue Sky Leaders program revealed how human wisdom and presence redefine leadership in the AI era.

Ginny Whitelaw brings decades of experience to the Blue Sky Leaders Certificate, helping leaders move beyond ego and into deep connection and purpose.

CIIS’ new M.A. in Expressive Arts Coaching & Community Building is the first degree of its kind in the U.S.

We live in times of uncertainty, with climate change and AI racing ahead. Blue Sky Leaders Facilitator Ginny Whitelaw discusses why leaders must balance AI's potential with nature's wisdom for a thriving future.

The Blue Sky Leaders program equips leaders with wisdom and skills to navigate the global metacrisis, fostering transformative leadership for a sustainable, compassionate future.

Blue Sky Leaders Associate Director Bruce Alderman on how conscious leadership integrates awareness, adaptability, and values to foster growth and holistic success.

Read about former Major League Baseball player Bruce Bochte’s special friendship with CIIS Professor Emeritus Dr. Brian Thomas Swimme

Alumna Jessica DiVento Dzuban, Global Head of Mental Health for YouTube, talks with CIIS about her mission and her passion to bring the highest quality mental health content to users worldwide, and to keep those users safe and emotionally supported.

Transformative Leadership alumna Shannon C. McQuaide designed an original yoga program for firefighters 

Sarah DeVincenzi, Integrative Health Studies graduate, describes how her degree led her to leadership opportunities

How our Transformative Leadership grads change society

Transformative Leadership alum Daniel Glenn launched the Podcast Creative Inquiry: Scholarship for the 21st Century

Why I teach Transformative Leadership at CIIS