BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY

A COMPREHENSIVE THREE-YEAR PROGRAM
FOCUSED ON ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES

You’ve been out in the marketplace for several years now.  You probably feel like you received an excellent grounding from your college years.  And yet the pressures of everyday life have set-in.  Managing a career; paying the mortgage; perhaps creating a family; and still wanting to make meaningful contributions in your world.  To help you with these challenges, individuals and organizations have partnered with the Vail Leadership Institute to provide a unique opportunity for you to advance from managing to leading, and at the same time, to connect with other like- minded individuals.

A group at Yarmony Creek Lodge

The program starts with a three-day retreat in Colorado’s high country around Vail that will encourage you, rejuvenate your spirit and hopefully launch you on a life-long learning journey.  You’ll go back to your organization more focused and energized, having tapped into your God-given leadership potential.  The retreat experience will be followed by a series of activities through our Leaders Network that will keep you connected to leadership development over a three year period.  Many of these activities will be facilitated by a mentor of the Institute’s White River Council.
  
The primary purpose of Foundations of Leadership is to build your leadership capacity by exposing you to a character-driven, values-based leadership framework called Inside First™ These principles and leading practices, drawn from numerous leadership experts, will advance you to a more thoughtful and productive level.  We believe good and effective leadership is built more on character and one’s personal ethics than on skills.  And character and ethics are often founded on a spiritual perspective, however you see this dimension, that strengthens hearts.

The program will use a combination of public and private facilities in the Vail Valley where you will engage in stimulating interactive dialogue and outdoor experiential exercises.  If you are interested in this unique opportunity, please make contact through the attached application. 

SCHEDULE & COMMITMENT

While the retreat is just the kick-off of the three year program, it is a key aspect of the overall experience because it sets the tone and establishes the group relationships going forward.

The retreat schedule is as follows:

Day One:  2:00 PM Arrival

• Orientation
• Life Stories
• Welcoming Dinner

Day Two:

• Core Values & Worldview
• Purpose

Day Three:  2:00 PM Departure

• Vision
• Managing Priorities & Action Plans
• Commitmen