Six Integrated Capabilities
Strategic Thinking & Focus
Ask sharper strategic questions and connect long-term direction to current priorities.
Executive Management & Execution
Align and cascade effort across a business so strategy lands in day-to-day work.
The Neurobiology of Pressure
Understand the neurobiology of performance and turn sustained pressure into fulfiment.
Emotional Intelligence & Flow
Read the room, lead with EQ, and build the conditions for flow states at work and beyond it.
Confidence & Influence
Carry calm, succinct authority into any conversation.
Fulfilment & Purpose
Reconnect to what matters and define your next chapter.
Space, to think, be, and gain clarity.
Realtime Consulting
Masterclasses to reflect on best practices in strategy and strategy execution, with tools to apply these to your business, role, and life, in real time.
- Strategy at a corporate and functional level
- Translating business strategy to operating strategies
- Strategy execution best practices
- Heatmapping and strategic priority setting
- Operating model best practices to make it happen, without burning out
The Science of Fulfilment
An advanced workshop in Bounce & Flow. Bounce is the evidence-based, practical, and integral neurobiology behind your performance under pressure. Flow is engineering the criteria for sustained flow in work and life. The priorities of the group determine the focal split between Bounce, Grow, Connect, and Flow modules.
- The physiological and experiential reality of pressure, when it's poorly managed versus when it's mastered
- Practical regulation tools you can use immediately
- Emotional intelligence as a leadership skill
- Building the conditions for flow, at work and in the rest of your life
Individual & Peer Executive Coaching
A space to consider new perspectives, bounce ideas around, and get risk-free feedback from people and peers who get what senior leaders are dealing with.
- 1-on-1 executive coaching in preparation and for post-retreat integration
- Comprehensive but focused 360 feedback as retreat inputs
- Applied working sessions to share thoughts and insights with the small group
- Enneagram deep-dive on self and professional peers
- Professional storytelling and personal vision setting
Structured Reflection & Integration
Curated mindfulness activities to unwind, reflect, and integrate.
- Yoga and calming breathwork
- Specifically curated guided meditations
- Dedicated free time to unwind and reflect
- Dinners and fireside discussions
- Tea ceremony, cacao ceremony, or wine tasting, to suit the group
The itinerary
Four days
Each day pairs deep strategic work with supporting practices. Day 3 steps up into Advanced Bounce & Flow, our signature session, open to everyone with no prior experience needed. A closing morning sends you home.
Final morning Closing Circle: farewells and check-out.
Your facilitators
Facilitators
An integrated experience built from neurobiology, emotional intelligence, and executive strategy.
Tom Gardner
Executive Strategy
Tom brings strategic clarity. An ex-McKinsey consultant, he now works with CEOs and senior executives to implement strategy that transforms ambition into decisions. He leads the strategy sessions so the resilience and emotional intelligence work applies in real business choices.
Dr Sven Hansen
Neurobiology and Resilience
Sven brings the science of performing under pressure. A medical doctor and founder of the Resilience Institute, he has spent decades translating neurobiology, behavioural and sports science into methods leaders can use. His work is the physiological foundation of the retreat.
Lauren Hansen
Emotional Intelligence & Applied Coaching
Lauren brings emotional intelligence and coaching that turns insight into changed behaviour. A former M&A lawyer and startup co-founder, she coaches each participant through the week, connecting nervous-system science to the specific decisions and habits they take home.
What's included
A small-group, high-touch program designed to remove the logistics and let you focus on the work and the recovery.
- Four days of expertly guided working sessions
- Morning and evening yoga, meditation, and reflective practice
- All meals — gourmet, healthy, and locally sourced
- Single accommodation designed for rest and reflection
- 1:1 coaching and hot-seat strategy sessions
- A curated leadership workbook and retreat journal
- A pre-retreat prep call and a post-retreat integration coaching call
- A small peer cohort and an ongoing alumni community
Is it a fit?
Investment
Request an invitation.
Investment is shared on enquiry. This is a small-group, high-touch program, and the details, including location and dates, are confirmed on a short call to make sure it's the right fit.