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Professional services firms are integral to the Australian economy. They drive a significant portion of the nation’s GDP by providing expert services across multiple industries and sectors, offering unparalleled flexibility, support and mentorship that larger enterprises often cannot match.
Yet, as they strive to meet the ever-increasing demands of their clients and employees, leaders in these firms face substantial challenges – dealing with time constraints, limited resources, and high expectations. This relentless pressure can lead to significant stress, impacting both personal and professional wellbeing.
This exclusive three-day program is designed specifically for senior leaders in professional service firms and is limited to 12 participants. The program is an opportunity for leaders to step away from the day-to-day pressures of their roles and focus on personal growth and development. It is a transformative experience that promotes self-awareness, resilience and wellbeing and helps leaders build the inner strength required to thrive.
Overview:
Through a blend of group and individual work, some of the topics we will explore include:
- Bill Plotkin’s leading-edge Nature Based Map of the Human Psyche.
- The facets of psychological wholeness and the protective sub-personalities that hinder your growth.
- How your body unconsciously communicates your ‘story’.
- Activities designed to deepen self-awareness, stimulate deep imagination and non-ordinary states of consciousness, and explore the untended languages of ritual and grief.
- A daily sunrise ‘awakening’ at Port Fairy’s Little East Beach.
- Tower Hill Culture and Nature Tour – an interactive tour conducted by a local indigenous guide.
- The power of acknowledgement, and a whole lot more!
Logistics:
The logistical details include:
- This is a three (3) day residential program held in Port Fairy at the end of the Great Ocean Road in South Western Victoria (3.5 hours from Melbourne).
- Date: Thursday 5PM to Sunday 2PM – May 15 – 18, 2025.
- Investment: your time and $2,395 program fee (plus GST).
- This includes all meals, scheduled activities, and a private room with ensuite.
- Venue: Seacombe House – 22 Sackville St, Port Fairy 3284.
- Seacombe House is a 4-star National Heritage Listed property built in 1847.
- Guarantee: What you put into this program is directly related to what you will take out.
- Prepare to be stretched…..in a good way!
Your Lead Facilitator
David Mallard is an extensively experienced trainer, coach, mentor, guide, adviser and consultant and has been actively involved in human development work for over 25 years. He is trained in Breathwork, accredited in the DiSC personality profile, holds a Cert. IV in Training & Assessment, is certified in Mental Health First Aid as well as holding Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees – he is also a Fellow of CPA Australia.
David is a graduate of the professional ‘Wild Mind Training Program’ with the Animas Valley Institute of Colorado and recently completed Francis Weller’s Grief Ritual leadership training. He has extensive senior executive experience working closely with CEO’s and Boards and was formerly the Chief Audit Executive in one of Australia’s largest organisations.
In parallel David has facilitated hundreds of personal growth meetings, workshops and seminars. In 1998 he co-founded the NFP and registered charity Melbourne Men’s Group Inc and is the Treasurer of Soulcraft ANZ Inc. David is a recipient of CPA Australia’s ‘President’s Award for Excellence – Distinguished Service‘ with a specific focus on Human Development and Mental Health.
Your Co-Facilitator
Dave Stevens is an experienced facilitator and trusted consultant to leaders of public practice firms across Australia’s auditing industry. Dave has previously held senior audit quality leadership positions within both the private and public sector, including as an advisor to international practices.
He has endured the physical and emotional toll of working as an auditing practitioner, and recognises the power that a safe and supportive group environment provides to enable our natural healing processes to occur. As co-host of this residential intensive, Dave’s vision is to create an environment and program which allows people coping with stress, anxiety, and burnout related challenges the necessary space and time to heal.
Visiting Presenter
Chris Caldwell is a counselling psychologist, supervisor, teacher and group facilitator with over forty years’ experience in the field of healing and personal development. Chris has explored and trained in diverse fields during his practitioner career including the body mind model of Wilhelm Reich, formal meditation and yoga trainings in Australia and India, extensive practice in dreamwork and depth psychology as initiated by Carl Jung and extended into the transpersonal work of Stanislav Grof. Amongst other things, Chris currently teaches transpersonal counselling at the IKON Institute of Australia.
