A Platform for Human Empowerment at Scale
Guideleaders is more than a cohort program. It is an umbrella platform dedicated to connecting people with the coaches, communities, and curriculum they need to grow in the age of artificial intelligence.
Our model is grounded in a simple insight: the biggest barrier to professional growth is not access to content — it is access to the right people. The right coach. The right peers. The right accountability structure.
We pair our cohort learning team with elite institutions like MIT Professional Education to advance impact of their world-class curriculum through our "last-mile" human infrastructure: small cohorts, certified coaches, and personalized learning plans that ensure every learner can succeed to make a real-world difference — regardless of their technical starting point.
The Burlington, Vermont pilot cohort proved the model. Now, with your participation, we bring our model to your community.
Join us.
Our model is grounded in a simple insight: the biggest barrier to professional growth is not access to content — it is access to the right people. The right coach. The right peers. The right accountability structure.
We pair our cohort learning team with elite institutions like MIT Professional Education to advance impact of their world-class curriculum through our "last-mile" human infrastructure: small cohorts, certified coaches, and personalized learning plans that ensure every learner can succeed to make a real-world difference — regardless of their technical starting point.
The Burlington, Vermont pilot cohort proved the model. Now, with your participation, we bring our model to your community.
Join us.
Mission:
Guideleaders is a social impact learning habitat project founded to improve life outcomes of online and remote college-level learners 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.
Guideleaders is a social impact learning habitat project founded to improve life outcomes of online and remote college-level learners 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.
Mike Smiles, Founder and CEO
As a career nonprofit leader, Mike advocates for personal and community growth -- especially through experiential, hands-on learning -- where agile cohorts of learners pair with expert coaches to enhance personalized learning and social impact.
His vision for online education combined with learning teams provides a breakthrough to improving course completion outcomes and reducing 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.
As a career nonprofit leader, Mike advocates for personal and community growth -- especially through experiential, hands-on learning -- where agile cohorts of learners pair with expert coaches to enhance personalized learning and social impact.
His vision for online education combined with learning teams provides a breakthrough to improving course completion outcomes and reducing 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.
