S-t-r-e-t-c-h 2019!

Leaders' Retreat

Ogbo Awoke Ogbo

Session 1
REFLECT ON YOUR
CURRENT REALITIES
 "Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide, do
not hold back; lengthen your
cords, strengthen your stakes.”

~ Isaiah 54:2
Getting the most out of today's Retreat

Curiosity

Fu n!
Participatio n

Openness
H um i l i t y

Peer coaching

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“When an African becomes rich, his
bank accounts are in Switzerland.
He travels to France for Medical
treatment.

He invests in Germany. He buys

from Dubai. He consumes Chinese.
He prays in Rome or Mecca. His
children study in Europe. He travels
to Canada, USA, Europe for tourism.

If he dies, he will be buried in his

native country of Africa.

Africa is just a cemetery for

Africans. How can a cemetery be
developed?”
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 What is a Retreat?
1

Why Should a Leader

2
Retreat Often?
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Who/What makes
you a leader?
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 Character
+
Leader = Competence
+
Calling

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 5 D ’s o f Le a d e r s ’ Re t re a t

Decompress
Decelerate
and
and debrief
recalibrate
Detox mind
and
emotions

De-noise and Define and

refocus energy decide
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“Everyone is a house with four rooms:
Physical, Mental, Emotional and
Spiritual. Visit each every day to be a
h e a l t h y b a l a n c e d p e r s o n .”

~Rurner Godden
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• If I could live my life all over again, what would I do differently?

• What (features, beliefs, attitudes, habits, activities, values,

types of people, behaviors) that served you the most in the
first part of your life would you like to import into the next
phase of your life?

• What (features, beliefs, attitudes, habits, activities, values, type

of people, behaviors) stood in your way of progress in your
past will you drop out of the next phase of your life?

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“Every man takes the limits
of his own field of vision
f o r t h e l i m i t s o f t h e w o r l d .”
~Arthur Schopenhauer
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 “Of all deceivers
fear most yourself!” 
~Søren Kierkegaard
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“The unexamined life
i s n o t w o r t h l i v i n g .”  
~Socrates
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 “ D o n ’ t a c c e p t y o u r d o g ’s
admiration as conclusive
e v i d e n c e t h a t y o u a r e w o n d e r f u l .”
~Ann Landers
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 “If you don’t
conquer
yourself, you’re
going
nowhere.”

~ Prof. P.L.O Lumumba

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 H o w W e l l D o Yo u K n o w Yo u r s e l f ?

Known to Self Not Known to Self

Known to
Others

Arena Bindspot

Not
Known to
Others
Façade Mystery
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Po w e r o f S e l f A w a r e n e s s
Known to Self Not Known to Self

Known to
Others

Not Arena Bindspot

Known to
Others
Façade Mystery
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What I know about myself.

What have I learnt about myself in

the past 10, 15, 20, 40, 50 years?

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What beliefs, behaviors, attitudes,

emotions, thinking patterns, habits
have held you back the most in the
past 10 years?

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• In what ways did I limit myself growing up?

• In what ways do these patterns still manifest in
my work, life, relationships and general
approach to life?
• What worked for me in 2018?
• What didn’t work for me in 2018?
• In what way(s) did I get in my own way in 2018?

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