Leading Through The Void
An Executive Leadership Retreat
September 24 - 30, 2023
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
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A Journey of Self-Discovery and Exploration
Designed for successful and aspiring leaders, this leadership development retreat takes you on a journey of self-exploration and discovery. It is an experiential deep-dive for those who want to explore themselves, their leadership skills and what drives them. By seeing yourself afresh, prepare to lead others by learning how to lead yourself anew in the challenging environments of today and tomorrow.
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Give yourself the gift of space:
A place to reflect, connect, heal, and empower.
What Is The Purpose of A Retreat?
This transformative Retreat is designed to explore the depths of your inner world, and equip you with the tools to lead from a place of balance, alignment, and knowing. Thom and Christina will guide you through practices that foster self-awareness and cultivate a growth mindset.
This journey is focused on experiences; you will be guided through a series of experiential exercises so that you can embody the concepts and understand the signals from your body so that you can get out of overthinking, reacting, and conditioning. You will be forging skills that help you respond from your inner wisdom.
This Retreat will be a place for deep reflection, growth and connection. You'll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, engage in meaningful, life-changing conversations and activities that will challenge your perspective and inspire your leadership.
What Do You Get Out Of A Leadership Retreat?
"The leadership of the future is going to be about being in touch with one's gut, with one's core, because all the motivations that drive organizations today are not going to work in ten years."
Thom Dennis
Retreat Highlights
Your retreat days will be a blend of reflection and discovery activities.
Thom Dennis is passionate about resolving the breadth of issues around good leadership, improving cultures, and bringing awareness to those in positions of power so they understand themselves more deeply and care about the impact they have on their people and environment. He and his team strive to bring healing and renewal in the face of dysfunction in the workplace, remodeling cultures to help the Feminine take her full place, in men and women, and to balance the Masculine that pervades our institutions. This is the route to real inclusion and the elimination of the abuse of power.
Christina Courtright Jenkins is a speaker, teacher, entrepreneur, podcaster, innovator and game-changer. She has been involved in a wide variety of industries guiding people to uncover their authenticity (Essence) and lead from their hearts and their minds. She has consulted with businesses, teams, and individuals from around the globe and has been a founder of several businesses & non-profits.
What people say about working with
Thom & Christina
“Thom came at a time in my career where I needed the counsel and wisdom of a man who had been there and got the T-shirt! Thom has a great listening style and the ability to help you deconstruct the issues you may be facing, and guides you to possible solution pathways. I know my line manager saw an immediate change in my interactions with my peers and leaders, and using his words—I became more comfortable in my skin."
Luigi G Martini FRPharmS, MBA
Professor in Pharmaceutical Innovation, Roche Pharmaceuticals Ltd
"Christina is brilliant at helping me see a bigger perspective so I can make the best choice for me, my team, and my students. She offers insights I had not previously considered as well as encouragement. Christina is supportive and helps inspire people to be authentic, accomplish their goals, and grow personally which is exactly what I have done with more ease and flow through my work with her."
Sara S., Educator & Department Head
"I highly recommend Thom Dennis for executive coaching, change management and leadership development. I have worked with Thom in my capacity as a executive of a global energy company and he has consulted with me in one on one settings as well as on various team projects. Based on this work I would rank him as one of the very best consultants I have ever worked with."
Denyce Treybig
Gulf Coast Restoration Organization and Strategy
& Regions Executive Office of BP America
"Christina is very rare and unique. It’s not often that people can blow you away with their level of aliveness, compassionate presence and high level of integrity by which they live, but Christina does. She is a conscious creator and can read any environment with ease to know how to add value. She is self aware and has a ton of life experience across many different industries and disciplines. She has a gift of being loving and direct at the same time. Christina is a powerful leader and also a humble student."
