The Art of Leadership

November 17, 2014

Do you want:

• to live and lead from your life purpose for social change?
• to learn how to build and maintain collaborative partnership?
• to bring your life and work into balance, so that you can sustain your energy for a lifetime of activism?

After the Art of Leadership Training, You Can Expect To:

• Articulate an inspiring and clear vision for your work
  
• Deal more effectively with organizational and leadership challenges
• Skillfully manage relationships to increase personal and organizational effectiveness
• Build strong partnerships inside and outside your organization and community

Art of Leadership is:

• A five-day intensive residential retreat that teaches powerful visioning, listening, speaking, presentation, team-building and feedback skills to emerging and established social change leaders.
• Taught in an intimate learning community limited to 24-30 emerging and longtime leaders, working across a wide range of issues: climate change, human and civil rights, arts and cultural work.
• Led by nationally recognized thinkers, educators and activists who are experts at sharing in-depth insights and innovative leadership practices.
• All retreats are held in beautiful retreat settings in California and on the East Coast.

The Training Curriculum Includes:

Inner Reflection - Many social change leaders are so focused on their organizations that they don't have space to reflect on their own needs as a leader. The Art of Leadership offers leaders time and reflective space to examine their strengths and challenges.

Practical Tools - Over the course of five days, leaders engage in hands-on practice in planning, public speaking, stress-management practices and courageous conversations. Leaders receive a personalized 360 degree leadership assessment to help set leadership performance goals.

Powerful Community - Each training convenes 24-30 leaders working in different organizations and issue areas. The Art of Leadership fosters learning partnerships through pair and small group work, as well as post-retreat peer support.