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Course Description

Emergence: A Land-Based Leadership Retreat


Emergence is a nature-based leadership intensive designed for experienced leaders who want to strengthen their ability to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and organizational change. Unlike traditional leadership training, this immersive retreat deepens your capacity to lead with clarity, courage, and grounded confidence.

Through land-based learning, Indigenous perspectives, and reflective practice, you will expand how you sense, interpret, and respond to the challenges of modern leadership.

Course Details

Program Overview: What this retreat offers

This intensive leadership retreat blends:

  • Nature-based learning in a wilderness environment
  • Indigenous teachings from respected knowledge keepers
  • Systems-thinking and complexity leadership frameworks
  • Contemplative and somatic practices
  • Facilitated reflection to clarify your purpose and values
  • Peer learning with experienced leaders from diverse sectors

This approach offers a powerful alternative to classroom-based leadership training — ideal for leaders seeking meaningful, whole-person development.


Key Outcomes

Participants leave the retreat with:

  • Stronger leadership presence and the ability to stay centered under pressure
  • Enhanced capacity to lead through ambiguity, volatility, and complex change
  • Ecological and systems fluency that transforms how you understand organizations
  • Renewed clarity of purpose, values, and leadership identity
  • Practical tools for regenerative, sustainable leadership
  • Improved decision-making rooted in awareness, reflection, and perspective

These outcomes support leaders who are navigating strategic growth, organizational transformation, or increasingly complex environments.

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Type
Program
Days
M
Time
4:00PM to 9:00PM
Dates
Aug 17, 2026
Type
Program
Days
T, W
Time
8:30AM to 4:30PM
Dates
Aug 18, 2026 to Aug 19, 2026
Type
Program
Days
Th
Time
7:30AM to 10:30AM
Dates
Aug 20, 2026
Schedule and Location
Hours
24.0
Delivery Options
Course Fees

Section Notes

Dates: August 17 – 20, 2026

Location: The Crossing, Ghost River

Commitment: 4 days (3 nights)

Included:

  • Single room occupancy accommodation
  • All meals and refreshments
  • Safety equipment as required

Special considerations

As the venue is set within a rural Foothills environment, we ask participants to note the following considerations to help ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for everyone:

  • No prior outdoor experience is necessary; however, the retreat will include some outdoor activities that participants are strongly encouraged to take part in.
  • All participants are expected to attend a mandatory pre-retreat online orientation meeting in early July.
  • Registration confirms your agreement to complete all required forms and documentation, including course waivers and personal information forms. These steps are essential to participation and incomplete submissions may affect your ability to take part in this course. 
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