The Soul of Leadership
An 18-month program for contemplative leadership
Several dates and locations offered
Would you like to lead in a more conscious, heart-centered way?
Now Enrolling:
The Soul of Leadership South Africa
March 2025 – September 2026
Coming Soon:
The Soul of Leadership Boston
May 2025 – October 2026
The Soul of Leadership recognizes that leaders today face particularly difficult challenges. The commitment to inspire others while also increasing productivity and balancing the needs of the organization can leave leaders feeling depleted. Long hours and countless demands often result in a deep need for renewal.
This 18-month program helps leaders integrate spiritual heart practices with leadership realities in order to more truly embody their vocational path. Through individual and communal activities, participants engage in a variety of contemplative practices, while learning strategies to address some of their most pressing leadership challenges.
The Soul of Leadership includes four residencies, each featuring a different leadership focus, supplemented by reading, reflection and spiritual companionship.
Learn more about The Soul of Leadership in this short video, filmed at a UK residency by Soul of Leadership graduate Thea Haavet:
Free Info Call or Taster Session
Join us on Zoom to discern about the rightness of this program for you. Talk with the Director and recent grads. Choose a date below to register in advance.
SOUL OF LEADERSHIP SOUTH AFRICA TASTER SESSIONS:
SOUL OF LEADERSHIP BOSTON INFO SESSIONS:
SOUL OF LEADERSHIP COHORTS
In South Africa
March 2025 – September 2026
NOW ENROLLING
Residencies:
March 10-13, 2025
September 15-18, 2025
March 16-19, 2026
September 7-10, 2026
Leaders
Althea Banda-Hansmann, Margaret Benefiel & Elmor Van Staden
Price
Early Bird (by December 13, 2024): R58 500
Regular (after December 13, 2024): R62 500
Need-based tuition assistance available.
Offered in partnership with Volmoed Retreat Centre.
Contact Wilma Terry Jakobsen at safricawilma@gmail.com with questions.
In Boston
May 2025 – October 2026
COMING SOON
Residencies:
May 19-22, 2025
October 27-30, 2025
April 6-9, 2026
October 12-15, 2026
Leaders
Margaret Benefiel & Debora Jackson
Price
Early bird (by 4/14/25): $5600
Regular (after 4/14/25): $6000
Need-based tuition assistance available.
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON.
In Radstock, UK (near Bath)
May 2024 – January 2026
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Residencies:
May 27-30, 2024
January 13-16, 2025
June 2-5, 2025
January 12-15, 2026
Leaders
Margaret Benefiel & Margie Buchanan-Smith
Price
Early Bird (by 3/15/24): £4730
Regular (after 3/15/24): £4950
Need-based tuition assistance available.
Offered in partnership with The Ammerdown Centre.
On Zoom
September 2023 – March 2025
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Residencies:
September 14-17, 2023
March 14-17, 2024
September 12-15, 2024
March 20-23, 2025
Leaders
Margaret Benefiel & Tony Mazurkiewicz
Price
$2,500
Need-based tuition assistance available.
In DC
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“Through the Soul of Leadership Program, I gained the guidance I needed to shift into the role of a leader within my job in early childhood education. This included understanding my own mission and vision and gifts. To this day, I return to the practices I learned for making decisions and discerning the role I want to play in each and every challenging situation (and believe me, my field is full of challenges right now!).”
-Linda Schumacher
LEADERS FOR CURRENT & UPCOMING COHORTS
HAVE QUESTIONS?
Michelle Geuder is the Registrar for The Soul of Leadership and can be contacted at michelle@shalem.org.