ASCENT
Actualizing Entelechy by Creating in the World
Intention
Leaders learn how to connect with the true self, identify inner purpose and personal entelechy, develop a Living Vision of how those are to be expressed through creation in their world, and embark on the journey of creation in tight cohorts of four. With this process as a living, evolving modality, they discover and integrate key tools and principles that help them free themselves from self-limiting beliefs, upper-limit stories, and self-constructed polarities of possibility. Every step of the way their facilitator is with them, applying years of experience coaching dozens of high-impact leaders on the same ascent. The goal of the engagement is deep progress in the actual experiential achievement of the Living Vision
Structure
During a period of eight months, Ascent cohorts gather in a common session with an HEI facilitator every two weeks for 2.5 hours.
Each participant, using the tools developed by HEI, goes through a process of discovering and connecting with true self, inner purpose and personal entelechy. From this, a Living Vision of one’s entelechy is generated to guide all the subsequent work and creation.
The first 30 minutes of each session is devoted to the understanding of a HEI principle that is key to the actualization of one’s entelechy . In alternating sessions, this is done through both interactive processes and through active case-study discussions with HEI Guest Faculty (a high-impact business leader) who have used the principle as a key element in the creation of their own real-world visions and business endeavors.
The remaining two hours are dedicated to advancing each cohort member’s process— where they are in their creation, what may be coming up for them, the identification and transcending of limiting thought and beliefs, and what the next aligned inner and outer actions can be. The cohort also meets for a combined two hours (timing up to them) during the alternate week to be in service to each other’s progress through the relentless reflection of the limitlessness of each other’s true selves and agreements of accountability they have made with each other.
Key Ascent Principles + Tools Leaders will experience:
- Distinguishing Self from Thought: Discovering and trusting True Self and entelechy
- Architecting a Living Vision: Building the northstar and compass for our ideal creation
- Shifting Inner Leadership: Moving True Self to master and ego-mind to servant
- Creating from Entelechy: The dynamics of intention, action, and present moment wisdom
- Transcending Polarity of Thought: Transcending ego-mind polarity to unite with new possibility
- Open Aperture of Possibility: Dissolving limiting beliefs of what can emerge from us, and to us
- Accessing Co-creation: Acting in limitless possibility, flow, ease, synchronicity
- Transcending Preference through Purpose: Accessing creation beyond our thinking
- Plan of Impact: Aligning intention and action in a real-world design of positive impact
- Creating Impact Plan Network: Connecting with high-impact collaborators in the HEI network and beyond to become a team to realize personal Impact Plan
Ascent Syllabus
Pre-work:
Self Observation and Awareness
- Self Observation: Participant leaders are given foundational tools of self observation and assessment in service to deepening awareness and connection to True Self .
- Living Vision: First drafts of Living Vision are now in process.
Session 1:
Ascent Principle: Distinguishing Self from Thought
- Introduction and discussion of Principle + Case Study
- Interactive Process: Discovering and trusting True Self and entelechy in service to the creation of a powerful Living Vision as the north star of one’s personal program.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on what is present for them in this process and receives coaching on what is needed for advancement.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 2:
Architecting and Finalizing Living Vision
- Guest Faculty Case Study: Member of Advisory Cohort or special guest high impact leader describes impact of the Living Vision on their work and lives. Cohort engages them in Q&A as it relates to the advancement of their own personal process.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on what is present for them in this process and receives coaching on what is needed for advancement.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 3:
Ascent Principle: Shifting Inner Leadership
This is the program that enables leaders to solidify their essential pillars of wellbeing so they are strong and vital enough to provide a powerful foundation from which they can fully actualize their entelechy.
- Introduction and discussion of Principle + Case Study
- Interactive Process: The 21st century realignment of True Self to master and ego-mind to servant.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on what is present for them in this process and receives coaching on what is needed for advancement..
