May 19 · 9am - May 21 · 1pm EDT Experiential In-Person Live Seminar with group, partner, and individual work.  Offered by: PL Senior Facilitators of Marie Sheffield, and Tatyana Fertelmeyster.   Join us to learn the Principles & Practices of Personal Leadership that will support and sustain your ability to: Lead yourself while . . . LEARN MORE

September 22-25, 2021 Crestone, Colorado CANCELLED DUE TO COVID As we watch the Delta variant of COVID-19 surge, we are called to put safety first and cancel this event. Those of you who have already registered will receive full refunds. We deeply regret any inconvenience. We also regret that we will not be able . . . LEARN MORE

The pandemic has delivered us a global “Somethings Up.” What better time to develop your resilience by deepening the practice of Personal Leadership? instant withdrawal online casino in Australia Stay calm and creative and discern your right action with compassion and curiosity as we navigate our emerging reality together. Register at Eventbrite  Using neuroscience-based . . . LEARN MORE

Engaging Ambiguity: An International Evacuation During a Global Pandemic Please join us on Wednesday, May 20th, 2020, for a free videoconference with the founders of Personal Leadership. We’re going to use Sheila's very real-world and recent lived experience as a springboard for a larger conversation about what has relevance for all of us now, the PL . . . LEARN MORE

“Personal Leadership: Leading the Self Before Leading Others” Offered by Rita Wuebbeler, M.A. Format and dates: 4 online modules of 2 hours each over 2 days with a 1-hour follow-up session 2 weeks later delivered via ZOOM June 10 & 11, 2020: 8-10 am EST and 1-3 pm EST  June 25: 1-hour follow-up session . . . LEARN MORE

Start your new year right! Read all about it here:   . . . LEARN MORE

The Coronavirus required us to cancel the Training of Facilitators (ToF) seminar on Whidbey Island that would, in the normal course of things, be taking place right now. Tatyana Fertelmeyster and Marie Sheffield are exploring opportunities to take some aspects of ToF learning online, and many other Senior Facilitators are offering online opportunities to . . . LEARN MORE

Actualizing Your True Authority to Make A World of Difference Sheila Ramsey, Ph.D June 16-21, 2019 Omega Institute Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.A. Register here. Are you deeply moved, even feel an urgency perhaps, now more than ever to make a difference? Do you wonder what difference can really make a difference in our world . . . LEARN MORE

Through Open Space Technology (plus a couple of special celebratory events), we are coming together from across the globe to co-create our gathering in the moment to engage Personal Leadership (PL) through heads, hands and hearts. Join us to connect PL to theory in the field, share new ways apply PL across multiple contexts, and deepen . . . LEARN MORE

Are you . . . Ready to facilitate Personal Leadership? Wondering how best to design or sequence the training? Ready for tips and techniques? If so, this Training of Facilitators seminar is what you need. INTRODUCTION Personal Leadership can appear deceptively easy to facilitate. After all, it seems like such a simple method. Yet . . . LEARN MORE

We are very excited to announce the first ever MID-WEST Personal Leadership Gathering taking place this September in Naperville, Illinois. Please come and renew your Personal Leadership skills, make new connections, and explore different aspects of practicing and facilitating Personal Leadership.   Dates: Friday, September 14th & Saturday September 15th, 2018.   This is a time . . . LEARN MORE

Let’s get together! Join the Personal Leadership community in 2019 for a global gathering at the beautiful Mercy Center near San Francisco, California. Program begins Friday, April 26 at noon and concludes after lunch on Sunday. Registration fees include meeting spaces and residential housing with meals. Commuter options also are available. Expect costs to range from . . . LEARN MORE

Register now at Eventbrite Leverage new breakthroughs in neurophysiology to strengthen your PL practice in ways that will transform your life. What participants are saying:    "I learned so much about PL and about how I can integrate the practices into my life."     "I felt a deepening of practice and of engagement . . . LEARN MORE

