The summer is a slower pace, offering a chance to reflect and assess where you are in your life development. Take a night, a weekend, a few days or the whole summer.
Special prices are in effect from May 1-September 1, 2009.
Summer courses for your life and work mission in a beautiful Rhode Island waterview setting:
EXCELSIS Center, Personal, Professional and Organizational Renewal.
1804 Main Road, Tiverton, RI 02878, 401-624-6224 ext 6.
Mission-Focused Leadership Certificate Program: Read More...
Reconciliation Leadership Certificate Program: Read More...
All courses are given by Virginia Swain, Founder and Director, unless otherwise indicated.
The Mission-Focused Leadership™ and The Reconciliation Leadership™ Certificate Programs
are offered to emerging and seasoned leaders.
Claiming Personal Passion Do you have restlessness or inner nudging you’d like to explore? Step off the treadmill! Examine your inborn gifts and strengths in this crossroad moment of organizational, ecological and economic history! Exercises will be given to begin to claim and apply a sense of purpose—why you are here in this world at this time. Wednesdays, July 15, and August 12, 2009, 7-9 pm, $25. RSVP by 7/12 and 08/08.
Visioning Your Life Path This is the time for your vision to emerge for your life. Give voice to your anger, sorrow and joy. Access your vision and special gifts. Celebrate your ability to create, to love and to nurture. $395/$295 students/seniors, plus $25 materials fee for 8 hours. Scheduled at your convenience.
The Practice of Reconciliation Leadership: Emerging and seasoned leaders will be introduced to a unique competency model that links personal, interpersonal, group/systemic and global leadership skills to ensure respect for human rights, peaceful settlement of disputes for greater ecological integrity, economic and social well being. The methodology offers competency development to integrate leaders values, skills and experience — to build on one's mission, interpersonal and relational competences to group/team and global competencies. In an interactive, affirming, safe and lively environment, participants will be invited to learn more about your goodness and innate abilities. The personal skills introduced in this course are rediscovery of awe and wonder in daily life, self-awareness of one's gifts and strengths and a healthy self esteem, clarity of one’s own needs and agenda as well as understanding the role and untapped potential of the unconscious, balance and wellness in one's daily life. eliminating the dichotomy of a work self and a true self. Reconciliation Leaders are practical idealists who facilitate reconciling environments for any challenge in any setting. Wednesday-Friday, July 22-24, 2009, $395 ($295 students/seniors) plus $25 materials fee for 10 hours. RSVP by 7/1/09
Work, Purpose, Place and Peace, This workshop presents opportunities to understand your gifts, talents and abilities, and expand perceptions about the importance of your own humanity to the world. Humankind is being invited to recognize and perceive differently, to experience the interconnectedness of all life, and to interrelate with the spirit in new ways. This workshop is based upon the concept of becoming fully conscious of the power and promise of your spiritual lineage, and recognizing your unique place in God’s universe. If you have been feeling you are on a spiritual journey preparing for something new to come, this workshop was designed for you. Friday-Sunday, July 24-26, 2009, $495, RSVP by 7/1/09. Michael E. Collins and Barbara V. Wheeler, Instructors and Co-Directors of Excelsis.
Writing a Personal Mission Statement: Individual work, scheduled at participants’ convenience. A 10-hour individualized process and framework offered for emerging and seasoned leaders to become aware of core gifts and talents and form a one-sentence mission statement to articulate how one can make a difference in the world. Mission statements help leaders focus and become more effective. A well thought-out mission statement is protection, in a sense, against obstacles and self-defeating behavior because of the confidence and strength that comes from owning and trusting a strong sense of purpose. Scheduled at Your Convenience Tuition is $395 plus $25 materials fee.
Designing and Implementing Interventions for Global Change: Harnessing the Resources of Business, Religion and Politics for the Greening of the Earth This course is for people searching for a new way to address challenges that emphasize respect for human rights, peaceful settlement of disputes, ethics, values and systems that will secure greater ecological integrity, economic and social well being. Leadership and conflict prevention strategies for local and global challenges will be taught. Room and board the responsibility of participants. Friday- Sunday, August 7-9, 2009, $395 ($295 students/seniors) plus $25 materials fee. RSVP by 07/30/09.
Reconciliation of Polarities: Personal and Interpersonal relationship skills will be learned through exercises that enable the participants to experience alternative methods of working with disparate views and belief systems leading to the development of a perspective which recognizes the essential value and inherent dignity of each human being as a basis for human rights. Friday-Sunday, August 28-30, 2009 $495. RSVP by 8/1/09. Michael E. Collins and Barbara V. Wheeler, Instructors and Co-Directors of Excelsis.
Reconciliation Leadership Coaching. Coaching to integrate the teachings, skills and leader’s vocational calling into one’s life, work and relationships. Scheduled at your convenience, 10 hours $595; $495 seniors and students.
For individualized courses on Mission-Focused Leadership, contact Virginia Swain
Mission-Focused Leadership and Reconciliation Leadership are trademarked services of the
Institute for Global Leadership © 2009
