Mitch Warner
Mitch Warner is a managing partner of the Arbinger Institute, a global leadership development firm. Mitch received his B.A. in philosophy and is a licensed healthcare administrator. He joined Arbinger after serving as chief executive of healthcare facilities for one of Arbinger’s clients, Plum Healthcare. During a period of significant growth, Mitch was heavily involved in operationalizing Arbinger’s work into the fabric of Plum’s culture. In his role as managing partner, Mitch directs the development of Arbinger’s leadership development programs and highly customized large-scale organizational culture change initiatives. He has been instrumental in Arbinger’s rapid growth, including its expanding international presence in over 20 countries. He is the co-author of Arbinger’s bestselling books: Leadership and Self-Deception, The Anatomy of Peace, and The Outward Mindset. Mr. Warner has delivered training and consulting internationally to leaders and organizations across a broad range of industries. He is a sought-after speaker, teacher, and advisor to leaders of corporations, governments, and organizations of all kinds around the world on the topics of leadership, collaboration, mindset and culture change, conflict resolution, alignment, and strategy.
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9th Grade & 10th-11th Grades
In this leadership course, students explore the underlying issues at the heart of all people-related dysfunction. Through classroom reading, group discussion, writing assignments, at-home application projects, and their final project, they discover the ways they have unknowingly contributed to the very problems they are trying to solve and learn to communicate and share these discoveries with others. Throughout the semester students become equipped with powerful and practical tools to improve their relationships and tackle the challenges that get in the way of the results they are trying to achieve. The ideas presented are the work of the Arbinger Institute, an acclaimed global leadership development firm whose groundbreaking work in has been used by organizations and governmental institutions around the world.
Students read Bonds That Make Us Free by C. Terry Warner. Classroom participation requires that students submit their questions from the reading and engage in active, respectful participation in classroom discussion and activities. Short writing assignments provide a way for students to crystalize their thinking and share their learning. The final project involves the production of a short podcast episode in which the student interviews, writes, and narrates an audio exploration into the ideas learned throughout the semester and their practical application within a specific context. Students should come prepared to work hard and engage seriously in the ideas presented in the course.