Join the Journey to Integrous Leadership™
The Institute of One World Leadership® is the world’s first and only global institute dedicated to the advancement of Calibre – the character backbone of true leadership. As the registered and recognised holder of The World’s Leadership Institute® designation, IOWL not only leads the world in redefining leadership standards but leads the way in completing what other institutions neglect: the systematic development of Integrous Leaders, driven by Positive Values, for global society.At the core of IOWL’s mission are two foundational bodies:
- the Global Institute for Calibre and Integrity™ and
- the Centre for Positive Value Leadership™
Together, these Centres underpin all that IOWL stands for. The Global Institute for Calibre and Integrity™ safeguards the standards, validation, and formal recognition of Calibre across all IOWL pathways, including our Statement of Professional Standing: Calibre and Integrity. Meanwhile, the Centre for Positive Value Leadership™ curates and advances the PVL framework that powers personal transformation, ensuring that leadership development is grounded in values that are behaviourally measurable, globally relevant, and ethically robust.
Founded on the belief that knowledge and skills are not enough without Positively defined values, IOWL offers a new paradigm: Integrous Leadership™. We reject the shallow credentials of title, power, or popularity, and instead uphold the principles of Positive Value Leadership (PVL) - a structured, validated model for principled, consistent leadership in a world of ethical ambiguity.
Completing the Character Equation
IOWL is redefining the global conversation around leadership by completing the overlooked piece of the professional development puzzle: Character.
We deliver this through our unique Integrous Leadership Stool™, which ensures that aspiring leaders are not only trained and educated, but formed.
| Dimension | Focus Area | Recognition System |
|---|---|---|
| Calibre | Positive Values, ethics, integrity | Calibre Credits™ via Perpetual Calibre Development™ (PCD) |
| Capability | Knowledge and academic learning | Credit Points via tertiary/higher education |
| Competency | Practical skills and application | CPD* Points / Hours via professional training |
* International CPD - Continuing Professional Development equivalents and comparators include: CPE - Continuing Professional Education, CLE - Continuing Legal Education, CE - Continuing Education, CTD - Continuing Technical Development
By aligning Calibre with Capability and Competency, IOWL provides the most complete, balanced, and future-proof foundation for personal and professional growth.
What Makes IOWL Different?
- Calibre is Critical: No other leadership body, institute or school focuses on the development and validation of Calibre as systemically and rigorously as IOWL.
- Academically grounded: Our courses, frameworks, and assessments are benchmarked against global academic standards and quality assurance processes - while going beyond them to include ethical foresight, values alignment, and behavioural integrity.
- Globally relevant: From policy advisors to students, HR directors to entrepreneurs, our frameworks apply across cultures, sectors, and career stages.
- Accreditation with integrity: IOWL issues a formal Statement of Professional Standing, Calibre and Integrity that reflects not only what a leader knows, but who they have become.
Our Model: Positive Value Leadership™
At the heart of our leadership model lies a structured, validated framework built around six core Positive Value Exemplars:
Probity, Potency, Planet, People, Perception, and Participation.
Each is defined by behaviourally measurable values - ensuring leadership integrity is not subjective or situational, but consistent and aligned with universally positive human outcomes.
Academically Robust, Institutionally Sound
IOWL is comprised of supporting Institutes & Centres of Integrity™
- Global Institute for Calibre and Integrity™ custodians of the IOWL Statement of Professional Standing, Calibre and Integrity; Immutable Integrity™, and Integrous Leadership™
- Centre for Positive Value Leadership™ custodians of the IOWL Positive Value Leadership framework, and ensuring it enables personal transformation of PVL course participants
- Centre for Propitious Performance™ custodians of the PVL Principle Exemplars of Probity and Potency
- Centre for Global Guardianship™ custodians of the PVL Principle Exemplars of People and Planet
- Centre for Free Dialogue™ custodians of the PVL Principle Exemplars of Perception and Participation
Institutional Assurance, Global Recognition
IOWL maintains a robust internal quality and assurance framework:
- The Integrous Leadership Calibre Framework™ (ICF) ensures consistency and integrity across all credentials and learning pathways.
- Perpetual Calibre Development™ (PCD) empowers individuals to continuously grow their ethical core over time, not just once.
- Our Curriculum and Calibre (Assurance) Framework™ (CCF) is structured to map against global academic benchmarks (e.g., EQAR, TEQSA, CHEA) while remaining uniquely focused on values, not just outputs.
Join a Global Movement of Integrous Leaders
Whether you are an individual seeking growth, a university seeking partnership, or an employer seeking trust in hiring - IOWL represents a new standard.
This is not leadership as usual.
This is leadership with a backbone, not a wishbone.
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