We are delighted to be offering this in-person Autumn gathering at beautiful Braziers Park, in the Chiltern Hills, Oxfordshire, UK. Bringing existing community members together with those new to Leading Through Storms, we will explore what the climate, ecological and related crises mean in our lives and for our leadership. Taking a step back from the everyday we will honestly inquire into the realities we face, and find nourishment and inspiration for the journey ahead.
Immersing ourselves in nature, we will combine solo time with small and whole group work. Calling on constellations, and other embodied approaches, we will explore our inner and outer worlds, our relationships and the wider systems we are part of, engaging in cycles of inquiry-in-action to discover our best next steps. As we connect with the ebb and flow of all life, we will inquire into what’s calling to be harvested in this most delicious season. We will gather and share the fruits of what’s emerged through the preceding seasons and support what is being called for over the coming shorter days, listening to how the winter might nourish us and bring further shape to our intentions and commitments.
Central to the retreat will be the opportunity to deepen our leadership practices, preparing us to creatively adapt to all that is anticipated and already unfolding, in our workplaces, communities and at home. Feeling heard, nourished and supported, we will each be able to explore and make progress with the dilemmas we face, grow our resilience, discover and move towards what we need to reconcile ourselves to and contemplate relinquishment as a positive, liberating activity.
Whatever restless energies you are sitting with and whatever your current experience of facing into the un-ignorable realities of climate and ecological collapse, we warmly invite you to join us and give your Spirited Acts of Leadership the fertile ground they’re calling for.
Annette Hennessy OBE, previously Probation Service Chief Executive
What can I expect?
Drawing on our framework, we learn our way into the future, powered by our Restless Energies we walk the Four Pathways to Spirited Leadership.
We create conditions that so quickly lead to deep connections – with participants’ own ‘inner community’ of leadership, and with your cohort.
You will
Experience creative inputs catalysing your emergent and map-less leadership explorations.
Reflect, inquire and act in a mix of solo, small and full group settings.
Be supported to recognise and learn to integrate, through practise, the thinking, emotional, physical, meaning-making and relational dimensions of your leadership.
Develop in your own unique way, and within your cohort; forming enduring relationships that serve change in your organisation and beyond.
Relinquish suppressed hard-to-face feelings, freeing energy better used to serve your leadership.
Who will facilitate?
This retreat is co-led by James Barlow, Jake Farr and Kirstin Irving . We have extensive experience of operational and strategic leadership, consulting within and to many varied organisations, coaching and psychotherapy practice. We understand from lived-experience how liberating and creative it is to pay attention to our inner worlds and experiment with the insights gained to develop our leadership. We show up fully, bringing our own experiences, warts’n’all.
Accommodation & Food
The fee for this residential retreat at Braziers Park includes single room accommodation. A small discount will apply for those wishing to share or to camp.
The food we eat is an important part of the retreat. All meals will be vegetarian using local, seasonal, organic, and Fair Trade ingredients as much as is feasible practically. We can cater for vegan & gluten-free diets, and can discuss any other needs.
Cost:
To make this programme as inclusive as possible, we operate a sliding payment scale based on trust. Any profit we make is returned to the Leading Through Storms community, supporting the development and wider reach of our work.
£450: Educational institutions, and small NGOs, social enterprises and foundations
£900: Independent consultants and medium-to-large NGOs, social enterprises and foundations
£1, 300: For-profit companies and consultancies, and large foundations
Fees include all materials and facilitation and are not subject to VAT.
IF YOU’RE INTERESTED TO BOOK FOR THIS RETREAT, please contact us in the first instance: info@leadingthroughstorms.org.