Leadership Retreats

Depart the usual. Explore the new.

"Kathy's facilitation of our annual Board of Directors' retreat was a masterclass in how to shape and co-create a joyful, specific,
next-step-filled future plan. It is a rare skill to be both brilliantly focused & organized and a deeply intuitive listener; to be both
rigorously logical & analytical as well highly sensitive & gentle; and to be both consummately professional and marvelously fun."
Pat Gildea – Chair, Strategic Fundraising Plan – Mystic Chorale Board of Directors – Arlington, MA

Why 'Retreat'

Consider your big picture
What are you aiming for? Where are you now? What's needed to close the gap? What's needed beyond you that you could help improve while also creating what you need?

Clarify why you are doing what you are doing
Are today's goals the ones you truly care about? Do they address your future? Who else do they serve beyond you? Any old goals (or perspectives) that you need to let go of?

Untangle the thorny issues and systems
What relationship or structural changes could improve your business or community?
Where could you better connect, collaborate, share resources, engage differences? Who is missing or being left out?

Go forward together
What's needed to help you collectively direct your path? Is everyone clear and headed the same direction?
Who wants to do what by when? (Break things into small parts so people can do their part without being overwhelmed.

Simplify, streamline, share, automate
What can you simplify, make repeatable or more pleasurable? Where can you save time?
What needs more of your focus for better overall results?

Rest, connect, get to know each other
What makes you tick? Laugh? Think? Act? What inspires you to discover and develop your talents?
What helps you lift each other up? Support others' growth?

Who to Involve

Stakeholders: those impacted by or contributing to the project
Strategic thinkers, decision makers
Representation of interdependent teams or groups
Experienced people and newbies
People with diversified skills needed to accomplish the goals

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We LISTEN to discover

What are your overall goals for the retreat?
What's the broader contribution your org intends?
What's your current context? Internal and external.
What are your current challenges?
What's missing that would make a positive difference?

We offer SUPPORT to meet your needs

Custom retreat design to enhance the focus, delivery and impact of your goals, relationships and/or systems.
Half day to 3 day sessions in a variety of settings.
Facilitation for groups of 3 - 20; in person or online.
Communication: Invitation and outlines for your team
Results & 'next step' outlines

"Leaders all over the planet are beginning to understand the benefits of purposefully
learning to be more attentive and focused, non-reactive, and clear."
Saki Santorelli, Ed.D., Executive Director, Center for Mindfulness University of Massachusetts Medical School

Kathy brings a deep background in leadership, energy, psychology and group facilitation to her work with private individuals and organizational leaders.