Ikigai Retreats · June 2–4, 2027 · Snow Peak Long Beach Campfield
Ikigai Leadership Retreat
Step away from the strain, reconnect with your why, and return ready to lead with purpose for yourself, your people and the communities you serve.
Three days, four themes
Each theme anchors the agenda, drawn from the Ikigai Certifications curriculum and shaped for what leaders are carrying right now. Throughout, we lead in a way that is good for you, your people and society.
Leading Through Change
Lead from your values when everything around you is changing, including the shift AI is bringing to every team.
Leadership
Upskilling
Lead from your CliftonStrengths, and build the human skills that outlast any tool.
Resilience & Flourishing
Refill your own reserves, and your team’s, across the six domains of human flourishing.
Developing Your People
Bring out the best in the leaders and teams you’re responsible for.
Why now
Leaders are carrying more than ever.
The details
Dates
June 2–4, 2027
Venue
Snow Peak Long Beach Campfield, Long Beach, Washington
For
Purpose-driven executives and people leaders, and the HR leaders who invest in them
Faculty
Led by Sam Ushio, with Japanese wellness experiences led by Yuko Watanabe. Two guest faculty to be announced: an award-winning chef and author, and a Harvard flourishing researcher.
Certification
Stage 1 of Ikigai Certifications, June 1 at 2 p.m. to June 2 at noon, 2027. The retreat kicks off right after.
Begin your certification on site
Stage 1 of Ikigai Certifications runs June 1 at 2 p.m. through June 2 at noon, just before the retreat kicks off. To certify in person, register for the certification and request an invitation to the retreat; we will hold your place when retreat registration opens. The retreat itself does not count toward certification; the credential is earned by completing the full program.
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Sponsorship
Partner with the retreat
Put your organization alongside purpose-driven leaders.
Custom retreats
Retreats designed around your why.
We design and deliver retreats for leadership teams, boards and organizations: time away to reconnect with purpose, build trust and return with a shared way forward. Each one is built around your goals, your people and the right setting.
How we design and deliver
1
Discover
We learn what your group needs to leave with, and who will be in the room.
2
Design
A program built on ikigai, strengths and flourishing, with the right venue and pace.
3
Deliver
We facilitate every session, so your leaders can be fully present.
4
Carry it forward
Commitments and follow-up that keep the retreat alive back at work.