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BOOK NOW – Inside Out: A three-day residential retreat in the Cotswolds, 15th - 17th March 2024

Inside Out: Leading your way for the times we’re in

Led by Emma Haughton and Isabel Mortimer from Generate

15th – 17th March 2024 | Hawkwood House, Stroud

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Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, from ‘The Summer Day’

Inside Out is a three-day residential leadership retreat designed to be relevant and responsive to the times we live in.

With the world around us in constant flux, it’s easy to become disconnected – from others, from the planet and from ourselves. When we lose connection, we can lose our sense of purpose, our power and even our voice. 

What if you knew you could …find and use your power …find and use your purpose …find and use your voice? How would you choose to be, to act, to live, to work in this world?

To re-meet yourself and explore the questions – ‘Who am I now?’, ‘Who am I becoming?’, and ‘What impact do I want to have in the world?’ – is to honour your one wild and precious life

What can I expect from Inside Out?

“Inside Out was amazing, life changing and much needed – a space to change and/or just settle in all the ways that we each needed to.” Inside Out participant, March 2023

Join experienced leadership coaches and workshop leaders Emma Haughton and Isabel Mortimer, along with a small group of other values-led changemakers, for three days of workshops in the beautiful setting of Hawkwood House, Stroud. Throughout the retreat you’ll be invited to:

  • Connect with the stories that no longer serve you, and find those that do
  • Notice the habits that are no longer useful and forge new ways of being 
  • Shape the mindsets that support you
  • Embrace the self care you need in this phase of your leadership and life
  • Create new behaviours in alignment with your purpose

About the venue

Inside Out is a full-board residential retreat held at Hawkwood House – a stunning Grade II listed 19th Century country house, surrounded by 42 acres of sustainably managed woodland, farmland and gardens. Set in the heart of the Cotswolds, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the house and grounds feature breathtaking views towards the River Severn and Wales. It is a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of modern life.

There’s comfortable single occupancy accommodation on site, with fresh, home-cooked meals prepared daily. You’ll have the opportunity to explore the grounds as part of the course and share evening meals with your fellow course mates.


“Since ethical, sustainable living is central to everything we do at Hawkwood, our food is made from seasonal, locally sourced, organic produce wherever possible. We try our very best to minimise waste and our impact on the environment.”

Watch a video tour of the venue: https://youtu.be/ObY5tY3cnhI

Is Inside Out for me?

Inside Out is a retreat for people both in and outside of traditional leadership roles – for people who want to lead from who they are. 

We believe that leadership is about qualities and behaviours – both who you are and how you are in the world. It transcends hierarchy and job titles. 

  • Are you ready to invest in yourself and galvanise energy for change?
  • Do you want to make a purposeful career move or make your next leap in leadership?
  • Do you want to develop inner resources to make courageous decisions both personally and professionally?

If the answer is yes to any of the above, Inside Out is for you. 

 

Why did we create Inside Out?

As we live in a time of ‘perma-crisis’ we believe, now more than ever, that the world needs leaders – humans – who can face difficult emotions, uncertainty and ambiguity with their whole selves and with a sense of hope. 

There are myriad ways to lead beyond the leadership examples and narratives that dominate the world stage today. With Inside Out we have created a carefully curated and held space for people to be able to tap into their deep wisdom and inner resource. We want to support more people to step into their power, be on their purpose, and speak their truth: to know and own their contribution to the world.

Who are the Inside Out facilitators?

Emma Haughton, Co-Founder, Generate

Emma  is an accredited coach, facilitator, and trainer with over 25 years experience supporting individuals and organisations in the creative and not for profit sectors to realise their vision and potential. Emma works with an intuitive, compassionate and creative style and brings the diversity of her experience, skills and tools to support individuals, teams and groups to create the change they want and to act with courage, commitment and purpose.

She is co-founder of Generate, a company of coaches and facilitators with a strong belief in the power of human relationships and creativity to support team and organisational purpose and sustainability. She is an accredited Relational Dynamics 1st coach and trainer, a certified Gestalt Facilitator and a Systemic Coaching and Constellations practitioner. Emma is a coach for Clore Leadership, for Climate Emergency Coaches  and is an RSA Fellow.

 

Emma on the purpose of Inside Out: “As far back as I remember, I think I have always carried a question about what it really means to connect with your true humanity. This question has sometimes fuelled me, sometimes stumped me, sometimes saddened me. Standing here at 55, I realise this quest is not one to be answered but explored – it is a work in progress. There’s something about not only finding one’s voice, but also one’s permission to use it, with power and purpose. I want to support people to come back to themselves and not get pulled off course. In that way, I am on my own purpose.” 

Isabel Mortimer, Partner, Generate

Isabel is an experienced performance coach, focussed on getting positive results for clients. She specialises in leadership development, cultural change, and enabling positive team dynamics.  She has created a portfolio of coaching and leadership programmes and has supported cultural exchange and team development work across a range of high profile organisations. 

