Leading from Self: An Intensive in Personal and Systemic Transformation
A rare opportunity to work where change truly takes hold
Any organization operating today faces rising complexity, fragmentation, and pressure to move faster than systems can process. Most change efforts stall—not because people aren’t trying, but because systems behave exactly as they’re designed to.
Shifting that requires working beneath behavior—at the level of the inner system of the leader, and the remembered patterns carried by the organization itself.
This March, we invite you to a rare opportunity to explore how to do that work in practice, guided by two pioneers in personal and systemic transformation.
Your guides
Richard Schwartz
Founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS)
William Isaacs
Founder of Dialogos and author of Dialogue: The Art of Thinking Together
Together, they’ll offer a complementary approach to catalyzing transformation from the inside out—supporting leaders, teams, institutions, and communities to move through fragmentation into coherence.
Program details
You will learn to:
- Recognize and work with the parts of you that protect, perform, or sabotage under pressure
- Stay centered, clear, and connected in the face of complexity
- Activate Self Leadership across teams and systems
- Create containers strong enough to hold tension, difference, and transition
- Understand what it takes to surface and transform legacy burdens that keep systems repeating what no longer serves
- Explore how to design and catalyze system level change – how to work in time and space to enable shifts in the containers and structures that govern how people operate
- Practice generative dialogue—the art of thinking together
- Craft a 90-day roadmap linking your inner work to systemic outcomes
What You’ll Get
- Grounded practices for activating Self Leadership in yourself and others
- Tools for working with parts that protect, perform, or sabotage under pressure
- A structured approach to identifying and transforming legacy burdens in systems
- Practical skills for setting and holding strong containers in volatile environments
- A concrete 90-day roadmap linking your inner work to systemic outcomes
- The chance to work directly with Richard Schwartz and William Isaacs in a high-engagement setting
Who This Is For
This experience is for:
- Senior leaders
- System stewards
- Experienced practitioners
…who know deeper transformation is possible—and are ready to lead from that place.
Event Details
Dates: March 25–27, 2026
Location: Chicago
Tuition: $5,000
Space is limited to support depth, intimacy, and focused engagement.
For more information or to explore whether this is the right fit for you or your organization:
Contact: Jessica Sloan – jessica.sloan@dialogos.com
You don’t have to know the right question to start the right conversation.
You don’t need perfect clarity to start to get unstuck—just the willingness to listen, and the courage to engage.