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SUMMARY:Pioneering the Future - A Leadership Retreat for Life\, Work and World Change
DESCRIPTION:A working retreat for women creating change\nPioneering the Future is an intensive\, highly personalised leadership experience for women who want to use their leadership\, experience\, ideas and influence to help create a better future.  \nIt is for women already creating change and for women who feel a strong pull towards an idea\, cause\, challenge or contribution they are ready to move forward. You do not need a particular title or a perfectly formed plan. What matters is that you see something that needs changing and are willing to consider your part in changing it.  \nThis retreat is designed for women who: \n\nAre leading transformation within an organisation\, industry\, community or wider society. \n\n\nAre building a business\, initiative\, platform\, body of work or movement with the potential to make a meaningful difference. \n\n\nWant to challenge an established way of doing things and create a more effective\, inclusive or humane alternative. \n\n\nHave an idea or ambition that has remained at the edge of their life and now needs focused attention. \n\n\nWant to use their voice\, influence\, expertise or networks more boldly. \n\n\nAre ready to connect personal sustainability with purposeful leadership and long-term impact. \n\n\nWant to work alongside women who will challenge\, encourage\, advise and connect them. \n\n\nAre willing to give as well as gain\, sharing ideas\, experience and contacts that may help another woman move forward. \n\nThis is not primarily a career transition retreat\, although a career or business decision may form part of your work. The larger question is not simply\, “What do you want next?” It is\, “What do you want to help change and how will you begin?”  \nWhy take this time out? \nBecause concentrated time can save time.  \nPioneers often operate at speed. Important ideas are developed between meetings\, responsibilities and deadlines\, which can make progress fragmented or unnecessarily slow. During the retreat\, you will have dedicated time to think\, test\, decide and plan\, surrounded by women who may contribute a perspective\, contact\, challenge or opportunity that moves your work forward faster.  \nSomeone in the room may know the person\, organisation\, resource or approach that helps unlock your next step. You may be that person for somebody else.  \nA few days away could move an idea forward by months or even years.  \nWhy organisations support attendance \nForward-thinking organisations recognise that leadership development is no longer only about technical expertise or progression through a hierarchy. Leaders increasingly need to think strategically through uncertainty\, challenge assumptions\, influence across boundaries\, create inclusive cultures and turn emerging possibilities into action.  \nThe Pioneer Retreat helps participants strengthen these capabilities while gaining cross-sector perspectives\, wider networks and a practical action plan they can bring back into their organisation. Participants are encouraged to connect their individual leadership with the cultural\, strategic and societal changes their organisation needs to navigate or lead.  \nProgramme \nMonday 7th December 2026 \nArrive any time after 1.00 pm. Settle in\, meet the group\, walk the grounds and begin to step out of the pace of everyday life. Dinner will be served at 6.00 pm\, followed by an opening conversation to establish the purpose\, values and “Give & Gain” spirit of our time together.  \nTuesday 8th December 2026 | LIFE: The inner resources to change things \nPioneering change requires energy\, courage\, resilience\, imagination and a strong relationship with ourselves. We examines how you sustain yourself for the work and contribution you feel called to make.  \nWe will explore the visible and invisible patterns that shape how you lead: the pressure to be strong\, available or responsible for everyone; the habits that consume your attention; and the emotional and physical resources needed to hold ambition\, love\, laughter\, purpose and joy at the same time.  \n\nUnderstand what strengthens or depletes your physical\, emotional and cognitive energy. \n\n\nExamine fear\, guilt\, worry\, loneliness\, irritation or self-doubt without allowing them to define your choices. \n\n\nLead your time and priorities rather than allowing urgency to determine them. \n\n\nCreate rhythms of work that support sustainable performance\, health and longevity. \n\n\nBuild the inner capacity to stay courageous and resourceful when change is difficult or slow. \n\n\nIdentify what you need to stop\, protect or begin in order to sustain your contribution. \n\nWednesday 9th December 2026 | WORK: Your influence and platform for change \nThis day focuses on how you use your work\, business\, expertise\, voice\, relationships and influence to create greater impact. We will examine the gap between what you are capable of contributing and what you are currently able or willing to do.  \nFor some women\, this may involve stepping into greater leadership or visibility within an existing organisation. For others\, it may mean building something new\, developing a stronger point of view\, reshaping a business or making a decision about where their energy can create the greatest value.  \n\nDefine the change you want to create through your work\, business or leadership. \n\n\nIdentify where your experience\, influence and relationships could have greater impact. \n\n\nDevelop a clearer and more courageous point of view. \n\n\nExplore whether to advance\, pivot\, build\, scale or use your current platform differently. \n\n\nChallenge patterns that keep your best ideas small\, delayed or invisible. \n\n\nMove from possibility to decisions\, priorities and practical next steps. \n\n\nAsk for the introductions\, advice\, expertise or support that could accelerate progress. \n\nThursday 10th December 2026 | WORLD: The future you want to help shape \nMany leadership programmes ask how women can succeed within existing systems. We ask a different question: what systems need to change\, and what role will you play in changing them?  \nTogether we will explore the issues\, causes and possibilities that matter most to you and translate that concern into credible\, thoughtful action. The day moves through three questions:  \n\nWhat is actually happening? Truth. \n\n\nWhat could be possible? Vision. \n\n\nWhat can you do about it? Agency. \n\nYou will identify the contribution you are ready to make\, the people or organisations you may need around you and the first practical actions that will carry the work beyond the retreat.  \n\nChallenge norms and ask better\, braver questions. \n\n\nDevelop a credible platform of influence and a clearer public or organisational point of view. \n\n\nConnect individual leadership with cultural and systemic change. \n\n\nIdentify potential allies\, collaborators\, resources and routes to influence. \n\n\nDefine what contribution and legacy mean for you now. \n\n\nComplete a practical 2027 action plan with clear commitments and next steps. \n\nEvening celebration drinks and food at Cafe Habana in Malibu. The cost of this final dinner is not included in the registration fee.  \nFriday 11th December 2026 \nBreakfast at Paradise Cove Cafe (not included in retreat fee)\, final conversations and time to enjoy the grounds before departure by 1.00 pm. You will leave with greater clarity\, stronger relationships and a practical sense of what happens next.  \nWhat to expect:\nThis is a working retreat\, not a spa holiday. The surroundings are beautiful\, but the accommodation is simple\, the meals are basic and the days will be full. There is no yoga programme\, detox regime or luxury hospitality experience.  \nThere will be laughter\, walks\, honest conversation\, quiet reflection and time to enjoy one another’s company. We may even manage a bottle or two of wine. The purpose\, however\, is not passive relaxation. It is to help you think more boldly\, connect more usefully and move your ideas forward.  \nThe programme will combine coaching\, facilitated dialogue\, reflective exercises\, practical tools\, visualisation and action planning. There will be no long lectures or PowerPoint-heavy sessions. A detailed pre-retreat questionnaire will allow the experience to be tailored around the participants and the issues they bring.  \nLocation \nSerra Retreat is located at 3401 Serra Road\, Malibu\, California 90265\, USA. Set within 26 acres between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean\, it offers a quiet environment for perspective\, reflection and purposeful conversation. The centre was founded and is operated by Catholic Franciscan Friars and welcomes individuals and groups of all faiths and spiritual backgrounds.  \n \nInvestment and what is included \nGBP £3\,990 (US $5350) per participant. All payments are processed in pounds sterling.  \nThe registration fee includes:  \n\nThe full facilitated retreat programme. \n\n\nFour nights of accommodation in a private bedroom\, with a bathroom shared with one adjacent room. \n\n\nMeals and tea or coffee during the retreat. \n\n\nPre-retreat questionnaire and personalised programme design. \n\n\nCoaching\, group facilitation\, practical tools and action planning. \n\nThe fee does not include flights\, travel to and from Serra Retreat\, excursions\, closing drinks at Cafe Habana or breakfast on final day at Paradise Cover cafe.  \nBasic vegetarian options are available. Other dietary requirements cannot be catered for by the venue. Participants may bring and store their own food if needed. Wi-Fi is available\, although mobile reception is limited.  \nFunding and payment options \nInvoices are available where an organisation is funding attendance. Participants who are self-funding may request an instalment arrangement by contacting team@drsamcollins.com.  \nAccessibility \nThe venue has a wheelchair-accessible entrance\, accessible parking\, paths and walkways\, accommodation and meeting space. Please contact the team before booking to discuss any specific access requirements and confirm that the arrangements will meet your needs.  \nTravel \nThe closest airports are Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Hollywood Burbank Airport. Travel to the venue is not included and should be arranged separately by taxi\, rideshare\, private transfer or hire car. Free parking is available at Serra Retreat.  \nSerra Retreat is not open to guests on Sunday evening. If arriving on Sunday 6 December or earlier\, book a local hotel or Airbnb in Malibu\, or stay near LAX and travel to Malibu on Monday morning. For recommendations\, contact team@drsamcollins.com.  \nInternational participants are responsible for confirming and securing the appropriate visa or travel authorisation. Do not book flights until your retreat place has been confirmed.  \nFinal invitation \nThe final question is not simply\, “Is this retreat right for me?” \nIt is: “What might become possible if I gave my most important ideas undistracted time and placed them in a room full of women willing to help?” \nThere is one chair still open around the table. Does it have your name on it? \n\nQuestions? Contact team@drsamcollins.com.
URL:https://drsamcollins.com/event/pioneering-the-future-a-leadership-retreat-for-life-work-and-world-change/
LOCATION:Serra Retreat\, 3401 Serra Rd\, Malibu\, CA\, 90265\, United States
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