WHAT IS A RETREAT ALL ABOUT?
The Courage to Lead®program draws on the pioneering work of Parker Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal. Courage to Lead® is a trademark of the Center for Courage & Renewal.
“Retreat” is not a withdrawal or an escape from a life we don’t want. Rather, it is an opportunity to engages at a deeper level with our true selves and the questions that have heart and meaning for us. This kind of retreat is not about arriving anywhere in particular. It’s about paying attention to the unfolding of the identity and integrity and helping each other to embrace – courageously – the various roles and responsibilities that fill our lives.
Though some of us might not consider ourselves as ‘leaders’ in any formal sense, the reality is that we are all called to lead regularly. When we adopt this wider perspective on leadership, we can see that it is both part of our everyday experience, and that it comes from within -requiring courage and wisdom. The more passionate you are about living your life fully, the more vital it is that you engage in a process of shared exploration that develops your personal and professional integrity and the courage to act on it.
WHAT WILL YOU EXPERIENCE DURING THE RETREAT?
Through the principles and practices of the Circle of Trust® approach, the Courage to Lead® retreat is designed to help you:
- Become a more self-aware and wholehearted leader.
- Expand your inner capacity to lead a more authentic, meaningful, and engaged life, personally and professionally.
- Discover a process for discernment to reach clarity around key questions.
- Seek clarity in your vocation and sense of purpose and cultivate the courage and stamina to rise to today’s challenges.
- Honor both successes and struggles in your professional and personal life.
- Witness and be witnessed, listen, and be deeply listened to.
- Recognize and value the genuine in yourself and others.
- Strengthen your skill to ask open-ended questions that help others uncover their own inner wisdom.
- Have greater confidence to seek or create communities of support.
- Move beyond either-or thinking into holding opposing truths and complexity.
- Stay grounded in your own integrity and inherent worth.
- Increase your skill in asking open, honest questions that help others uncover their inner wisdom.
- Pause, be still, and disconnect from technology and the demanding pace of life.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE RETREAT?
Past participants of Courage to Lead report powerful benefits including:
- A stronger sense of purpose and satisfaction with their work
- Feeling recharged and ready to return as an agent of positive change
- Heightened self-awareness and ability to be more fully present
- More trustworthy and compassionate relationships
- A deeper commitment to leadership and service others
For details, contact Dr. Rick Bommelje
Email: rick@listenandlead.com
Phone: 407-312-8530