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 4:
Ascent Principle: Creating from Entelechy
- Guest Faculty Case Study: Member of Advisory Cohort or special guest high impact leader, describes the power of Creating from Entelechy on their own endeavors. Cohort engages them in Q&A as it relates to the advancement of their own personal process.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on what is present for them in this process and receives coaching on what is needed for advancement.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 5:
Ascent Principle: Transcending Polarity of Thought
- Introduction and discussion of Principle + Case Study
- Interactive Process: Each of four leader participants in the cohort identify a seeming polarity of choice that is getting in the way of their Living Vision and then use HEI tools to transcend the false polarity.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on what is present for them in this process and receives coaching on what is needed for advancement toward their Living Vision.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 6:
Ascent Principle: Opening the Aperture of Possibility
- Guest Faculty Case Study: Member of Advisory Cohort or special guest high impact leader, describes their own process of identifying limiting beliefs, and dissolving them to experience a hugely expanded Aperture of Possibility from which to create. Cohort engages them in Q&A as it relates to the advancement of their own personal process toward their Living Vision.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on what is present for them in this process and receives coaching on what is needed for advancement.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 7:
Ascent Principle: The Force Multiplier—Alignment of Intention and Action
- Introduction and discussion of Principle + Case Study
- Interactive Process: Each of four leader participants in the cohort explore where they may be weakening their progress by engaging in old non-aligned action that is not consistent with the intention of their Living Vision and inadvertently generating conflicting intentions that they may replace them with new aligned actions.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on what is present for them in this process and receives coaching on what is needed for advancement toward their Living Vision.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 8:
Ascent Principle: Accessing Co-creation
- Guest Faculty Case Study: Member of Advisory Cohort or special guest high impact leader, describes a profound example when their intention and actions created a clear signal and a Co-creative event(s) accelerated their own endeavors. Cohort engages them in Q&A as it relates to the advancement of their own personal process toward their Living Vision.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on what is present for them in this process and receives coaching on what is needed for advancement.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 9:
Ascent Principle: Transcending Preference through Purpose
- Introduction and discussion of Principle + Case Study
- Interactive Process: Each of four leader participants in the cohort identify a pre-existing preference for how their Living Vision actualizes and then using HEI tools move back into core purpose and personal entelechy to discover new and perhaps stronger possibilities.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on what is present for them in this process and receives coaching on what is needed for advancement toward their Living Vision.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 10:
Assessment of Progress Toward Living Vision
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort goes in depth as to where they are and what they feel would be the area where an intervention could yield the most prograss. The facilitator and entire cohort works personally with each participant, using already obtained HEI principles, to help them transcend any seeming blocks and accelerate their progress toward their LIving Vision.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 11:
Development of Plan of Action + Impact
- Guest Faculty Case Study: Member of Advisory Cohort or special guest high impact leader, describes their personal strategy for the development of their plan of action as applied to their Living Vision when they embarked on this part of the process.
- Coaching + Facilitation: Each of the four leader participants in the cohort works personally with the facilitator on how to relate to, and architect, a Plan of Action + Impact to continue beyond their graduation from the program.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 12:
Presentation of Plan of Action + Impact
- Each leader participant in the cohort presents their Plan of Action + Impact and invites inquiry and coaching from the facilitator and their teammates on evolving their current plan.
- The cohort is reminded on how to access and use the HEI Network and beyond for coaching and advisement for presentation and discussion.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 13:
Presentation of Proposed Impact Networks
- Each leader participant in the cohort presents their Proposed Impact Network of collaborators (from both inside and outside the HEI Network) to help them realize their Impact Plan, and invites inquiry and coaching from the facilitator and their teammates on creating the network.
- The facilitator and cohort teammates help with developing strategies, as well as letting go of inner limitations, both inner and outer with HEI Principles, for reaching desired members of their Impact Network.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 14:
Advancement of Impact Plan
- Each leader participant in the cohort presents both progress and challenges of Impact Plan creation, and invites inquiry and coaching from the facilitator and their teammates to realize.
- The facilitator and cohort teammates help with strategies and letting go of inner limitations, both inner and outer with HEI Principles, for realizing desired Impact Plan.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action.
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 15:
Advancement of Impact Plan
- Each leader participant in the cohort presents both progress and challenges of Impact Plan creation, and invites inquiry and coaching from the facilitator and their teammates to realize.
- The facilitator and cohort teammates help with strategies and letting go of inner limitations, both inner and outer with HEI Principles, for realizing desired Impact Plan.
- Accountability: Agreements of Action, and “What is my strategy and mechanism for setting myself for success post the program?”
- Cohort meets without the facilitator in alternate week to check in on Agreements of Action
Session 16:
“What is my strategy and mechanism for setting myself for success post the program?”
- Each leader participant in the cohort presents their strategy for continued success in realizing impact plan post HEI program.
- The facilitator and cohort teammates help with strategies and letting go of inner limitations, both inner and outer with HEI Principles, for clearing the way for strategy to come alive.
- Accountability: Cohort discusses possible continuation of the cohort in varying sizes post program.
- Cohort continues as an autonomous creation unit to support each other in Impact Plan Creation