Personal development is at the core of leadership development. This course will provide an introduction to cura personalis, the care for the person, as the central framework for understanding and meeting the challenges of personal development. As part of the personal development, the student will be introduced to the process of Examen, which can be useful in discerning one's unique human purpose. This unique human purpose will become the organizing principle for understanding and developing a personal mission statement and the application of that mission to leadership roles.