Transformation Leadership Certification — Foundation | September 10th 2026
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Author: Mark R. Cooley
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Level: Everyone
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Study time: 8 hours
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Workshop overview
One intensive live day. The Foundation level gets you certified in the ATLAS-TSI behavioral diagnostic, establishes your personal transformation readiness baseline, and builds the foundational framework every advanced level is built on. You leave with your complete ATLAS-TSI results, a clear picture of your Transformation Gap, and a working command of the FSF methodology you can apply immediately. Prerequisite for all advanced certification levels.
Overview
Foundation Certification — What's Included
One full day of live expert instruction
A single intensive live session delivered directly by our founder — not a pre-recorded course, not a licensed facilitator. The person who built the methodology is the person in the room with you.
Your full ATLAS-TSI Assessment
Completed before the live session begins. Your results are the raw material the entire day is built around — ensuring every hour of instruction is relevant to your specific readiness profile.
Expert-guided results interpretation
A live, facilitated walkthrough of your ATLAS-TSI results with expert commentary — understanding not just what your score is but what it means, where it came from, and what to do about it.
Your personal Transformation Gap report
A documented analysis of the distance between your current readiness and what transformation demands of you — and the specific development priorities that close it.
Introduction to the complete FSF methodology
A working command of the five-component Future State Found operating system — ATLAS-TSI, ASPIRE, PAUSE-D, MUSIC, and EARN — how they fit together and where each one applies.
The ATLAS-TSI Certified Practitioner credential
Upon successful completion, you earn the Foundation-level credential — the prerequisite for all advanced certification levels and the first step in the Transformation Leadership Professional pathway.
Mark R. Cooley
Transformation Strategist. Founder. Author. Your Expert Guide.
ABOUT mark
Mark R. Cooley is a transformation strategist, professor, and executive consultant with nearly three decades of experience leading high-stakes organizational change across some of the world's most demanding institutions — including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Seagen. He is the creator of the ASPIRE Transformation System and ATLAS-TSI diagnostic, the founder of Future State Found, and the author of Future State Found (September 2026). In a career spanning Fortune 500 companies, global nonprofits, and academic institutions, he has never had a failed transformation. That record is the foundation of everything taught here.