The Inner Necessities of Leadership

with David Whyte

November 18 & 19, 2008
The Verity Club
111d Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario

We invite you to participate in an intimate and transformative learning conversation with poet and author David Whyte. This rare opportunity will refresh your leadership, provide new practices for addressing complex realities, and strengthen the effectiveness of your organizational action. David will explore the Inner Necessities of Leadership that form the foundation for all the outward actions we take when we are in positions of responsibility. He will also explore the ways that the cultivation of self-knowledge makes us fuller participants in a world from which we often try to hide, including:

• becoming visible in the world
• our relationship to time
• radical simplicity within complexity
• acting from intuition and courage
• self-compassion and imagination

The Remarkable Leaders Series has been initiated by the Shambhala Institute and Context Consulting to support senior leaders from all sectors who are expanding their capacity to lead with authenticity and integrity. You are an ideal participant in this program if you've discovered the value of learning from your peers' diverse perspectives. You bring curiosity and wisdom to share with your colleagues. You are awake to the reality that the practice of leadership is requiring more of you than ever before.

David Whyte is first and foremost a poet. With a poet's inspiration and insight, he speaks to our human condition and to the core challenges individuals and organizations face today. His work strikes a resonant chord with organizations across the world and offers a vision for the way ahead. You can read an interview with David in the May 2007 issue of Harvard Business Review. David's clients include Astra Zeneca, Boeing, Deloitte, Honeywell, Microsoft, NASA, The Royal Airforce, Standard Chartered Bank, Toyota, Unilever, Visa International, and Wharton School of Business. David has published six books of poetry including The House of Belonging and is the author of The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America, and Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity. He holds a degree in Marine Biology and is a fellow of the Said Business School, University of Oxford. David grew up in Yorkshire and lives with his family in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Schedule (subject to change):

November 18
12:00 p.m. Registration, Lunch, & Session begins
5:00 - 6:00 Reception

November 19
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 - 4:30 Session

Registration Fee:

$1395; includes a light lunch and reception on Day 1, breakfast and lunch on Day 2.
$1050; early bird fee on or before August 15.
Register here

Venue / Accommodations:

The Verity Club is centrally located in the Queen & Yonge area, Queen Subway Station. Click here for a map.

If you require accommodations, The Grand Hotel & Suites is within walking distance of the Verity Club. The corporate discount rate for patrons of The Verity Club is approximately $169/night for a one bedroom suite. Other hotels in the area include the Fairmont Royal York Hotel (1-800-257-7544), and Holiday Inn Lombard Street (1-877-660-8550). You might also want to explore Bed and Breakfast options.

Cancellation:

Cancellations received in writing on or before November 4, 2008 are eligible for a full refund minus a processing fee of $250. Cancellations received after November 4 are not eligible for a refund, but a substitute may be sent.

The Remarkable Leaders Series is co-sponsored by the Shambhala Institute for Authentic Leadership and Context Consulting. The Shambhala Institute is a non-profit organization and an international network of people, projects, and programs actively engaged in the organizational and societal challenges of our time. Since 2001, the Authentic Leadership Summer Institute has become internationally known as a premier leadership development venue. Context Consulting works at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and change. Context's leadership development and coaching processes help individual leaders re-claim the human capacities that are concealed in corporate life and yet essential in our times. Their strategic change initiatives help leadership teams and their organizations meet emerging and complex conditions with clarity, flexibility, and strengthened results.