  Dates have been set for the next two years of The Art of Personal Leadership: Training of Facilitators! Details  for ToF 2019 and registration will be available later this spring.   2019 * opening dinner: Monday March 18th * closing: Saturday March 23rd  * follow-up plenary 1: Wednesday April 3rd, 10am and 4pm Pacific (2 . . . LEARN MORE

- How a little step outside your comfort zone makes a big difference - Why Join Us: Developing the Leader Within You One of the biggest challenges all leaders face is leaving behind what has worked well in the past – at the right moment. Intentionally engaging ambiguity, at a time of our choosing, . . . LEARN MORE

Whether the leaders I am working with are in global finance, government legal services or international human rights, they all seem to hit an uncomfortable moment when it comes to the ‘cultivating stillness” phase in becoming more effective leaders. It is hard, awkward and they certainly have NO TIME at all for this, they . . . LEARN MORE

In the first part of the interview, Elsa introduced us to CIEE: the organization, her role, and how and why she has embedded Personal Leadership in the program. She gave us further insight into faculty perspectives and how they use the book. In the second part of this interview, Elsa discusses how they position . . . LEARN MORE

With pleasure and gratitude, we announce that operational leadership of PLSeminars is being transitioned from Sheila, Barbara, and Gordon (SBG) to Darlene, Katsuko, and Almendra (DKA). Darlene von Behrens, Katsuko Sugiyama, and Almendra Staff-Healey, three of PLSeminars Senior Facilitators, began holding deep-dive conversations in the spring of 2017 to explore what it might mean . . . LEARN MORE

In late 2012 I found myself in a seminar room in Portland, Oregon wondering if I had made a huge mistake. It was 8:30 am, my seminar with 20 new leaders was to begin at 8:30 am, and NOBODY was in the room, except me. Wrong time? Wrong day? Wrong place? YIKES! As it . . . LEARN MORE

CIEE, known worldwide for their extensive educational exchange programs, holds a General Business License with Personal Leadership. The membership includes use of PL prepared materials, including Facilitator Guides and coaching. Jacquelyn Reeves had a chance to chat with CIEE's Elsa Maxwell, which we'll present in two parts, here and in our winter newsletter. JR: . . . LEARN MORE

How could the worst seat on the plane turn into the best seat on the plane, in a heartbeat? In late May 2013, I was flying all the way across the US from Denver to Burlington, Vermont.  The flight takes about 3.5 hours; I was pleading for a “good seat” which usually for me . . . LEARN MORE

Jacquelyn Reeves Position: Senior Intercultural Trainer, Unconscious Bias, Coaching Company name: Reeves3c (website under constructionQ!)  Seattle, Washington, USA Tell us about the context you’re using PL in. PL works for me on multiple levels:  I use it with college students in transition and live and learn through this experience.  Especially watching a newly hooked . . . LEARN MORE

Leverage new breakthroughs in neurophysiology to strengthen your PL practice in ways that will transform your life. What participants are saying:    "I learned so much about PL and about how I can integrate the practices into my life."     "I felt a deepening of practice and of engagement that exceeded my expectations." . . . LEARN MORE

‘Diamonds in the Soles of Her Shoes’ is the title of a Paul Simon song on his re-known Graceland Album, released in 1986. The inspiration for and reality within Graceland arose from a trip Paul took to South Africa to collaborate and co-create with musicians there. The resultant music was new. African musicians, such . . . LEARN MORE

This newsletter we are pleased to have the opportunity to interview Mary Meares, PhD, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama.  Although not a Licensed Facilitator for PL, Mary initiated the use of PL at Semester at Sea, a study abroad program literally from a ship. Mary shares her teaching philosophy, . . . LEARN MORE

We're still shining from the beautiful PL East Coast Regional Gathering ("PLEC") held in Portland in April...it was so inspiring and energizing to experience nine members of the PL community taking root in Maine as spring emerged and then heading back out into the world to offer meaningful and diverse expressions of Personal Leadership . . . LEARN MORE

Heather Robinson   Principal Consultant, Coach Success Across Borders   Seattle, Washington, USA   Tell us about the context you’re using PL in. The context I use PL in is my whole life. Within my “whole life” there are at least three spheres where PL plays a significant role: my personal PL practice, my . . . LEARN MORE

