Personal Leadership:
Making a World of Difference
A Professional Development Opportunity with
‘Personal Leadership Seminars’
March 10-13, 2010 | Crestone, Colorado, USA
Explore the interface between leadership, creativity, and culture.
About the Seminar
The seminar is based on two basic assumptions:
- intercultural knowledge and intercultural competence are two very different things, especially when our deeply held values or sense of identity are affronted by cultural differences and
- in our diverse and interconnected world, change is a fundamental factor that each of us must navigate in our daily lives.
Personal Leadership offers a methodology specifically oriented to bridging the gap between knowing what to do (intercultural knowledge) and actually doing it (intercultural competence). It simultaneously offers us an elegant approach for skillfully navigating situations and relationships that are continually in flux.
The methodology is called ‘Personal Leadership’ because it focuses on taking leadership of our personal experience when we engage the new and unfamiliar—whether that be a person, project, or place. Based on the principles of mindfulness and creativity, the practices of Personal Leadership help us engage our automatic ‘default’ reactions; we learn to remain open and curious, and thus to respond to differences and the unfamiliar in effective and productive ways, even when we feel personally or professionally challenged.
The Learning Objectives:
- becoming familiar with the two principles and six practices that comprise the Personal Leadership framework, contextualizing their theoretical foundations in intercultural communication, organizational leadership, change theory and whole-person self-development, and
- rigorously applying the principles and practices to participants’ specific situations through the powerful process technology of ‘The Critical Moment Dialogue(sm).’
Focusing on our individual interests and engaging our collective creativity, the seminar will include content-focused discussions and integrative conversations as well as opportunities for quiet reflection. Participants will also have the opportunity for a one-on-one coaching session with the designated PLSeminars Coach-in Residence.
Who Should Attend:The seminar is designed for practitioners who are interested in examining the directions and commitments they are making in their own development as they live and work across cultures, including:
- trainers, facilitators, team leaders, teachers, and coaches as well as organizational development consultants
- higher education professionals
- international HR managers
- those who are themselves inter-culturally active
- those whose responsibilities include guiding others towards maximal effectiveness in a multicultural context
Seminar Leaders: Adair Linn Nagata, Ph.D. and Tina Johnson (M.A. pending), both Senior Facilitators with PLSeminars, along with Sheila J. Ramsey, Ph.D. as Founder-in-Residence.
We hope you will join us for a uniquely powerful and joyous experience.
Learn more about the seminar from the perspective of past participants.
For more information, please visit contact the Crestone Administrator.
Logistics
Location: Crestone, Colorado (read why US News and World Report consider Crestone a "sacred place") — a small town nestled in the incredible beauty of The Sangre de Cristo Mountains where the “Southwest meets the Rockies.” Crestone, Colorado is about 220 miles SW from Denver International Airport, or 51 miles north of the airport in Alamosa, Colorado.
The adjacent Rio Grande National Forest, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, and Great Sand Dunes National Park offer superb hiking up uncrowded trails leading to pristine high altitude lakes and fabulous hot springs.
There’s wonderful hiking right outside your door in Crestone, too. Photo opportunities are abundant, from spectacular mountain scenery to the herds of deer that live in the valley.
Organic and natural foods and general necessities can be found “downtown” at the Crestone Mart and the Crestone Store. Wifi is available at the coffee house downtown for those who need to keep up on
business or personal activities.
“You’re more likely to see a mule deer strolling down
Crestone’s main street than you are to encounter a traffic jam.”
Dates: The seminar begins Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Noon and ends Saturday, March 13, 2010 after the closing dinner. (3.5 days)
Fees: Standard fee for registrations received after January 25, 2010: $1775
Early bird registration (those made before January 25, 2010) affords a $200 reduction in price: $1575
Refresher - Past PL Seminar participants interested in a refresher are eligible to register at a fifteen percent (15%) discount: $1510. To qualify for this discount, you must:
- have participated in a complete Introductory or Foundation seminar, not simply a conference presentation AND
- register before January 25, 2010.
These fees include communal meals but not lodging. Registrations are requested by February 22, 2010. Those received after February 22, 2010 will incur a $200 administrative fee.
A partial scholarship may be available for those in need. Learn more.
Payment Methods: Check or money orders (in US dollars drawn from a US bank) may be sent with your registration form. Credit and debit card transactions will be processed through PayPal - a five percent (5%) transaction fee will be applied. Bank wire transfer is also available for a fee of ten dollars ($10).
Refund Policy: If PL Seminars should cancel the seminar, you will be refunded in full any moneys you have paid to us. Partial refunds are also available (minus administrative fees) should you need to cancel. Please refer to the registration form for further details.
Meals: Three lunches and one dinner will be prepared by a local gourmet chef. Local and organic ingredients are used whenever possible. The four communal meals are included in the seminar fee. You will be on your own for all other meals.
Lodging: You will be housed in comfortable condominiums a few minutes from the seminar site. Single occupancy is $70/night + 6% tax. Double occupancy is $35/night + 6% tax. Every effort is made to assign roommates (if one is not already arranged) to those who prefer double occupancy rates. All fees are payable directly to the leasing company and not included in the seminar fees paid to PLSeminars.
Travel Considerations: You will need to either 1) fly into Denver and drive from there (an absolutely beautiful, 4 hour drive) or 2) fly into Denver, transfer to Great Lakes Aviation for the ongoing flight into Alamosa, and then drive or taxi from there (about 1 hour). The only airline into Alamosa, Great Lakes is a partner with United — which makes for an easy transfer if you fly into Denver on United.
Whether you fly into Denver or Alamosa, a car is essential to get you to and around Crestone for the seminar. That said, we make every effort possible to match participants who are interested in sharing vehicles. If you are driving your own car and are willing to pick up passengers along the way — we'll be happy to connect you with others along on your route as well. If you fly into Alamosa you have the additional option to use a taxi service to Crestone.
Additional details including links to resources and car sharing logistics are contained within the registration packet.
Registration
To register for the seminar, download the Registration Form (.doc) and return it and payment.
Early Bird and Refresher registrations must be received before January 25, 2010.
Scholarship applications must also be received by January 25, 2010. Learn More.
Any registration received after February 22, 2010 will incur a $200 administrative fee.
Contact
If you need more information or have specific questions, please contact the Crestone Administrator.
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