Change yourself, your community, and the world.
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Concrete Skills
Learn and practice key skills, like having difficult conversations, dealing with stress and challenging emotions, partnering with others across issue areas, and planning for large and small projects.
Space to Slow Down
Allow yourself to be completely present and focused on connecting with yourself and your work, while in a caring, supportive community, and a beautiful, relaxing natural setting.
Supportive Community
You are not alone. Connect deeply with people in your movement, in other issue areas, even outside of the nonprofit sector, and leave with a new definition of community.
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Each section of the training focuses on one of Rockwood’s 6 core practices. Through guided meditation, small group exercises, games, and deep reflection, you’ll be introduced to each, and learn ways to bring them into to your daily life:
PURPOSE
To live and lead from that which gives our life meaning
RESILIENCE
To shift from reactivity to a state of resourcefulness in moments of stress and crisis
VISION
To create and articulate a clear and compelling picture of our desired future
PERFORMANCE
To enhance our capacity to produce results that further our vision
PARTNERSHIP
To build and maintain strong interdependent relationships that advance our vision
PERSONAL ECOLOGY
To maintain balance, pacing, and efficiency to sustain our energy over a lifetime
“Who can attend the Art of Leadership?”
The word leader is traditionally associated with executives and manager, but at Rockwood, we believe everyone can lead. The ability to inspire and align others is essential in every role, and at every level.
That’s why our trainings are open to anyone who’s interested in deepening and strengthening their leadership skills. The only pre-requisites are a willingness to step out of your comfort zone, to give and receive feedback on their strengths and learning edges, and to learn with and from others.
Affinity-Based Trainings
Experience the Art of Leadership with leaders in Affinity-Based spaces:
Women and Femmes of Color
For women* leaders of color engaged in racial justice issue areas like reproductive justice, education, immigrant rights, environmental justice, and indigenous communities.
UPCOMING
Leaders of Color
For leaders of color committed to racial justice and/or have a racial justice framework in their work, advocacy, philanthropy, or organizing.
UPCOMING
Philanthropic Leaders
For foundation executives & board members, program officers, donors, corporate sponsors, and other leaders leveraging financial resources for social good.
UPCOMING
* trans, cis, and gender-nonconforming women, and nonbinary individuals.
Agenda
The Art of Leadership is more like a retreat than a training. It unfolds over 5 days in a beautiful, natural setting, with all meals and snacks taken care of so you can focus completely on yourself and your leadership.
| 3:00 PM | Introductions & Overview of Program |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM | Overview of Purpose as the foundation of leadership |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Overview of Vision: Communicating our vision as leaders, presentation, listening and feedback skills |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00 PM | Vision continued, and Overview of Performance: 360-degree feedback assessment review and analysis; action planning on survey results |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner & Evening Off |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Overview of Resilience and emotional intelligence: Creating results as a leader through managing leadership posture and monitoring impact; Taking responsibility for managing state of being |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00 PM | Overview of Partnership: Exploring the intersections between personal and collaborative power, active listening, social identity storytelling, and authentic dialogue as they relate to effective leadership |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner & Evening Off |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Overview of Personal Ecology |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Partnership continued: Courageous Conversations and Collaborative Conversations |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:15 PM | Group Activity |
| 8:00 PM | Party! |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Revisiting Vision and Leading Forward, Closing Circle |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
Testimonials
Pricing
Rockwood uses a sliding scale structure to ensure that leaders facing disproportionate and compounded devastation in this pandemic—specifically Black, Indigenous, Latinx, API/A, low-income, undocumented, disabled, LGBQTI+, and rural-based communities—can tap into their full power and resilience.
$6,000
$4,900
$3,350
$1,750
Redistribution Rate
For organizations with annual budgets over $10 million
For foundations with assets over $10 million
Sustainability Rate
For organizations with annual budgets between $4 – 9.9 million
For foundations with assets under $9.9 million
Base Rate
For organizations with annual budgets between $1- 3.9 million
For individuals sponsoring themselves or unaffiliated with an organization
Solidarity Rate
For organizations with annual budgets under $999,000
