Next retreat dates to be announced.
A private gathering limited to 12 senior leaders.
Many senior leaders reach a point where success alone no longer satisfies.
Outwardly, everything appears fine. But internally, something begins to shift.
Decisions feel heavier.
Leadership starts to feel mechanical.
And the inner self behind the role becomes harder to hear.
This is not burnout or breakdown.
Nor is it a loss of capability.
It is a developmental threshold—one that asks not for more effort, but for a different way of leading and responding to life.
At certain stages of leadership, the strategies, assumptions, and ways of operating that once created success begin to reach their limits.
This often emerges during periods of sustained achievement, significant organisational growth, rapid increase in responsibility, mid-life transitions, or when deeper questions of meaning, identity and purpose start to surface.
Rather than arriving as a crisis, it begins with persistent questions:
These are questions that cannot be answered by working harder or with yet another strategy. They signal a developmental transition—a threshold that calls for a different level of self-awareness, honesty and leadership maturity.
Many highly successful leaders reach this point.
Few are given the space, support or language to navigate it well.
You may recognise yourself here if:
If this resonates, you're likely at a turning point in your leadership—and this retreat offers the space and guidance to explore what's shifting.
This retreat is limited to 12 senior leaders.
Over four days, you step out of the demands of your role into focused, uninterrupted work on how lead. Through facilitated dialogue, reflective practice, and carefully structured groupwork, you explore the patterns, assumptions and identities shaping how you lead today.
The small, high-trust group creates the conditions for conversations that rarely happen in business environments.
Ardoch | Loch Lomond
Ardoch is a private estate on Loch Lomond, reserved exclusively for this group. The natural beauty and unique atmosphere provide space to pause, reflect and think more clearly — away from the pressures of day-to-day leadership.
Ardoch is owned by CHAS (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland). All profits generated by Ardoch from hosting events are helping children and families across Scotland.
This retreat is not for everyone.
It is for leaders who:
It is not for those looking for:
This retreat is designed for leaders at a developmental threshold—not for those in acute personal crisis or burnout. Where more individual support is needed, one-to-one work is the appropriate starting point.
Leaders who engage in this work often notice a shift towards:
This isn’t about applying new techniques—it’s a fundamental shift in your leadership.
I've spent more than twenty years working with senior leaders, supporting both the external demands of leadership and the deeper questions that sit beneath performance.
My work brings together corporate leadership experience, psychological and systemic insight, and decades of contemplative practice. I have facilitated more than 80 leadership retreats for CEO advisory organisations including Vistage and EO, for which I received an industry award.
This allows me to create retreats that are both grounded and transformative.
Participation is limited to 12 leaders to preserve the depth, trust and quality of dialogue.
Each participant joins following a short conversation to ensure the retreat is the right fit, both for you and the group.
This retreat is designed for leaders ready to engage seriously with this work.
Includes:
A 50% non-refundable deposit secures your place. The balance is due eight weeks before the retreat.
This retreat is a rare space to confront that question honestly.
If it lands, it's worth paying attention to.
Book a private conversation to explore if this retreat is right for you.