Douglas LaBier founded the Center for Progressive Development as a nonprofit educational, consulting and research organization.  Its mission: to promote psychological health in the workplace and in personal lives.  Its emphasis is integrating emotional well-being with meaning, purpose and social impact of one’s career and leadership; sustainable environmental practices; and responsible  global citizenship in today’s interconnected world.

The Center’s programs and services derive from Dr. LaBier’s pioneering work on adult development within today’s career culture. His critically acclaimed book, Modern Madness, showed how and why career success can become a hidden source of emotional and values conflict. His subsequent work has addressed ways in which positive development is often distorted and deformed as men and women adapt to prevailing values and behavior of current culture.

With colleagues and state-of-the-art knowledge about human development and business leadership, Dr. LaBier focuses on how individuals and organizations can grow emotional, spiritual and creative capacities in people’s careers, relationships, and their roles as increasingly global citizens,  while serving an emerging business model that combines financial success with serving the common good.

For the Center’s services and perspectives, click About.