Create Your Own Leadership Playbook

A day-long leadership retreat for leaders ready to build a leadership approach that is genuinely their own. You have read the leadership books and taken the trainings, and somewhere along the way you started leading like the model instead of like yourself. There is no one-size-fits-all leader. This retreat is a chance to step back from the noise, get clear on what actually matters to you, and build a leadership approach that is genuinely your own. Grounded in both reflection and strategy, you will: Envision your future: Name what matters most to you and the kind of leader you actually want to be. Find clarity: Strip away the distractions and decide what deserves your time, energy, and attention. Manifest: Bridge the gap between vision and reality with grounded, doable steps, not wishful thinking. You will leave with your own leadership playbook: a clear, authentic strategy that reflects your values, your strengths, and the impact you want to have. Join us as we build the path forward, one that is unmistakably yours. Who Should Join This retreat is best for leaders who are ready to stop borrowing someone else’s model and build a leadership approach rooted in their own values, strengths, and vision. This experience is especially useful for those who: • Are entering a new season of leadership • Want clarity on what deserves their time, energy, and attention • Feel pulled between too many priorities • Want to lead with more authenticity and intention • Are ready to translate vision into grounded, doable next steps What’s Included A day-long, in-person leadership retreat at The Encounter. Date: Thursday, January 14, 2027 Location: The Encounter, Blue Ash, OH Format: In-person retreat with reflection, facilitated conversation, practical frameworks, and space to integrate. Pricing Sponsor: $500 Support another leader while deepening your own leadership experience. Supporter: $450 An intentional investment in your own leadership growth. Rising Star: $400 A supported rate for leaders who could use a little boost. About "Lead Like It Matters" Lead Like It Matters is a series of leadership development programs for thoughtful, values-driven leaders navigating growth, change, pressure, and uncertainty. Through immersive leadership retreats, Wisdom Circles, workshops, coaching, and community, leaders strengthen the clarity, steadiness, self-awareness, and courage required to lead well. This is not traditional management training. It is a space to step outside the pace of daily work, examine the patterns shaping how you lead, and reconnect with what matters most. Each experience combines guided reflection, meaningful dialogue, practical leadership tools, and the wisdom already present within the room. Designed for executives, founders, managers, and emerging leaders, Lead Like It Matters helps you build trust, navigate conflict, practice accountability, make aligned decisions, and lead through complexity without losing yourself in the process.