AGENDA – Whistlestop Tour

Agenda (2017)

Monday, January 23, 2017 

6:00pm Meet 10TRAITS Whistlestop Tour Group at Denver’s Union Station.

7:10pm   Departure on Amtrak for Washington DC.

Part I:  Coming Together

7:30 – 9pm  Kick-off Dinner in the Dining Car. Introductions; outline for the next 4 days

Inquiry into your personal and collaborative leadership style, and inspirational “brain game.”

Journaling:  A conversation with your inner leader.

Tuesday, January 24th

7:30am Optional:  640 Workout

Part 2:  A “Deep Dive” Into the 10TRAITS™

8:00 – 9:00am  Breakfast in Dining Car: Conversations to deepen your mentoring skills

9:00-12:15p  10 TRAITS inquiry and materials for group co-intelligence process using the 10 traits. “Team work makes the dream work.”

12:15-2:00pm  Lunch in the Dining Car & Framework for our arrival in Chicago and (TBD) Wine and Cheese Networking Event in our honor hosted by Women Executives

2:00-8:00pm  Wine and Cheese Networking Event at N.E.W. in Chicago (TBD)

9:10pm  Departure on Amtrak for Washington DC.

Wednesday, January 25th

7:30am Optional:  640 Workout

Part 3:  Experiencing the Power of Your 10TRAITS 

8:00 – 9:00am  Breakfast in Dining Car: Mindful practice, 1-Minute Leader “brain” game

9:00-12:15p 10 TRAITS:  Experiential Exercise: Diplomacy and Epiphany. The moment you suddenly become conscious of how much power you have, and that it is proven and documented by a dozen fields of science.

12:15-2:00pm  Lunch in the Dining Car & Framework for our arrival in Washington DC;

2:00-3:00pm  Travel to Tabard Inn, in Washington DC

Part 4: How Change Happens: Cybernetic Goal Setting and the Iterative Process

3:00-6:30pm  Exploration and Discovery: Finding inspiration in our nation’s historic capitol. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

6:30-9:00pm  Dinner at Kramerbooks; then 10TRAITS “deep dive” experiential event at Tabard Inn

Thursday, January 26th

7:30am Optional:  640 Workout

8:00 – 9:00pm  Breakfast at Tabard Inn. Mindful practice, 1-Minute Leader “brain” game

9:00-12:15p 10TRAITS:  Experiential Exercise: Why women? Why now? Accelerating women’s leadership using our new “see & do” learning method.

Part 5:  Crowd-Sourcing Intelligence – The Collaboratory

12:15-4:30pm  Lunch on Capitol Hill; co-intelligence exchange with women legislators

5:30-8:30pm  Event and Dinner at National Press Club – Wine and Cheese Networking Event at N.E.W. in Washington DC (TBD)

8:30 -10:00pm  Nighttime Tour of the Capitol. Led by Jared Polis. (Optional). Return to Tabard.

Friday, Optional 27th

7:30am Optional:  640 Workout

8:00 – 9:00am  Breakfast at Tabard Inn. Mindful practice, 1-Minute Leader “brain” game

9:00-12:15p  We will meet with women leaders on Capitol Hill in healthcare, education, environmental, & diversity. If we can imagine it, together we can create it.

12:15-2:00pm  Lunch on Capitol Hill. Women’s History Museum & return to Tabard Inn

Part 6:  Mapping our Next Steps, and Access to the 10TRAITS Online Tool Kit.

1:30 -6:30p  A co-design process. Mapping our next steps. Matching each of our 10 traits to personalized development goals and leadership milestones. Map the relationship of each trait to a desired outcome with our work with teams, colleagues, and partners, both in person and virtually.

Part 7: Celebration Dinner and 10TRAITS | Leader Certification Award

6:30-9:00p Overnight stay at Tabard Inn. (Optional)