We have dates for the next session of The Art of Personal Leadership: Training of Facilitators, at the beautiful Whidbey Institute in Washington State. The seminar will begin Monday evening, March 19, 2018 and end on Saturday evening March 24. Video Plenary Sessions will meet on April 25th and late May. Please check back for complete . . . LEARN MORE

We apologize, but we have cancelled this event! Second of two 2017 PL Foundations Seminars in Europe. . . . LEARN MORE

The first week of March was wonderful for the coaches and facilitators alike. Learn more about the Training of Facilitators here. Think you might be interested in the 2018 ToF? Add yourself to our mailing list here and we'll let you know when the details are . . . LEARN MORE

PL East Coast Regional Gathering (PLEC) April 28-30, 2017 Portland, Maine, USA   The hosting team is busy making preparations for this Spring's Gathering.   They report: We're expecting attendees both from Maine and "from away". We will use an "Open Space" format to set the agenda together at the beginning of our gathering, based . . . LEARN MORE

Hello Dear Friends, As this PL news is in its final preparation, the 2017 PL Training of Facilitators has just finished on Whidbey Island. Facilitated by Barbara and Gordon, there is a very new design addressing ways in which PL can be delivered to better serve what the world is calling PL to be and . . . LEARN MORE

Almendra Staffa-Healey Co-Founder & Director Intercultural Understanding Madrid, Spain Tell us about the context you’re using PL in. I’ve been using PL as a tool to increase intercultural competency and leadership skills. I’m passionate about the educational context and use it with parents, university students studying abroad, international educators, as well as with local . . . LEARN MORE

Save the Date for the PL East Coast Regional Gathering (PLEC) April 28-30, 2017 Portland, Maine, USA The 2017 PL EAST COAST REGIONAL GATHERING will begin with a free public introductory session on Friday, April, 28 before the official welcome dinner than evening. The weekend session will be held at the Center for Grieving . . . LEARN MORE

First of two 2017 PL Foundations Seminars in Europe. The European PL Community will host the first PL EUROPEAN REGIONAL FOUNDATIONS COURSE of 2017 conveniently outside of Berlin, Germany.  Come and explore leading from the inside out with us in the spring green of Northern Germany.  Use the natural surroundings to draw out, disentangle . . . LEARN MORE

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  Are you . . . Ready to facilitate Personal Leadership? Wondering how best to design or sequence the training? Ready for tips and techniques? If so, this Training of Facilitators seminar is what you need. INTRODUCTION Personal Leadership can appear deceptively easy to facilitate. After all, it seems like such a simple method. . . . LEARN MORE

Tatyana Fertelmeister, Senior Facilitator January 26, 2017 11:00-12:00 US Central Time: Register here February 2, 2017  3:00-4:00 PM US Central Time: Register here   Sometimes you just need to take a deep breath. And collect your thoughts. And sort out your emotions. And pinch yourself to make sure that what just happened was indeed real. . . . LEARN MORE

Hello Dear Friends; Usually we try to make this a quick introduction to the PL news and more neutral in content; not focused on events here in the US as we know that you are located all over the globe.  However, we are taking a US-centric side track here as effects surrounding the Presidential . . . LEARN MORE

PL was abundantly present at the 2016 Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication (SIIC).  It served as the core foundation for the Fellows program, it lay at the heart of the specialized week-long session “Leading Self While Leading Others" AND it was the focus of an evening session.       The evening session was . . . LEARN MORE

Leverage new breakthroughs in neurophysiology to strengthen your PL practice in ways that will transform your life. What participants are saying:    “Much more happened than I expected. It was an awakening experience.”    “I developed tools to keep by my side that help me navigate through the twists and turns of life.”   . . . LEARN MORE

Whenever Gatherings of PL Facilitators and practitioners are organized, they are listed here. At this time, the following Gatherings are being planned or considered. If you want to help make them a reality, in these locations or elsewhere,contact us. Local Gathering Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Regional Gathering East coast, U.S.A. Midwest, U.S.A. Colorado Rockies, U.S.A. . . . LEARN MORE

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