The THIERRY Graduate School of Leadership - Belgium, Europe "Leaders for the World" (home)

THIERRY is a unique international graduate school, where you learn how to be a true leader,

how to master the art of leading, and of leadership development, coaching, and training.

"Leaders should focus on the survival of the whole world,

by transcending the drive for survival of the fittest" [1]

"To become one's own best leader, and a better leader to other people...One of the most revealing, enriching, and rewarding experiences you will ever undertake!" [1]

Our leadership school, an independent university-level institute of specialised higher education, is based in Belgium, Europe. Programmes are offered in the fields of corporate, public, cross-cultural, or environmental leadership and change; as well as in leadership development, with courses aimed at leadership educators, trainers, and coaches. The THIERRY way of learning leadership is progressive, strengthening, and harmonised with one's personal and professional life. Each participant in our programmes develops a second to none expertise in the art of being a more effective leader. As an academy that grooms leaders one by one, we focus on each person individually. This person-centredness supports the learning-success, and is expressed in one of our mottos: we care for you.

The wealth of themes, topics and issues that are found in the interdisciplinary realm of leadership and mastery of change, are embedded in our practice-oriented curricula. The process of evolving beyond habitual boundaries, by applying new dynamics in learning and development, is also part of the THIERRY way. Course modules are blended with coaching, teamwork, mentoring, and projects that stimulate one-to-team-to-one interactions and esprit de corps. The many advantages of our approach reveal themselves in the expertise and style our graduates practice every day: to be both a better leader and a better follower.

The world-class distance learning versions of our masters and doctorate curricula in leadership are offered via THIERRY Online, our online leadership academy. In the blended learning mode our participants combine an active professional life with online-based education, personalised coaching, and a residential summer institute. These online versions of our MA and PhD programmes were the first ones of this type and in their field in Europe. The curricula are trailblazing pioneers in leadership development for this dramatic 21st century, and are aimed at emerging and experienced leaders and educators around the world.