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Elevate Your Impact

Explore the M.A. in Organizational Leadership from the Townsend Institute

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Elevate Workplace Performance

  • Flexible online learning. Our M.A. in Organizational Leadership is a fully online program that can be completed in 12-20 months — plus, there’s no GRE or GMAT required.
  • Help people reach their fullest potential. Gain the skills needed to create high-performing teams and cultivate a culture that accelerates performance.
  • Learn to lead change. Explore techniques for leading both strategically and relationally and creating alignment to mission, strategy, and vision across an organization.
  • Engage with world-class Christian thought leaders. Study directly with Dr. John Townsend and master teachers who know how to bring transformation, performance, and productivity to teams and organizations.

Why Choose the Townsend Institute?

  • A different approach to learning. We focus on relational learning, addressing the head and the heart through competence, character, and connection.
  • Founded on experience and research. Dr. John Townsend is a New York Times best-selling author, leadership consultant, psychologist and relationship expert. He has written 35 books, selling 10 million copies, including the top-selling "Boundaries" series.
  • A strong partnership. The Townsend Institute is housed within Concordia University Irvine. Centered on a Lutheran Christian worldview, Concordia is home to a thoughtful and caring community of learners.
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"The Townsend Institute had such an immediate, positive impact on my character development and my interactions with others, my manager asked what I was doing differently. I shared it was the Townsend Institute. My manager was so impressed with the results of this program that I was reimbursed for the entire cost!"

Cheryl Todd
M.A. Organizational Leadership, 2018

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Concordia University Irvine is a private, Christian university that is ranked nationally among the "Top Performers on Social Mobility" universities by U.S. News & World Report. Concordia is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) and serves over 5,000 students annually.