Classes & Events

If your organization has a clear vision, it will include the disappearing need of your organization. If you do your job as a leader, you should be working yourself out of a job. In this session, we will explore the dance between attachment and letting go in leadership. The conversation will necessarily include topics of mentorship, coaching, management, and trust in the shadow of our inevitable disappearance.

Join the Open Circle Facilitator Training and transform how your community or organization collaborates and thrives. Build an agile and adaptive team, organization, or community; Strengthen mission-driving effectiveness on diverse teams; Enhance communication and creativity; Spark collaboration and action. Connect with leaders from corporate, non-profit, education, agriculture, and more, all united in the mission to create resilient and impactful communities.

This discussion will challenge the traditional focus on growth as the ultimate goal, contrasting it with the deeper, more profound process of transformation. We'll examine how to prioritize meaningful change over expansion and productivity, fostering a culture that values lasting impact. Hint, it requires being ready to let go of what you’ve planned and accept failure.

Leadership often demands navigating complex ethical dilemmas and competing interests. This is even truer in a convulsive political climate. This session will focus on maintaining a strong moral compass amidst external pressures and internal conflicts. We'll share tools and practices for leading with authenticity, ensuring decisions reflect core values even in turbulent times.

Imagine a program tailored for service professionals and non profit leaders where your journey is the driving force of your mission. "Strength to Serve" is a 2-month program that fosters transformation with empathy and courage. It includes a wilderness intensive, 1:1 coaching, and online educational sessions with a community of dedicated individuals. The core of this program is a 9-day backpacking retreat in the Eastern Sierras in California, empowering you to lead and serve with lasting principles.

Join an exclusive group of intrepid leaders, innovators, and pioneers on a new kind of leadership soul and spirit adventure deep in wild canyons of Owyhee Oregon, with its expansive wilderness, place of abundant winding rivers, rich life, and diverse human community. This is an advanced program by application only.