Banff Centre | Foundations of Purpose | Leadership Intensive

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"Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountains and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life."  –Morehei Ueshiba (Founder, Aikido)

Every leader – no matter how competent and outwardly successful – reaches a challenging point where they must pause and take stock of what matters most in life. Some may realize their external life has come with a steep inner price – perhaps the loss of connection to something vital. Some may feel stuck in a story too small for the person they sense they can become. Others face complex leadership challenges that require the cultivation of their own deeper capacities. 

Foundations of Purpose supports participants to explore and navigate this critical leadership threshold. It is a deep, personal dive into what poet David Whyte calls, “your own truth at the centre of the image you were born with.” Participants will tap into their own creative intelligence and explore profound personal questions to clarify the next steps on their journey. Past participants tell us that this process brings a renewed sense of meaning, energy, and purpose to their work of leading and making change in these turbulent times.

What does the program offer?

  • Learn and practice the arts of deep listening, expanded awareness, and skillful inquiry
  • Engage imagination and exploration of the natural world to track the threads of the story that calls you to the next phase of your leadership journey
  • Explore real world applications of models of human development and the emerging science of human potential
  • Generate new insight and possibilities using techniques drawn from the creative, expressive, and somatic arts
  • Develop sustaining practices to align your actions and decisions with your purpose and internal commitments; quickly connect with and move from your most centered and skillful presence; and cultivate your own wholeness

Who should register?

Foundations of Purpose is designed for those who yearn to bring their deepest and most creative potential to their work, and who aspire to make a unique contribution to the world. The program will have a particular relevance for seasoned leaders and influencers who find themselves in transition, holding profound questions, or perhaps standing at a critical crossroads or developmental threshold. 

Those who find themselves at the ‘edge’ of the stories that have sustained, defined, and empowered them will feel at home here. The program is not a good fit – and may be profoundly destabilizing – for those who want everything in their life and work to stay just the way it is.

Please note, our programs are filled on a first come, first served basis. Please register early to secure a confirmation of your spot.

What do participants say?

  • “The most inspiring, deep, and transformative learning opportunity I have experienced in my 31 years of professional and personal development.”  – Darlene Nuqingaq, The Iqaluit Music Society
  • “This course should be a prerequisite for living in our current world. It allows for full exploration of our lives and gives us real tools to make an impact.”  – Claire Hefferon Payne, National Program Director, Business for the Arts

About Banff Centre Leadership Programs

Banff Centre Leadership programs integrate the power of the arts, the wisdom of Indigenous practice, and the extraordinary beauty of Banff National Park to prepare and empower the next generation of leaders.

Programs help participants bring creative and reflective approaches to a rapidly changing world, and connect leaders with others who share their commitment to positive change in Indigenous communities, businesses, non-profit organizations, cultural institutions, and government.

Registration Deadline: September 10, 2019
Program Dates: September 19 - 23, 2019
REGISTER ONLINE: http://bit.ly/2TAYuFT

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4.5 days
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Thursday, September 19, 2019 to Monday, September 23, 2019
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Cecelia Leddy, Recruitment & Alumni Officer, Arts & Leadership
Email: leadership@banffcentre.ca
Phone: 403-762-6383