About the Center

Overview

The Center for Integrative Leadership, (CIL), is dedicated to examining and advancing a new vision for cross-sector leadership that will be highly effective at tackling the challenging issues - the grand challenges - of our time.

CIL is a premier forum for the study of leaders and leadership that crosses sectoral and geographic boundaries. This work results in processes, programs and initiatives that, coupled with community engagement, apply integrative leadership in practical, effective ways. We engage in collaborative teaching, community outreach, and research initiatives with other University centers, and external community partners. We believe that the practice of integrative leadership has the greatest potential to advance the common good.

For a concise overview of the Center for Integrative Leadership and its benefits, download our “Time to Lead” brochure in PDF form.

CIL Time to LeadBrochure

Fast Facts: CIL and University Students

Fast  Facts: CIL and Community Partnerships

Mission

The Center for Integrative Leadership’s mission is to discover and disseminate transformative knowledge about the nature and practice of leadership across business, government, and civil society sectors to address grand challenges and advance the common good.

Leadership to Address Grand Challenges and Advance the Common Good

The center convenes thought leaders and practitioners from diverse disciplines to propose new models and methods for dealing with such complex issues as food safety and security, environmental protection, health care, public education, free trade,  and sustainable community economic development.

Become Involved

The CIL welcomes executives, professionals, government officials, community leaders, faculty, alumni and students. We invite you to participate in our initiatives, advance and share your knowledge, be supported or support our work.

The Center for Integrative Leadership Offers:

• Research forums and peer-reviewed research awards to deepen our understanding of integrative leadership theory and practice.
• Symposia bringing together top U.S. and international scholars, practitioners and public policymakers to discuss and debate cross-sector leadership issues.
• Bi-annual International Integrative Leadership Conference..
• Student-led co-curricular initiatives supporting the development of integrative leaders.
• Integrative leadership coursework and graduate-level integrative leadership minor degree program.
• Development of curriculum and instructional materials to advance the teaching of integrative leadership.
• Executive Leadership Fellows program and training for professional audiences.

The Center for Integrative Leadership is a University-wide initiative located at the University of Minnesota. The Carlson School of Management, the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the School of Public Health and the College of Education and Human Development share oversight of the center.