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Embodied Leadership Retreat

The Embodied Leadership Retreat by Doors Open

October 2

09:00

The Hague

Calling all female leaders, executives, managers, entrepreneurs, career transitioners, and job seekers!

Do you feel that you’re constantly juggling high pressure, self-doubt and the need to prove yourself? Do you often hear yourself saying ‘yes’ to things when in fact you want to say no? Do you walk out of meetings with your team or (possible) clients feeling unsatisfied with what you said, or did not say? Do you crave a (personal) leadership style that’s authentic, impactful and sustainable, but you don’t know where to start?

Transform Your Leadership with Embodied Leadership

Traditional (personal) leadership programmes focus on the brain, grounded in the belief that knowing how to do something is enough.

But that’s just not how things work.

Meet Sarah: A talented marketing manager. Public speaking fills her with dread. She knows her stuff and on top of that, she’s read all the tips – stand tall, make eye contact, project your voice.  She practices in front of the mirror, perfecting her delivery.

On presentation day, despite knowing the tricks, Sarah’s body “betrays” her.  Her hands tremble, her voice goes high-pitched, and her stomach churns.  Her carefully practiced delivery feels forced and inauthentic. The audience picks up on her nervousness, making the whole experience even more stressful.

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Our ideal participants

Our ideal participants:

  • Corporate leaders and executives
  • Team leaders and managers
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Women looking for a career transition

This edition of the Embodied Leadership Retreat is exclusively for women.

By bringing together women with different roles and positions we are able to tap into the collective intelligence and gain valuable insights from each other’s perspectives.

After this retreat you will be able to

Manage stress

Manage stress and improve your wellbeing and performance

Build connections

Build genuine connections with the people around you

Being confident

Take confident decisions, voice your opinion and take up space, even in high-pressure situations

Set boundaries

Set clear boundaries and stay true to your commitments

Lead yourself

Lead yourself and others more effectively

Hear what past participants have to say!

What you’ll learn:

This Embodied Leadership retreat is not a course on what you do and how you lead. It is a journey to self-discovery about who you are. You will discover the power of embodied leadership and will learn how to act with authenticity, resilience and impact.

This retreat will help you to:

  • Really deal with stress and the risk of burnout – master new, practical strategies to manage high pressure situations, prevent burnout, and maintain resilience when things get tough.
  • Work with complex power dynamics at work like stereotypes and unconscious bias and own your influence with confidence.
  • Manage high-stakes decision-making and learn to set your boundaries, even in stressful situations.
  • Overcome self-doubt and the imposter syndrome.
  • Prioritise self-care by learning how to balance responsibilities and how to say “no”.
  • Have effective conversations by learning how to pause your judgements and establishing a meaningful connection.
  • Network effectively to benefit your career.

How does the Retreat Programme look?

We’ve crafted a comprehensive programme spanning two transformative training days, designed specifically for women eager to enhance their personal leadership journey.

How the brain and body work:

  • Fight vs flight response, your nervus vagus and why that’s important
  • Becoming more aware of your behaviours and understanding where they come from

Exploring your conditioned habits:

  • Understanding and navigating emotions by feeling what happens in your body
  • Understanding and managing your automatic responses under pressure
  • Conquering the Imposter syndrome

Bringing out the best in you: respond vs. react

  • Embodying confidence and assertiveness in your posture and presencein your reactions
  • Actively feeling your automatic reactions and choosing how you want to respond
  • Choosing how you want to show up in the world – taking off your mask

Standing your ground

  • Setting boundaries and saying no
  • Confidently expressing yourself and taking up your rightful space
  • Navigating (unconscious) gender bias in the workplace

Meaningful conversations

  • Focusing on the solution instead of the problem
  • Listening and speaking out: advocating for yourself and others

Managing your energy, not your time

  • Physical exercises for releasing tension and stress
  • Rewriting your personal narrative – what are my automatic behaviours and what can I do differently?
  • Committing to your new self – presenting yourself without a mask

What sets us apart:

This retreat offers a unique blend of experiential learning, expert guidance, and self-discovery that traditional courses simply can’t match, as they focus solely on theory and cognitive knowledge.

The Embodied Leadership Retreat offers you somatic practices, and cutting-edge leadership strategies that connect your mind, body, and spirit, based on insights from evolutionary biology, neuroscience and the Japanese martial art Aikido. By physically experiencing situations, you’ll approach them with more confidence and will be able to skilfully guide your thoughts, emotions, and behaviour in a calm and collected way.

What is included:

  • Two full training days facilitated by certified somatic coaches Suzanne Mau-Asam and Boudewijn Bertsch.
  • A personal intake conversation with the facilitators to explore your personal needs and desired outcome of the Retreat.We tailor the content of the Retreat to our participants’ needs.
  • Two complementary individual 1-hour coaching sessions with Suzanne Mau-Asam and Boudewijn Bertsch (to be scheduled following the Retreat).
  • Unlimited access to digital webinars exploring the content of the Retreat .
  • A certificate of completion.
  • A personalised workbook with exercises based on your needs.
  • Lifelong access to digital video materials.
  • Access to exclusive Embodied Leadership Retreat alumni networking events.
  • Access to an Embodied Leadership Retreat alumni network on LinkedIn
  • A fine dining experience after the first day of the Retreat in which you can connect with the other participants on a deeper level.
  • Two high quality lunches catered to your dietary requirements.
  • Unlimited coffee, tea and snacks throughout the training days.
  • Networking drinks and snacks after the Retreat.
  • Additional learning materials after completion of the Retreat.

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