The only way to predict the future is to create it.
–Peter Drucker

Free Introductory Conference Calls
Tuesday, August 31, 7-8:30pm - register here
Thursday, Sept 23, 7-8:30pm - register here

5-Month Ecology of Leadership Program
Offered: Oct 2010-Feb 2011
Location: Commonweal Garden, Bolinas, CA

Many of us are searching for ways to make a difference, to transform our families, communities and the world we live in. And each of us can make a difference - we all have the seeds of leadership and service within us. We can nurture these seeds, learning the skills and tools we need to transform ourselves and embody our highest potential.

Whether you have prior experience and training, or you have recently felt called to step onto a path of leadership for the first time, this program is a unique opportunity to deeply explore who you are, who you wish to be, and what your specific offering is to others. 

Through the Ecology of Leadership courses, you can learn to articulate your vision, get in deeper touch with your gifts, and develop new tools, routines, mindsets and skills to be more effective in manifesting what you see for yourself and the world.

Hear Ecology of Leadership directors James Stark and Christopher Kuntzsch talk about the Ecology of Leadership program on a Sustainable World Radio podcast.

The Adventure

The process of transforming your life and bringing your leadership forward in the world is an adventure, full of opportunity, challenge, and possibility. The Ecology of Leadership provides many pathways to step into this adventure, helping you to explore the landscape within and without, supported by a powerful alliance with the natural world and a community of other leaders.

The Ecology of Leadership will allow you to experience:

• Being engaged in a deep personal relationship with the natural world – and feeling nature's regenerative power
• Discovering and/or focusing your true nature, passions, and vision
• Transforming and releasing old patterns to develop new skills and ways of being
• Developing the capacity to live a life you love
• Creating a way of living and leading that manifests your dreams and your potential

The Journey

At its foundation, the Ecology of Leadership has three main elements: re-establishing your intimate relationship with the natural world, developing a powerful leadership tool bag, and exploring your "inner ecology" to remove blocks to your potential.

We Are Nature: Through the Ecology of Leadership, you will experience what is naturally yours – an intimate relationship with the natural world from which a unique quality of leadership arises. You'll learn to source your leadership from this connection with the earth, and stay attuned to the natural patterns in your own life, creating a new level of effectiveness and awareness to your leadership.

Leadership Tool Bag: This element includes powerful skills, habits, mindsets, and ways of being that improve your effectiveness as a leader, including:

• Effective communication
• Making and honoring powerful commitments
• Project development and stewardship
• Moving your vision forward in the world
• Presentation skills
• Getting things done with grace and ease
• Using time effectively
• Coaching – helping others grow, transform, and develop new skills
• Bringing all aspects of your life into balance and harmony

Inner Ecology: Our "Inner Ecology" influences how we show up as leaders. You'll discover how your thoughts, mental models, beliefs, and the stories you tell – about yourself and those around you – affect your life and your ability to make a difference in your family, community, and chosen work in the world. As you understand and transform your inner ecology, you become more effective at manifesting your dreams.

Integrating these three elements, you will begin to experience leadership as a dynamic process that translates your awareness and insights – about yourself and the world around you – into effective action towards your intended goals.

On your development journey, you will:

• Design and implement a self-inspired project, giving you the opportunity to practice new leadership skills while making a difference in your community. 
• Explore patterns of behavior, as well as the thoughts and beliefs you operate from, and determine which of these do and do not serve you in your life and work in the world. 
• Receive structured coaching and support from your peers between workshops, as well as from program instructors and alumni.
• Adopt routines to deepen your relationship with the natural world and who you are as a leader.
• Take on practice assignments that will help you develop your personal leadership ecology and integrate the skills, mindset, and routines of the course into your daily life and chosen projects.
• Develop and grow a regional leadership circle during the course of the program. After graduation, this circle will continue to serve and support you on your leadership journey.

As the Ecology of Leadership program unfolds, you will experience leadership as a new way of thinking and being. By engaging in the practices and routines offered in the program, you will deepen your relationship to the natural world and transform your life and leadership effectiveness.

Instructors: James Stark and Christopher Kuntzsch

Ecology of Leadership Programs

Free Interactive Introductory Calls

To learn more about the Ecology of Leadership Immersion, register for one of these free, interactive introductory calls! Simply click on the following link and provide your name and email. Each registered attendee will receive a unique dial-in number and PIN so as to enable all of the interactive conference features. These will be fun, informative sessions that provide an overview and flavor of the EOL Immersion Program and an opportunity to ask questions.

Tuesday, 31 August, 7-8:30pm - register here
Thursday, 23 September, 7-8:30pm - register here

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Free Ecology of Leadership Introductory Workshop

Offered: Saturday, September 18, 1–5pm
Location: Commonweal, Bolinas, CA

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Regional Leadership Circles

Through the Ecology of Leadership journey, program participants naturally form a leadership circle, which can be maintained and developed after graduation. The opportunity exists for each circle to continue supporting alumni in effectively integrating the tools of the program as each leader manifests their unique vision in their community.

These alumni circles support each leader, work on joint projects, and will start gathering annually this summer to further integrate and deepen their learning, celebrate and play, set intentions for themselves and their work in the world, and broaden their connections with other powerful leaders.

If you would like to explore the possibility of creating a leadership circle in your community, please contact us to set up a free introductory workshop.

EOL Scholarship Fund

Please note that we welcome donations into our EOL Scholarship Fund, which provides financial support to young community leaders who would otherwise be unable to take part. If you would like to submit a donation, please contact our office at (415) 868 9681. We are grateful for your gift as this supports the vision we hold for this program.