She is a fellow of Clore Leadership Programme and is employed by The Clore Leadership Programme to help support fellows in developing as transformational leaders. Isabel is an RD1st Lead Trainer and Coach, the Director of Coaching at the Dancers Career Development. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, CPCC, and an Organisational Relationship and Systems Coach ( both endorsed by the International Coaching Federation). She is a trustee on the board of South East Dance.

 

Isabel on the purpose of Inside Out: “I think my influences, my education, my essence and energy was not always encouraged or held in the best way for me. Sometimes I felt overly sensitive to what others said or did, and I had to have a lot of determination to combat these thoughts and to step forward, this took a lot of energy. I want to encourage others to find and harness their essence-energy and use it with a sense of purpose. I want people to get out of their own way – this is their birthright. And mine.” 

What have previous participants said about Inside Out?

Feedback from the first Inside Out cohort (March ‘23): 

“Thank you for holding the space so beautifully. It felt quite a unique offering. Not something I’ve seen elsewhere before.”

“Thank you Emma and Isabel from the bottom of my heart. I feel I am much closer to the person I am supposed to be to fulfil my dreams.”

“The facilitation of the group was second to none.  Emma and Isabel were so in tune with the group, stepping forward and framing and shaping exercises, while knowing when to step back or even step away at crucial moments.  I felt like they made adaptations when required and offered deep insights and beautiful thoughts.  They were gentle, light and humorous. They were deeply connected to us.  Profound thanks to you both.” 

“Treasured, challenging time. Core memories. Thank you.”

“My immediate response is that I feel as though I have emerged better. A process that was begun and has been guided and facilitated through Generate has come to fruition.”

 

How can I book my place? 

Click here to access the booking form to reserve your place with a deposit or full payment

Questions?

Please get in touch with any questions you may have, or for a conversation about the retreat.

Creative Dynamics

Harness the dynamic relationship between you, your creativity and others

Workshop Overview

Now in its seventh year, the Creative Dynamics workshop is now available in an interactive virtual format as well as face to face.

Blending our many years’ experience in the arts and creative sectors with findings from creative pioneers/ thought leaders we have evolved a simple model, Creative Dynamics, which invites you to engage with your creativity as a dynamic cycle.

It starts with you… What is my relationship with creativity? Where are your creative strengths and blocks?

What does this mean in practice?…..Relate this to your own experience of a project or issue you are working on. How could your peers support you? How could this support your leadership? 

How can I support myself and others?…… Explore the types of approaches and mindsets which can support and enable creativity and help overcome blocks

What will I change? …… Develop a plan for how you will put your insights into action  

“Brilliant workshop for unlocking those hidden things we don’t always see in ourselves and working collaboratively to develop or recognise and value a creative mindset.” Janine Downes – Clore Fellow 2020/21 – The Hive, Worcestershire Libraries

“The model you’ve developed really opened up my thinking. I can see how much benefit it will be to me and others I work with”, Kate Wyatt, Creative Producer

Next Date for in person workshop, London is 10 November. Join our mailing list for notification of when bookings open. 

Team Development

Harness the power of your team

Team coaching

Are you in a new or changing team that wants to:

  • Accelerate your performance
  • Ride the waves of change
  • Understand and make the most of your diversity
  • Manage conflict and disagreement?
  • Unlock your creativity?

Understand the collective wisdom, dynamics and functions of your team so that you can work more effectively together.

Improve your relationship together as you co-create the answers to live business issues.

Find out how this new and dynamic skill set could make a radical difference to how you work together.

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Coaching for partners

Being in a business partnership is in many ways like a marriage. You each bring different hopes, fears, strengths, challenges and ways of doing things!

Coaching for partners helps you:

  • understand and capitalise on your differences
  • work through the crunch points
  • solve business issues together
  • develop skills to sustain and strengthen your partnership.

We offer programmes of 3 – 6 sessions, depending on what you want to achieve together.

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Team training

Sometimes the soft skills are actually the hard ones which help you make a better impact. Generate specialises in developing your uniquely human skills to work in our constantly evolving and unpredictable world:

  • Coaching skills
  • Listening skills
  • Responding to and managing change
  • Flexible leadership and collective leadership
  • Self awareness, social intelligence, team intelligence
  • Constructive communication and feedback
  • Self care and resilience
  • Enhancing and sustaining creativity

Tell us the gaps you want to close and we’ll develop interactive, experiential training to meet your needs.

Facilitation

An experienced, external facilitator can make all the difference to the work of groups and teams:

  • Board and Staff sessions
  • Whole Organisation and Team Away Days
  • Peer Learning and Development.

Idea generation, visioning, problem solving, strategy, planning and more, together with solid experience and training in facilitation, group and team work.

Our facilitation is always bespoke. We work with you to design a plan that will achieve the desired outcome, is responsive to need and changing priorities, and generates fresh thinking, action, and strengthens relationships.

Coaching

Achieve your potential and make change happen with experienced support. We have a solid track record of successfully helping individuals across the creative, not for profit and social sectors to overcome blocks and achieve the growth they want.

  • Career and leadership development
  • Maternity transition
  • Creative development
  • Team and management issues
  • Prioritisation and time management

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