Regenerative Leadership

Our world is at a precipice. We all share responsibility in realizing sustainable change for the future.
In the past few years, the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, social inequalities and geopolitical polarisation have taken center stage. For many of us, this ignites feelings of frustration, anxiety, and futility. In the face of urgent and highly complex, interconnected global challenges, it can be hard to imagine how we, as individuals, can make a change.  
As leaders, citizens and human beings, we can no longer afford to postpone taking action for our collective future. If we are to live within planetary boundaries and enable a prosperous future for ourselves, our families and future generations, we must transform the way we do business. And this begins with ourselves.
How might we integrate regenerative and collaborative forms of leadership for long-term sustainable change into our lives and work? How might we cultivate a community of like-minded peers that can empower and center us as we make the tough choices necessary to realise change?

How our offer supports you

Regenerative Leadership accompanies you in developing and strengthening a mindset of resilience and regeneration, the foundation from which we imagine and enact sustainable transformation in our lives and work. You will spend five day encompassed in nature, away from daily business and supported by experienced facilitators; draw inspiration from like-minded peers in an environment of trust; discover unexpected ways to take action for the greater good.
We apply theory-based and practice proven hands-on methods and tools, rooted in transformative learning and nature-based coaching, creativity and system thinking.
These include explorations in nature individually and as a  group, deep listening,  storytelling, and carefully targeted impulses among others.

This programme is aimed at you

Regenerative Leadership is aimed at  team leaders and managers  from across sectors who want to reconnect with themselves in preparation for imagining, realizing and implementing sustainable change in their lives and organizations; leaders ready to draw strength from nature in an environment of trust.
 
Regenerative Leadership is hosted by the Competence Center for Social Innovation (CSI-HSG). It is guided and facilitated by Dr. Ruth Förster and Dr. Anaïs Sägesser and accompanied by Dr. Rachel Brooks from the CSI-HSG.

Guides

Dr. Anaïs Sägesser

As an impact driven educational entrepreneur & learning designer, Anaïs co-shapes pioneering programs that effectively integrate impact project incubation, entrepreneurship & regenerative leadership development as well as personal growth. With her own experience from working in large corporates, SMEs, academia and NGOs  she knows how important it is to make theory practical and works with immediately applicable tools and approaches. Anaïs graduated from and attained her doctorate at the University of St. Gallen.

Dr. Ruth Förster

Ruth’s passion and expertise lies in designing and facilitating transformative learning journeys toward more sustainable living and working, fostering collaborative leadership, and building resilience. She combines scientific with arts-based, creative approaches and experiential outdoor pedagogy to facilitate deep, sustainable learning journeys. As a former systems analyst in Life Cycle Assessment, a researcher and educator in transformative learning for sustainability and a coach, she knows how to integrate analytical and intuitive methods for personal and systemic change. She holds a diploma in mechanical engineering (RWTH Aachen), a PhD in environmental engineering and a postgraduate degree in didactics (both ETH Zurich) and is trained as a vision quest guide and Tamalpa Life Art practitioner (Germany/USA) to foster embodied leadership.

Rachel Brooks, PhD

Rachel Brooks is Head of Executive Education at the Competence Center for Social Innovation at the University of St.Gallen (CSI-HSG). Her research and teaching focus on supporting practitioners across government, private and social sectors in cultivating the mindset, skills and tools to nimbly take action towards impact in an environment of mounting complexity and uncertainty. In addition to impact-driven executive education, Rachel has worked in Latin America at the nexus of business, agricultural producers, government and non-profit organizations in the global food industry. She holds a BA from Smith College, an MA from New York University, and a doctorate from the University of St.Gallen.

REGISTRATION / APPLICATION

Please register here. We review applications on a rolling basis and will contact you with supplementary course information and registration documents upon receiving your application.