Welcome! Let me tell you a little bit about myself.
My name is Brian Virtue and I’m currently on the faculty of the International Graduate School of Leadership in Manila, the Philippines. I teach courses leadership and peacemaking, teaching courses such as Servant Leadership, Team Leadership, Leadership Negotiation, Coaching, Interpersonal Relationships, and Strategic Leadership. I currently oversee IGSL’s three doctoral programs.
I’m from Long Beach, California. I attended Long Beach Poly High School and went on to graduate from UCLA with degrees in History and Political Science. After several years working with students on campus at Stanford University, I earned my MA in Transformational Leadership and eventually MA in Divinity as well with an emphasis in Leadership. Most recently I completed my Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Studies where my research focus was on the factors that contribute to leadership negotiation between unequal parties resulting in flourishing outcomes.
I have contributed to the development of leaders in multi-ethnic and multi-national contexts for over twenty years, most recently in Manila and Asia at large as a graduate professor teaching leadership and peacemaking to leaders from over 30 countries. I have over a decade of human resource and executive leadership experience that has allowed me to be both a scholar and practitioner of cross-cultural and organizational leadership.
My family lived in the Philippines for 8 years and my wife and I both worked in Asian-American leadership development before that experience. The Covid-19 pandemic led to a sudden redirection of our family back to the United States, but we continue to teach and mentor Asian and majority world students, scholars, and faculty virtually.
Some of my specific passions and interests include the areas of leader formation, leadership development, leadership communication, negotiation, conflict coaching, leadership ethics and power dynamics, family and congregational systems, and emotional maturity in leadership.