Korby Nield, Performance Healing
Why we created this Leadership Retreat
Thom (UK) and Christina (USA) met in an online networking group in the midst of the pandemic and discovered they both had a deep passion for and high success rate in guiding leaders and entrepreneurs as they navigate the evolution of their leadership. They realized that most leaders get to a point where they start to feel a dissatisfaction, something that’s difficult to define but which leaves them sensing there’s something more, wondering whether this is all there is; success in and of itself doesn’t feel enough. Thom called that "the Void". It feels like an itch you can’t scratch and there’s no clear way to improve things. So after months of talking they decided to collaborate, bringing their decades of experience and hundreds of client success stories together into a transformational retreat which Thom and Christina define as "an intentionally curated discovery that allows you to look at your life with fresh eyes and leave having embodied new behaviors to actualize the happiness you’ve been hoping for.”
Whether you are leading a team, a department or an entire organization, this Retreat will give you insights into your core drivers, your inner purpose, and fast-track you to the undiscovered depths of your power. From this place you will be able to navigate the uncertainties of today and tomorrow with more clarity, confidence and serenity and a completeness that has filled the Void.
"My work with Thom really helped me. I came away with a greater sense of balance and feeling a weight had been lifted. Thom helped me get through difficult times enabling me to emerge all the wiser and backed up by a team full of newfound confidence."
Senior Commissioning Manager of Global Bank
"Christina has taken away the fear and given me a sense of calmness and understanding in how to craft my work. Now I can be me and speak from my heart. She has been phenomenal in getting to the heart of my message and business. She has a gift of asking the right questions."
Jean Marie Russo, Speaking of Success
This retreat is designed for highly successful leaders who experience a sense of dissatisfaction and an unfulfilled need, known as the Void, and aims to provide insights into their inner purpose and core drivers to navigate uncertainties with clarity, confidence, serenity, and completeness. We believe that in order for transformation to truly be embodied we must explore ourselves through different modalities, engaging all the senses and integrating your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies.
Accommodations
The pristine shores of Lake Atitlan, in Guatemala, ancient home to the Maya, is Villa Sumaya. In Sanskrit, Sumaya means "a long-awaited dream come true", while in Arabic it translates as "a little piece of paradise". This is the beautiful location of the Retreat.
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Whether you're leading a team, a department or an entire organization, this Retreat will provide you with the skills and insights you need to lead through the Void with confidence.
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Your Investment
Corporate
For those whose attendance is paid for by the employer
Individual
For those paying individually or attending or in a small group
A message to employers:
Your management team already possesses the necessary skills and expertise to play an integral role in your organization. But there's more; they require rejuvenation, a fresh perspective, a personal purpose, and energy to tap into their wisdom and inspiration so they can more effectively engage and empower those they lead. It's important to recognize that our identity and leadership style are closely intertwined, and understanding ourselves enables fresh and revived leadership. Developing a personal expression is the key to creating a thriving and committed team culture. This is honed through experiential learning and coaching resulting in observation of perspectives, patterns, beliefs, and actions so that lasting transformation will positively impact your organization. To remain competitive and innovative, today's organizations require leaders who are fully expressed, authentic, and present.
All prices are based on shared occupancy. If you would like single occupancy, let us know in the interview so we can accommodate you.
What happens after you register?
After you register you will have a conversation with Thom & Christina. Upon completion of your interview you will have access to exclusive content, via email, that will prepare you for the Retreat and support leading up to the Retreat.
If, through the interview process, it is realized that this Retreat is not in alignment, you will receive a full refund.
Getting to Villa Sumaya
FLIGHTS: International flights land in Guatemala City (GUA)
TO VILLA SUMAYA : On Sunday, September 24 you will be privately transported via vehicle and boat to Villa Sumaya (approximately 3 hours travel)
RETURNING: On Saturday, September 30 mid morning you will be returned back to Guatemala City via boat and vehicle
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"What helped me was to sit back with Thom and reflect upon how to best communicate our purpose and our victories. Another important win through the discussion with you when I identified what the team most needed in terms of direction and focus and working on it. I am now implementing just that, focusing on choosing goals, setting targets for my team and giving them resources.”
Department Head International Luxury Brand
"Your classes taught me to persevere and live in excellence. I have applied this to my life and my teaching which has led to constant improvement. This is just one of the many skills I have gained from you. You are hands down the best trainer I have ever had and I appreciate that so much. The amount you care about every person is astounding and inspires me push myself to leave that same impact on my students. Thank you!"
Isaac M., University Administrator
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