A Program for Women Leaders

Dialogos, in partnership with The Ashland Institute, is offering a personal development program for women who are interested in engaging in a process of reflection, exploration and regeneration.

The program is particularly, but not exclusively, designed for women who are experiencing transition, mid-career challenges, or who wish to consciously recreate the next phase of their lives. The collective practices used to uncover a deeper sense of purpose, and to initiate the next phase of life or work, have grown out of dialogic and four quarter models.Our approach deliberately works with the whole individual – the physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual dimensions of each woman - to encourage the deeper introspection that we think is critical for our time. We combine the attention of one-on-one relationship with the transforming power of the circle.

We will focus on each woman’s individual journey, uncovering how she has navigated her life, and what her struggles and successes have been. We will work together to identify current and emerging challenges, and support each woman in her aspirations and development. In addition, we are interested in exploring the evolution of the unique contribution of women in the world. It is our hope that this work will contribute to addressing the fragmentation in the world, the barrenness in many of our workplaces, and the urge to live in a way that responds to the deep stresses of this era.

Together we will focus on:

• Beginning to articulate each person’s calling as it unfolds over a lifetime
• Speaking clearly in our own voices
• Experiencing the importance of balance in our personal ecologies – heart, mind, body, spirit
• Dealing with some of the barriers that stop each of us from being fully ourselves
• Strengthening the undeveloped aspects of ourselves
• Transforming our futures
• Building a supportive community of peers
• Discovering the essential self behind work roles
• Deliberately marking the transition from one phase of life to the next

Please contact Marianne Picard for more information.