MindEdge and the Leading Through Institute announce partnership to promote a bold new model of leadership

BOSTON and HEBER CITY, Utah, Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a partnership between two leading educational innovators, MindEdge Learning and the Leading Through Institute (LTI) have launched the Leading Through Foundationscertificate, a new online certificate program that introduces the Institute's groundbreaking new paradigm of organizational leadership.

The Leading Through Foundations certificate marks the first collaboration between LTI, an educational initiative focused on redefining leadership through deep learning and personal transformation, and MindEdge, a cutting-edge developer of online courses and learner-friendly technology.

"We are excited to see that our partnership with LTI is off to such a strong start," said Joe Mullen, president of MindEdge Learning. "This program is the first step in changing the way organizations think about leadership, and we are proud to be playing a major role in that change."

The Leading Through paradigm rejects traditional models that define leadership in terms of power and position. It instead teaches that leadership can and should be practiced by all members of an organization, in a system where everyone is empowered to take initiative, contribute meaningfully, and lead from their current position.

"Leading Through means innovating in ways that we may never have thought possible – and learning to execute more effectively to achieve our boldest aspirations," said Kim Clark, co-founder and chair of LTI and a former dean of Harvard Business School. "To make Leading Through a reality, we need a fundamental reinvention – maybe even a revolution -- of what leadership represents."

The Leading Through model is based on research that Kim Clark and two of his children – management consultant Erin Clark and management professor Jonathan Clark – undertook while writing their visionary book, Leading Through: Activating the Soul, Heart, and Mind of Leadership. The Clarks, Harvard-educated leadership experts, decided to expand on the book's basic premise; together with former HR executive David Moss, they founded LTI to educate organizations about the need for a new approach to leadership.

"The Leadership We Need"

"The leadership we need is leadership that helps people and organizations thrive," said Erin Clark, co-founder and president of LTI. "The key is leadership that permeates the entire organization – leadership that is essentially moral, that cares for people and motivates them to work together and solve difficult problems."

The Leading Through Foundations certificate includes four courses, totaling four hours of onscreen instruction time:

• The Leadership We Need
• What Is Leadership?
• Power Over: Undermining the Leadership We Need
• Leading Through: Activating the Leadership We Need

In addition to onscreen instruction time, each course includes several personal reflection questions and "deep learning" exercises – small, focused micro-experiments that encourage "learning by doing."

All these courses are currently configured as self-paced, asynchronous learning experiences. Starting in 2026, LTI will also offer a cohort learning option, allowing groups of like-minded learners to work together online in synchronous activities, discussions, and collaborative projects.

Two more collections of certificate programs are in the works:

• Humanizing Leadership: Leading Through Soul, Heart and Mind will help individuals, teams, and organizations implement the soul, heart, and mind of leadership through detailed explanations, analogies, examples, and self-discovery tools. Courses in these certificate programs will total 20 hours of onscreen instruction time and are tentatively scheduled to launch in December 2025.
• Scaling Leadership: Activating the Leading Through Organization will examine leadership as the operating system of the organization — creating leadership that permeates, helping people and organizations thrive. Courses in these certificate programs will total 20 hours of onscreen instruction time and are tentatively scheduled to launch in early 2026.

About MindEdge Learning
MindEdge's mission is to improve the way the world learns. Since its founding in 1998 by Harvard and MIT educators, the company has served some four million learners. With a focus on digital-first learning resources—from academic courseware to professional development courses—MindEdge's approach to best practices in online education focuses on learners' needs across the spectrum of higher education, professional development, skills training, and continuing education. MindEdge is based in Waltham, Mass.

About The Leading Through Institute
The Leading Through Institute is dedicated to promoting a new paradigm of leadership -- Leading Through -- that is designed to help people and organizations thrive. LTI founder and chair Kim Clark, former president of BYU-Idaho and dean of Harvard Business School, founded the Institute in 2024 with two of his children – former management consultant Erin Clark and management professor Jonathan Clark – along with former HR executive David Moss. Through their combined efforts, the Institute works to help people and organizations step out of the shadows of outdated leadership paradigms and into the light of new possibilities. 

SOURCE MindEdge