A Shift in the Intention of Leadership Training
The leader of today faces a myriad of challenges unlike ever before. The business terrain is complex and rapidly changing. Global influences affect organizations while, at the same time, the implications of organizational decisions ripple outward in their own ever-widening circles of impact. Boundaries between professional advancement and success and personal growth and fulfillment have blurred.
In the past, the task of a leader was fairly well defined. Organizations were hierarchical structures that utilized a top down, command and control form of leadership to accomplish their mission. More often than not, this meant a strict focus on enhancing an organization's financial "bottom line". Less attention was paid to the "how" of leadership or to the capacity to make a positive difference in the world through one's work.
While these traditional styles of leadership are still relevant today, they are increasingly inadequate to meet the ever-growing complexity of the challenge. More and more, leadership is a collaborative endeavor, one that calls for interweaving skills and qualities that are both personal and professional. This includes the ability to envision positive change, communicate mission and direction, call forth motivation and cooperation, respect diversity and different perspectives, and encourage both individuality and unity.
Leadership as if Soul Mattered
There is certainly much that can be learned in the way of appropriate skills and strategies to enhance one's effectiveness as this new kind of leader. But beyond a certain point, the emphasis shifts away from merely learning additional new tools that will help you to become more capable as a leader.
Instead, the focus moves to discovering and then bringing forth your own innate wisdom as you move into the world as a leader. As you do the work of becoming someone who can lead in this way, you increasingly get in touch with the deeper desires of your soul, of what matters most to you. You listen to your own inner voice, paying attention to the task of finding your balance and wholeness as a prerequisite for leading others.
Quest for Leadership will guide you to answer these central questions:
This is where the real passion lies in leadership transformation. Transforming yourself as a leader needs to happen at a deep inner level. You need to access the leader within - a leader who is rooted in soul, grounded by nature, connected to your own core values and wellspring of wisdom, and dedicated to a vision for a better future. Only then can you call forth your own creative and original expression of leadership and offer it in service of making a difference in the world in ways that are most exciting and enlivening for you.
What Business Leaders are Saying About our Work
I undertook this vision quest seeking to ground myself - as a leader and an elder - more fully in both meaningful purpose and joyful expression. I found the experience to be a powerful process for clarifying my intentions and identifying what really holds heart for me. It was also a journey rich with unexpected gifts of insight and unfiltered experiences of truth and beauty. ...The guidance was masterful - with just the right combination of experienced wisdom, open invitation, loving support, and gentle challenge.
Ed Claassen; VP & Director - Product Development
The Grove Consultants International
I wanted to send you this email to let you know the profound and wonderful experience that the Vision Quest has provided me with. The time spent in Death Valley California has left me with an inner calm that has provided a clear understand of my professional, personal and spiritual self. ...Since returning back to my Director of Sales position in Toronto, I have achieved unprecedented results while also creating a more supportive atmosphere for my peers and colleagues. ...I’d recommend Rites of Passage to anyone who asks, and have been to many who don’t. Our Vision Quest is not something I’ll ever forget, and I’ll carry the learnings with me for the rest of my life. Thanks very much Mike, and the entire Desert Fox Clan,
Steven Curtis
Petro-Canada
It has been 10 days since our return from the Vision Quest, and I am pleasantly surprised with the differences I continue to find at work and at home. I am aware that the circumstances of my life have not changed, but my perspective is radically different. There have always been opportunities for improvement in my life, areas that weren’t quite working to their full potential. Something about the program gave me not only the gift of awareness, but the tools on how let go of what was previously holding me back. Many limiting beliefs I held on my life, my marriage, and my career, were left in the desert at the end of our journey. ...I would like to thank you for the incredibly comfortable and open space you created for us as a group. It gave me a sense of security to explore my own identity in a way I had not previously done. It gave my husband and the gift of improved communication, and a deeper sense of love and respect for one another. For all these reasons and more, I would recommend this program with great confidence. Thank you for guiding us all through this incredibly important process!
Sincerely,
Christina Thom
Sales Trainer/Professional Coach
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