Leading with Connection

Harnessing Ecosystem and Social Intelligence

A one-day Leadership Encounter invites leaders to engage deeply with ecological and social systems, drawing wisdom from both nature and groups. Through outdoor reflection and co-sensing, participants cultivate systemic awareness and adaptive leadership.

Crafted for changemakers, organisational leaders, coaches, consultants, and activists, the Encounter offers a transformative space to move beyond mechanistic thinking and embrace more connected, holistic ways of leading.

To lead in times of increasing complexity and uncertainty, leaders must engage with the ecological and social systems in which they are embedded and integrate them into their psychological system.

The Encounter offers a powerful pathway to this integration, guiding participants through the horizontal dimension of the Integrated Systems Coaching Framework. This unique approach releases the psychological energy needed for complex thinking.

This Leadership Encounter takes place at Emerson College, situated in a 23-acre Biodynamic and Botanic landscape in the rolling countryside of East Sussex.

We spend time in the beautiful gardens working with nature and in the Pixton Garden Room, a beautiful room with an open fire in the manor house, overlooking the College grounds.

Emerson College

At Emerson College, lunch is the main meal of the day, made with delicious seasonal vegetables, often from the Emerson Kitchen Garden or from other local biodynamic and organic growers. The lunches are usually accompanied by a large bowl of fresh salad and followed by a tasty dessert.

Healthy Lunch

Facilitators

Dr. Valentina Canessa-Pollard

Senior Lecturer &

Coaching Psychologist

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Terence Sexton

Leadership

Psychologist

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Booking Details

Date: Saturday 11th July 2026

Time: 09.30 - 16.00 hours

Location: Emerson College, East Sussex, UK

Price:

  • £185 Early bird available until 30th April 2026

  • £215 Standard

5% of ticket proceeds and 30p per ticket from Fundeey will be donated to Rewilding Britain.

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