Retreats

Higher Ground Leadership^® Retreat Experiences

Higher Ground Leadership^® is a breakthrough leadership practice that questions, deepens and enriches conventional leadership thinking (the old story) with a new wisdom based on ancient teachings that have been brilliantly adapted to the needs of the modern organization (the new story). It is a journey that enables leaders to become more inspiring to others so they create more inspiring teams and organizations. In the many organizations with whom we have worked, the typical result is a decline in staff turnover of 50% (people like working for inspiring companies) and a doubling of net profits (inspired people do better work and serve customers more effectively).

Higher Ground Leadership^® is a commitment to growth. It incorporates “spirit in the workplace,” “truth-telling,” and “reflection”, “values, “The CASTLE Principles”, “Defining Personal and Organizational Destiny, Character and Calling” and “Rethinking One’s Physical Environment”. It re-energizes people’s passion as never before.

Higher Ground Leadership^® is taught through a five-day, intensive residential retreat led by Dr. Lance Secretan and a team of senior Secretan Faculty members. This is not “a program” but a life-changing experience in which participants are invited to be authentic, to undertake deep reflection and to connect with others in a way they may not have experienced before. Participants acquire an enlightening set of original concepts, let go of obstructing beliefs, and discover new and transforming insights. In short, they learn to experience, appreciate and practice the sacredness of everyday life and work. The purpose is to liberate the individual and dramatically improve team effectiveness.

Higher Ground Leadership^® also provides highly effective and practical tools for immediate day-to-day application. Participants learn to implement Higher Ground Leadership^® principles system-wide by teaching the concepts that they have co-created in the “Infusion Plan” segment of the Retreat. By holding subsequent Retreats in a short period of time and sharing the resulting stories, and through a DVD-based, internally taught curriculum, the breakthrough thinking quickly transfers into all aspects of the organization. Secretan Faculty members also bring the work inside the organization through executive coaching and strategic mentoring, eliminating consultant co-dependency. Higher Ground Leadership^® seeks to transform organizations through individual growth.

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