What We Offer

New Directions Collaborative facilitates retreats that give people the space for reflection and renewal to stay inspired and sustain themselves to work for change over the long haul. Our retreats provide an opportunity to "hit the pause button" to reflect on their work and what is changing, restore/re-energize, and cross-fertilize ideas. Personally and professionally, we all benefit by strengthening our personal relationships with others doing similar work toward a common purpose.

The aims of a typical leadership retreat are to:

• Enhance individual leadership skills and gain clarity about one’s personal intention and vision
• Share perspectives about emerging solutions and overcoming common challenges
• Create an action learning network with other people who can become sources of ideas and support, and potentially new collaborators
• Relax and recharge in a beautiful place

The formats include a mix of large and small group conversation, experiential exercises, shared meals, and free time for personal reflection.

We sponsor our own retreats and work with our clients to design and facilitate retreats for a group of participants they invite. Every detail of the retreat is designed to reflect the new sustainable culture we are working to create, such as organic food, day-lit comfortable accommodations, a balanced pace, and experiential ways of working collaboratively to generate new insights and creative ideas.