Programs & Retreats

Alongside my work with senior leaders operating at the highest levels of responsibility, I offer a small number of open programmes and retreats designed to make this work accessible to those who wish to engage seriously with their leadership, authority and responsibility at different stages of their professional journey.

Programmes including The Work Beneath the Work and Courage to Belong retreats are held in London, Morocco and online. These live, unrecorded experiences provide structured space for careful thinking, reflective dialogue and the development of leadership grounded in responsibility rather than performance display.

Retreat settings offer particular value for leadership development because they create the conditions for attention that are difficult to access within the pace of everyday professional life. Stepping outside the immediate demands of role allows leaders to notice patterns that are often obscured by urgency — how they relate to authority, how they respond under pressure, where they may be over-relying on performance, or carrying responsibility without sufficient support. The combination of thoughtful structure, protected time and a carefully held group environment supports reflection that is both disciplined and humane.

A distinctive feature of this work is the quality of attention participants offer one another. People often arrive as strangers, yet through careful listening and shared inquiry, a level of trust develops that allows honest reflection without performance or self-protection. Participants frequently describe leaving with meaningful connections, while also finding that the specific conversations recede, yet something more fundamental remains — a shift in perspective, a greater steadiness in themselves, and a clearer sense of how they wish to lead. The experience tends to stay with people not as a set of techniques, but as a change in how they relate to responsibility, authority and choice.

These programmes draw on more than twenty-five years of engagement with leadership development and reflective practice across diverse contexts internationally. Influences include the principles of Courage & Renewal, leadership development work in Europe, North America and Asia, and learning from a wide range of professional and contemplative traditions. What unites these influences is a shared commitment to depth, integrity and the belief that leadership develops not only through new knowledge, but through strengthened self-understanding and the capacity to remain thoughtful in the presence of complexity.

Participants often experience a quiet recalibration in how they understand their role and the expectations they carry. Many leave with greater clarity about what is truly theirs to hold, renewed confidence in exercising judgement, and a steadier relationship to complexity. These programmes are designed for those who sense that developing leadership capacity is not only about acquiring new techniques, but about strengthening the inner ground from which decisions, relationships and responsibilities are navigated over time.