About us

The Havard Virtuous Leadership Institute (HVLI) is an international network of consultants and scholars. They offer executive education programs, consultancy services and mentoring to public and private sector based on the leadership model set forth by Alexandre Havard in his book “Virtuous Leadership—An Agenda for Personal Excellence” (New York, 2007).

HVLI members believe that the human virtues, which stamp character on biological temperament, constitute the indispensable essence of successful leadership, the only authentic way of achieving a flourishing corporate culture — no matter the type of enterprise — and the surest way of attaining the common good.

HVLI’s mission is to contribute, on a global basis, to the creation of a leadership culture consistent with the highest demands of human nature and the noblest expectations of the human heart.

The organization was founded in 2004 under the name European Center for Leadership Development (ECLD). Due to new geographical developments and the success met by Alexandre Havard’s leadership model, in 2009 the organization was renamed Havard Virtuous Leadership Institute (HVLI).