Enrolment
Make space for the year ahead.
Places are intentionally limited to protect the quality and depth of the experience.
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Step out to make space for what matters.
Many capable people become so focused on carrying responsibility that they lose contact with their health, values, relationships and direction. The Ultivate Leadership Retreat creates space to work upstream: before stress becomes crisis, before leadership becomes isolation, and before success starts costing too much.
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Retreat format
Two intentional days of psychology-based learning, guided reflections, nourishing connection and a practical 12-month plan.
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Who it is for
For people who carry a lot—and want to carry it well. You do not need a formal title to benefit. You need a willingness to reflect honestly, learn actively and shape a more intentional future.
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Retreat Day Plan (Sample)
10:00 AM - Arrival & Mindful grounding
Settle into the day, meet your cohort and step out of the momentum of everyday work.
10:45 AM - The psychology of sustainable leadership
Seminar to understand the evidence-informed foundations of health, motivation, recovery and long-term contribution.
12:15 PM - Your personal leadership audit
Workshop reflecting on values, energy, stress patterns, strengths, blind spots and the season of life you are in.
1:15 PM - Assertiveness & healthy boundaries
Group activity to build clear language for needs, decisions, difficult conversations and protecting your capacity.
3:45 PM - Psychological safety & relational leadership
Explore how everyday behaviours shape trust, respect, collaboration and the culture around you.
4:45 PM - Your 12-month enrichment plan
Turn reflection into a practical personal and professional pathway for the year ahead.
Think deeply.
Leave with a plan.
A carefully paced experience combining psychological education, reflective practice, practical leadership tools and meaningful peer connection.
The psychological conditions for sustainable leadership
What we are cultivating
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Self-Leadership & Psychological Health
Notice the beliefs, habits and patterns that bolster—or quietly drain—your capacity. Build practical strategies for recovery, stress regulation, boundaries and sustainable performance.
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Environments & The Future
Design future-ready routines, social supports and working conditions that make flourishing more likely.
Beyond the retreat
Your annual enrichment plan
This experience is not about insight that fades by Monday. You will leave with a clear, workable framework for the next 12 months.
Top three priorities
Name what matters most this year—and what must be protected for it to happen.
Leadership practices
Choose small, repeatable actions that build capacity rather than rely on willpower alone.
Relationship strategy
Identify the people and conversations that keep you accountable, connected and resourced.
Recovery design
Make health, creativity, rest and renewal part of how you lead—not a reward after burnout.
“Leadership is not only what you achieve. It is the conditions you create around you.”
Andrea (Andy) Solange Sarmonikas
Founder | Psychologist
Your retreat hosts
Andy Solange Sarmonikas
Founder, Managing Director
& Psychologist
Dr Thierry
Peynot
Co-Director & Professor
of Robotics & AI
Collaborate with us
We invite values-aligned sponsors, facilitators and innovators to collaborate on transformative Ultivate retreats that cultivate psychological health, meaningful connection and future-ready leadership.
