Leadership is an Adventure! What is YOUR journey?

The Machu Picchu Adventure: A Women’s Leadership Journey is a six-month, once-in-a-lifetime leadership development opportunity including a custom 13-day travel experience for eleven women executives, professionals and business owners to build their strengths and visions while on the way to the #1 travel destination in the world - Machu Picchu. For detailed information in the Program Brochure click here.

The Leader's Journey

This unique cultural and adventure experience parallels each participant's leadership journey. During the program, we will learn about ourselves and the world we live in and examine the Inka civilization, current Peruvian culture and the amazing land - "Pachamama"
Starting in May, we will to know each other through conference calls and Bay Area gatherings. We will support each other in our preparation for the trip including physical training, discussing cultural and leadership background materials and considering our objectives for the trip.

While in Peru, we will spend two weeks traveling between Lima, Cuzco, The Sacred Valley, trekking the Salkantay Trail and discovering Machu Picchu. We will explore the Andean spiritual traditions and look into how our beliefs and practices have shaped our history and guide our future. We will also consider the physical, emotional and intellectual aspects of our leadership journey and reflect how best to move forward into our next levels of leadership. The trip has a balanced blend of group and individual time and includes trekking, touring and relaxing.

After our return, we will join together for a final session to talk about how our journey has affected our lives, what we are doing differently in our worlds now and what lies ahead.

One of the key focus areas of this program will be the importance of strong relationships for leaders - especially women. Your new relationships will be key take-aways from your leadership journey.

Award Winning Travel

Our Machu Picchu Adventure travel experience has been custom designed by OCSC Sailing Adventure Group in Berkeley in partnership with Leo LeBon, legendary founder of Mountain Travel Sobek. They will provide all of our travel arrangements while in Peru.

With expert guides, we will tour ancient Andean sites and trek the "hidden Inka trail" - the award-winning Salkantay Trail - to Machu Picchu. This trail was recently developed by one of our speakers, Enrique Umbert, Senior, as luxury lodge-to-lodge trekking experience and has been honored as "Top Trips" by National Geographic's Adventure and Outside's GO magazines. Our lodging is mostly 4 and 5 star and the food is exceptional - especially the famous Nuevo-Andean cuisine.

Program Leader

Elizabeth (Liz) Becker is Principal of Becker & Company Consulting which specializes in Market Leadership Solutions including strategy development and go-to-market support for organizations and individual leaders. For over seven years, her firm has focused on supporting Leadership and Talent Development consulting firms and has developed and delivered a broad array of leadership development programs for executives - especially women.

Based on her experience as a former executive at a Fortune 500 company and her current work as an advisor to growing businesses, Liz believes that developing strong leaders and "getting out there" are the two most powerful business strategies. Her expertise in strategy, sales and marketing, organizational development and coaching have led to growth and success for Fortune 500 corporations, mid-sized and start-up organizations and individual leaders.

Liz is an active adventurer who loves travel, sailing, mountain biking, trekking, writing and being a mother of two young children. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Who Should Attend

Women leaders who are either

• Corporate or non-profit executives
  
• Professionals
  
• Business owners

and are

• Looking to increase their leadership effectiveness, either in a current endeavor or by taking bold steps in a new direction
  
• In good physical condition. We will hike to 15,000 feet during our trek and spend 5 nights above 10,000 feet

Space is limited to 11 participants and is by invitation due to the unique nature of this leadership development experience.

Program Benefits

• Develop your personal leadership strengths in a supportive and engaging environment
  
• Build a Leadership Action Plan for the next steps in your life's work
  
• Form deep relationships with key women executives in diverse industries
  
• Experience Andean beauty, Peru's colorful culture and the comfort of the Salkantay Inca Trail lodges featured in National Geographic Adventure's 25 Best New Trips in the World and in Outside's GO Magazine, which named our trek the #1 of the 12 Finest Treks on the Globe
  
• Learn from our speakers - key leaders from Peru's financial, tourism and non-profit sectors
  
• Integrate the learnings over a six-month period - a key part of making lasting change
  
• Access to ongoing Leadership Development Coaching through Becker & Company and our strategic Coaching Partner, Hairpin Turns

Costs

• $4995 - Land and Leadership Development Program including lodging, most meals, guides, porters, transfers, and a customized six-month executive leadership development program developed by Elizabeth Becker.
  
• $1200 - International and domestic airfare - approximate
  
• $600 - Incidentals: travel insurance, non-included meals, Give-Back Fund donation (Kuychi Charity), tips, airport taxes

A deposit of $500 is due by May 15, 2008 and is fully transferable to another person taking this same trip, but not refundable.

For more information, please review the program brochure by clicking here. It has detailed leadership program and travel itinerary information.

AND join us May 20th at 7pm at OCSC's campus in Berkeley, CA for a Leadership Event: Exploring New Heights: The Leader's Journey. RSVP below.

I look forward to being with you on the way to Machu Picchu!

Elizabeth Becker
Principal, Becker & Company
Market Leadership Solutions
510-388-6169
leadership@beckercompany.com

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