Conscious Leadership Intensive

08-822 The Inner Life of the Leader:
Understanding the Personal & Cultural Context of Leadership
with Elizabeth Hall; Rev. Karen Watt MA; Rev. Michael Pergola MA, MBA, JD

Friday, January 30, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm,
Saturday & Sunday January 31 & February 1, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
$275 Public, $225 OSIS Students
OSIS Credit Value: 2

Distance Learning Not Available

The comprehensive perspective of The Conscious Leadership Institute moves beyond traditional methods and practices and invites the curious learner to explore the subtle yet powerful nuances of leadership needed to more effectively address the complex challenges of today’s organizations.

This Intensive, The Inner Life of the Leader, provides a model for understanding and practicing more intricate levels of leadership, addressing the inner life of the Leader-Self. We look at the habitual patterns that drive behaviors and outcomes and explore the impact of organizational culture and social systems on our behavior. At this Intensive, participants will have an opportunity to:

• Conduct a Leader-Self assessment and examine intention, life purpose and goal setting
• Identify aspiration, current reality, resonance and creative tension
• Build a Leader-Self container through development in awareness, presence and emotional balance that promote non-reactivity and resilience
• Learn about relationship attunement; alignment with one’s “inner compass” with others and the group/community
• Train in facilitation as a core capacity of leadership to elicit potential in others, individual and group reflection, conversation, dialogue and conflict resolution

This Intensive may be applied toward the Conscious Leadership Institute’s certificate training program, credited toward One Spirit Interfaith Seminary electives, or experienced as a stand-alone immersion in practical, authentic leadership training for the general public.

Elizabeth Hall has over 30 years of professional experience working in sales, marketing, customer service, general management and human resources within the telecommunications, healthcare, consumer products and fashion industries. She has held management and senior executive roles in AT&T, Aetna and most recently at Liz Claiborne, Inc. as Vice President, Group Director for Learning & Organizational Development, where she was instrumental in designing and implementing a leading-edge executive leadership development initiative that introduced best practices in adult learning and development. During Elizabeth’s tenure as the corporate steward of leadership development, LCI was recognized in 2006 and 2007 by Hewitt International’s survey as a Best Company for Leaders and was recognized in 2008 by the American Productivity and Quality Council as a top five best-practice company for identifying, assessing and developing top talent.

Rev. Michael Pergola MA, MBA, JD, Co-Founder & President of One Spirit Learning Alliance has pursued an understanding of consciousness in individuals and collectives for over 30 years. A long time student of the world’s wisdom traditions, he served as Chief Knowledge Officer at a large bank for six years and practiced law at Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering for nine years. He has a JD and MBA from Cornell University and a Masters in Organizational Dynamics and Individual Development from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an Enneagram teacher, a facilitator, mediator, meditation teacher, biofeedback practitioner and executive coach. He teaches and consults to Fortune 500 companies in the areas of leadership, communication, organizational learning and creativity. He develops and teaches courses in a wide variety of areas including: Integral Spirituality, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life, and Spiral Dynamics. In his various roles Michael applies his understanding to support others in developing personal mastery and the capacity for skillful action.

Rev. Karen Watt, MA, is an ordained Interfaith minister, a consultant to business, educational, and non-profit organizations and a personal and business coach. She is a trained facilitator, a certified mediator, an experienced educator, a certified Enneagram teacher, and a board member of One Spirit Learning Alliance. Karen has facilitated organizational learning and coached both individuals and teams in large corporations. She served as a lead teacher and Board President at the Institute for the Advancement of Service in Alexandria, VA., and has a Master’s Degree from George Washington University. In her various roles as teacher, counselor and coach she provides a safe space for individuals to understand the “limits to growth” that impede their development as full human beings. Karen nurtures her student’s capacity for personal mastery, self-knowledge, and skillful action in their personal and professional relationships.