Retreats in the Workplace

Over the years, we have hosted many retreats for both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and their boards.  Although the retreats were most often offered for executive teams, many were for managers and employees.  If you would like to see a list of some of these organizations, we would be please contact us.

Retreats Co-hosted with Sydney Bank

Starting in 1996, Vantage Consulting Group was honored to host a series of week-long leadership retreats with Sydney Banks.  These events were the unfolding of a vision that Syd shared with us in the mid-seventies.  Syd always encouraged Chip to use his understanding of the Principles to inspire leaders in the workplace, since so many people spend a large proportion of their lives at work.  Syd also felt that when you affect the lives of leaders, you in turn impact the lives of all the people in their organizations. 

With this is mind, we decided, along with Syd, that the best way to enrich the professional and personal lives of such leaders, would be to provide a venue in which they could learn about themselves as an individual by deepening their understanding of the Three Principles.  An important aspect of the learning was the focus on “finding the balance” between professional and personal life.   Spouses were always welcome and were an important part of the experience.  The size of these groups ranged from around 16 to 30 people.  Participants also included Three Principles practitioners who were delighted to be able to interact with and learn from Syd in such an intimate, non-academic setting.

Although Syd’s presence at these very unique events is irreplaceable, we feel that we learned a tremendous amount about getting people away from their day to day world, and helping them discover more about who they are.  In that way, when they return to their everyday life, they see it from a whole new perspective and with much more creativity.  Who wouldn’t be inspired by such a leader, family member, mentor or friend? Syd modeled leadership himself, and was an example of how to impact others by rediscovering, valuing and utilizing our own wisdom.

For an overview of previous retreats and events hosted with Sydney Banks click here.