Mission:
Guideleaders is a social impact learning habitat founded to improve life outcomes of online and remote college-level education students to nurture personal and community growth.

Vision: 
​To leverage the incredible power of online education through a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and community spirit in order to create a better, more sustainable and caring world.

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Mike Smiles, Founder and CEO
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Mike believes online education combined with mentored learning teams provides  a breakthrough to improving course completion outcomes and educing the cost of higher education.  Mike hails from Burlington, Vermont, and holds an MBA from the University of New Haven and a BA from Beloit College.
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From content generation to autonomous decision-making, AI is transforming everything from customer experience to strategic planning. Yet many leaders still struggle to bridge the gap between awareness and action.  Join a Guideleaders Cohort near you to connect with other online learners, an Agentic AI Expert Coach, and peers to learn how an MIT Professional Education course can change your life.