Leadership Workshops & Retreats
Leadership Development Through Shared Experience
Customized, highly interactive workshops and retreats that help leaders and teams explore challenges, strengthen skills, and put new approaches into practice.
Designed Around Your Organization's Needs
Every organization and leadership team faces different challenges. Workshops and retreats are tailored to the group's goals, dynamics, and organizational context, whether the focus is developing leadership capabilities, strengthening relationships, or navigating change.
Programs range from focused workshops to half-day and full-day retreats, with content and format developed collaboratively to meet the organization's needs.
An Experiential Approach to Leadership Development
Drawing on Gretchen's extensive experience in adult education, curriculum development, and leadership, workshops and retreats emphasize active participation through facilitated discussion, experiential activities, small-group collaboration, and reflection.
Participants have opportunities to exchange perspectives, practice new approaches, and work through real leadership challenges together, making the learning relevant and immediately applicable.
Topics and Areas of Focus:
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Leading Through Change & Uncertainty
The Human Side of Organizational Change
Leading Through Uncertainty
Guiding Teams Through Transitions
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Communication, Conflict & Influence
Influence Without Authority
Navigating Difficult Conversations
Giving Effective Feedback
Understanding Conflict Styles
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Leadership Effectiveness & Sustainability
Authentic Leadership and Finding Your Voice
Leadership Styles and Agility
Values-Based Leadership
Sustainable Leadership Practices
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Leading & Developing Teams
Building Trust and Psychological Safety
Motivating and Developing Team
Understanding Team Strengths and Working Styles
Strengthening Collaboration and Team Effectiveness
Workshops may also incorporate leadership assessments and other development tools to deepen individual and team learning
“Gretchen has designed and delivered multiple leadership workshops for Spur Impact. Her sessions are consistently engaging, highly interactive, and well received by participants. She creates an environment that encourages meaningful discussion and participation, and attendees leave with practical insights and ideas they can put into action right away.”
– Jennifer Saienni, Director of Nonprofit Engagement, Spur Impact
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What does your team need right now?
Let's discuss how a customized workshop or retreat could support your organization's leadership development goals.