Retreats in Portugal - Leadership Voice

You should attend Leadership Voice if you are a woman who:

• Owns her own business and is looking for a sense of renewal
• Are a senior manager who wants to reconnect with her essence
• Has accomplished much yet still feels empty inside
• Need to find the passion and vision to expand an existing business
• In your zeal to get to the top feels like you’ve let some essential part of you go
• Needs to explore your potential in an environment that supports individuality

What you can expect to get from Leadership Voice:

• A new definition of leadership that leaves you more empowered and committed to your business
• A clear pathway to creating the next phase of your life, both professionally and personally
• Commitment to achieving goals that are far beyond anything you currently think are possible for yourself and your business
• Skills to self manage stressful situations
• Tools for Self management that you can pass along to colleagues, staff and family members
• A powerful re-thinking of your entire life and business future

How will I be able to achieve these kinds of results during Leadership Voice:

During the first week, there is very little structure, although I am present at all times for ad hoc coaching conversations, as a tour guide and for general support. By design, the first week is to help you to disconnect from your existing life. It acts as a pattern interrupt that invites you to switch your focus from the outside world, and from being focused on taking care of the needs of others, to a focus on the inner world, your inner world and all about that inner world that delights you, scares you or that you are curious about.  You also use this time to get to know other participants at your own speed, in your own way (and choosing to not get to know them is also perfectly OK!).

During the second week we get together as a group on a daily basis. As your facilitator, I offer up a series of models or ways of thinking about life, as well as a series of guided meditations.  Each participant will have her own desired outcomes and the retreat process is a weaving together of individual needs and interests through a series of intense conversations and ‘personal processing’ moments.  This is a difficult process to describe because it is a deeply individual, personal and often mystical experience for participants.  While not overtly religious, it definitely touches people in profound ways, often leading to big insights and an acceleration in how people choose to live their lives.

Some of the explorations you’ll typically be invited into during Leadership Voice are:

• What is my personal definition of leadership? What experiences have I had of being in the presence of ‘true leadership’?
• If I were to be completely honest with myself, these are the things I know I can do but I don’t because I am afraid of how others will judge me.
• My greatest fears in life and business are …
• I feel safest when the following conditions are present
• If I were to claim the moments when I knew without doubt that I was a leader they would be …
• When I think about the distinction between being ‘a leader’ and ‘the leader’ I notice …
• The secret I have about myself that is holding me back …
• When I think about my purpose as a leader I notice …

These are all deeply intimate explorations. And yet, you’ll discover that the process we use allows you to explore them in full privacy, with no need to share with anyone else the details of your life history or search. What it takes is a willingness on your part to allow yourself to be guided into areas of awareness you may never have explored before: to be willing to be totally honest with yourself about yourself.