Photo by Gianna Keiko
Guided by We are Open Circle Founders Miriam Jones and Adam Rumack @Owyhee River Ranch, Central Eastern Oregon (nearest airport: Boise, Idaho
“Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit, The power of passion and perseverance
Join an exclusive group of intrepid leaders, innovators, and pioneers on a New Leadership Adventure.
This time deep in the canyonlands of Eastern Oregon, with its expansive wilderness, desert rivers, abundant life, and diverse human community.
Soul and Spirit in Leadership will invite you to dig as deep as the canyon walls, into who you are and what you have to offer.
You will gain skills and practices to lead others through change and uncertainty.
You will leave refreshed, renewed, and more confident to face the challenges of leadership.
Our time together will have two parts:
In the first 4 days we will explore concepts and practices of Shadow; the part of ourselves that we have refused to see, but which often holds a key to our greatest offerings to the world.
In the second part, we will vision together and with wild nature who we are and what we can be when we diminish the self-protection that has dimmed our capacity to shine ever more brightly in the world. For ourselves and for others.
In between experiential learning time, we will share meals, have plenty of free time for rest, exploring the Owyhee river and canyonlands, enjoying the local hotsprings, or unstructured time with others company).
This program includes a 24-hour fasted solo time in nature. We will prepare you during and before this challenge.
This is for you if you are:
Considering a career change
Working on a vision for a project or organization you what you want to create in the world
Challenged in leading groups through constantly changing goal posts
Looking for clarity over how to take a big forward step in life and work
Creating your unique leadership style
Considering a major change in your leadership or organization
Forming an idea of a legacy you want to leave or give back to the world
You will gain:
Clarity: to see through the smaller choices to the big purpose you have and will follow in your life
Navigation skills to assist in making choices for yourself and those you lead to more easily that align to where you want to go
Grit to thrive in challenge and change
Momentum to inspire your daily practices of mental, physical, and spiritual fitness
Confidence to blaze your own trail and inspire others to join you
WHY INVEST TIME AND MONEY IN THIS?
“This sort of whole person learning is not theoretical. These land based immersions have important transformative value for individuals of all ranges of development, and particularly those feeling stuck or confused by transition. In all this, the support of the land and surrounding resources provided a foundation for those who came to make the inner changes that were calling them.”
Ingrid Ammondson, PhD ,Licensed Psychologist
You will receive:
2 x 1 hour personal coaching sessions with WOC senior coach (online), one session prior to the adventure to clarify aims and intents and one post the retreat to assist in applying what you learnt towards those intentions in your life and work.
9 day guided training at Owyhee River Ranch
Online training, resources and preparation included recommended articles, books and podcasts, reflection exercises and wilderness guide
Full use of Owyhee River ranch - Shared accommodation in yurts by the river or if preferred on site camping, full kitchen, internet and bathroom available on site
3 months of physical fitness training through our partner MTNTough.
Ample time to enjoy the Owyhee Canyonlands. From fly-fishing (license required) to great day hikes, to local swimming holes and hotsprings (5 minutes away).
Arrival: October 19th
Program: October 20th, 10am - October 28th, 2pm
Day off: October 23rd
Investment: $3,000
Or 4 payments of $765
Secure your spot for a 10% deposit of $300
Includes camping, with full kitchen, internet, bathroom, and shower. Does not include food.
There are 8 beds available in onsite shared yurt spaces - this is available for full time at $450 ($50 per night).
”Going into this trip, I was hoping for a life changing experience, but I didn't know the depths of that change and what would be required to elicit it. From the very beginning of this program, I was faced with challenges, both physical and mental, but the guides "lead without leading" and steered me up the mountain. I came out with a renewed belief in myself and what I was capable of. This trip definitely changed my life and I am now putting in the work to ensure others receive value from the work that was done up there.”
~ Antonio DeAscanis, Founder and CEO, BLKOPS Fitness Delaware, USA
"This programs ability to transform was tremendous. It provided me a closer and authentic look into myself and how I approach groups and community and society. This was far better personal growth for myself than the leadership training I received in the past as it forced me out of my comfort zones encouraging new growth and simultaneously solidified my confidence in myself."
~ John Egnatis, co-founder of Grenadier Homes, a homebuilding company based in Dallas, Texas
“I noticed as we sat together online after we got home that for each person the experience led to them becoming unstuck and being able to clearly and easily move forward in their lives - finishing a book, moving forward with a choice in a career direction, letting go of what was no longer working.”
~ Tiffany Lopez, Entrepreneur, Author, California