The Leadership Summit–Skiing and Leadership at its Peak February 5-8 and March 5-8, 2009
Conventional wisdom tells us that breakthroughs in life cannot be made without enormous effort sustained over a long period of time. In every field there are many entrenched, traditional beliefs that present insurmountable hurdles to achieving the remarkable. This thinking is old-fashioned and unnecessary. As an expert teacher of skiing, I regularly enable skiers of intermediate ability to overcome their fears so that they can ski moguls in their first half day and double black diamond runs by the end of the day. As an expert teacher on leadership and inspiration, we can achieve the same breakthroughs together in a remarkably short period of time. The secret to making a breakthrough in leadership or skiing is the same—the Leadership Summit combines both.
It amazes me that in skiing so many skiers remain average or mediocre year after year, when they do not need to be. And I am equally amazed to see the same thing happen again and again in organizations.
In the choice of our work, we often exercise similar limitations. I have written about how we can make our dreams come true and turn our passions into activities that serve the world, by following what our hearts are calling us to do. People regularly achieve meaning and fulfillment and make fortunes doing what they love—and all of us have the power to do the same.
Each winter, leaders from around the world visit with me in Colorado to learn how to ski better and how to lead better—both can be accomplished in a fraction of the time we usually expect—if we have passion, willingness to learn and change, and a desire to improve—and most importantly, a firm belief that here are no limits.
Skiing is the teaching metaphor
Personal invitation from Lance
You are invited to be my guest at the top of America’s best ski mountain (according to the U.S. Forestry Commission) - Copper Mountain, Colorado. With over 300 days of sun every year, you’ll be inspired by days of Colorado blue skies and views stretching for 100 miles in almost every direction from this 12,400 foot summit. You will be with a small group who are skiing with Lance Secretan and some of our friends who are among the best skiers and skiing teachers in the world. Your skills and the challenge ahead will be matched (from intermediate to expert), and lovingly stretched. We will ski together to the bottom of the mountain and then rest in the village. Then we’ll dissect the learning and embed the quantum skiing improvements you have just learned. Then the subject will turn to leadership and inspiration. The path to great leadership and skiing are the same: learning, listening, empathy, inspiration, communication, fun, mastery, relationships, community, courage, authenticity, service, truthfulness, love, effectiveness. Après-ski, we will carry on the conversations over delicious meals at our favorite local restaurants. Two-and-a-half days later, you will have achieved dramatic breakthroughs in your skiing ability, improved your skiing competence beyond your dreams, made a group of new friends and achieved a profoundly deeper awareness of yourself as an inspiring leader. You will have renewed your belief that similar breakthroughs can be achieved in your organization. You will ski and lead more effectively for the rest of your life.
Inclusive Cost: The cost for this unique experience is $3,000, including all accommodations, meals, lift passes, skiing instruction and leadership coaching. Flight and ground transportation, and equipment rental are not included.
Come join Lance Secretan for a Rocky Mountain High in Colorado
for a unique, inspiring and life altering experience.
What Former Participants are Saying
With Whistler and Blackcomb mountains in my backyard, I expected Lance Secretan's Leadership Summit to be, well, a nice weekend skiing experience, enhanced with conscious conversation. I was wrong. First, the skiing was of the kind I've only seen in videos and the Leadership experience was set in my bones when in the first 30 minutes on the hill, I was treated as an expert skier so masterfully that my mind was changed about my ability, before I knew it. By the end of the weekend, I realized I had leaped forward as an athlete the way I might have done as a teen some 35 years ago. The conscious conversation also touched me deeply, it inspired me to live the CASTLE principles, rather than simply agreeing with them intellectually, as I read Lance's great book "ONE". Back in the office, I'm noticing leadership issues handled with ease and with little thought required—proof again that the weekend is not in my head, it's in my heart. Thank you for a peak life experience.
