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Evolve The Leader Within Retreat

Being in Flow Amidst the Chaos
in Today's World of Work

Join us for 2.5 days in beautiful Carmel Valley on October 14-16!

This retreat is about evolving your leadership to meet the moment in time, make the impact you want and bring people with you.  We reinforce the importance of self-authority, self-belief, and self-care. Through engaging exercises focused on relationship building and intuitive development, you'll leave with practical tools and renewed confidence.
 

This is your opportunity to step away from the everyday and invest in your leadership potential. Join us for a transformative experience that empowers you to lead with authenticity and impact!

In the Evolve the Leader Within Retreat, you…

  • Discover how to ignite your passion and create a compelling vision that inspires and guides your team.

  • Tap into your innate intuition and insight to drive innovation and navigate complex challenges.

  • Learn to cultivate trust and build mature, interconnected relationships, essential for leading collaboratively.

  • Explore the art of stepping back and creating space for others to shine, fostering a culture of shared leadership.

  • Find inner peace and clarity through guided meditation sessions.

  • Enjoy delicious, healthy meals that support your well-being.

  • Rejuvenate your body and mind with gentle yoga practices.

  • Prioritize your well-being in a serene and supportive environment.

Keen Coactive Leadership & ResponseAgility® Model: Evolve the Leader Within

Coactive leadership is about inspiring people to buy into your vision and actively participate in its success. It’s about leading from a place of partnership, collaboration, and empowerment.

At the Evolve the Leader Within Retreat, you’ll experience immersive learning, hands-on practice, and transformational insights that empower you to lead with confidence, clarity, and authenticity. Here's what you can expect:

  • Lead from the Front: Clarify Your Vision

    — Develop the confidence to articulate a compelling vision that inspires and aligns others.

    — Learn to navigate uncertainty and anticipate challenges with strategic foresight.

    — Gain tools to communicate your vision in a way that motivates teams to act with purpose.

  • Lead from the Side: Empower Partnerships and Alliances

    — Master the art of designing alliances and building trust-based partnerships.

    — Practice creating leaders at every level by fostering autonomy and collaboration.

    — Apply frameworks to navigate complex team dynamics and encourage innovation.

    — Cultivate transparent communication and psychological safety within your teams.

  • Lead from Behind: Elevate Others and Coach with Impact

    — Learn to step back, let go of control, and empower others to lead.

    — Develop coaching techniques that inspire growth, confidence, and accountability.

    — Strengthen your ability to create space for others to shine while supporting from behind.

  • Lead from the Field: Harness Your Highest Purpose

    — Deepen your self-awareness to understand how personal biases and projections may influence decisions.

    — Access your intuitive intelligence and enhance your situational awareness.

    — Develop clarity in high-stakes situations and make effective, aligned decisions.

  • Lead from Within: Build Unshakable Self-Authority and Self-Belief

    — Cultivate self-trust and inner resilience to lead with certainty and authenticity.

    — Strengthen your self-care practices to sustain long-term leadership effectiveness.

    — Learn to make decisive choices from a place of confidence and alignment with your values.

Unlock Your Potential with ResponseAgility®

Feeling overwhelmed by change? Struggling with stress, disengagement, or emotional exhaustion? You’re not alone—but you can take control.

Introducing ResponseAgility®, your guide to turning stress into strength and chaos into clarity using the powerful SCULPT method.

In just 90 seconds, you can:

✷ Shift from reaction to intention

✷ Master your emotions with ease

✷ Navigate uncertainty with confidence

✷ Unlock peak performance & focus

With personalized coaching, you’ll learn to apply SCULPT—a step-by-step process to pause, reflect, and take aligned action—so you can respond to life’s challenges with resilience and clarity.

What is SCULPT?

S - Stop: In the midst of chaos, the first step is to simply pause. Take a moment to breathe, to create space.

C - Connect: Connect to your highest self, grounding yourself in clarity. This is about finding your center, your inner calm.

U - Understand: Understand your current thoughts and feelings. What’s happening inside? Name it. Acknowledge it.

L - Listen: Listen for insights and answers. What does your intuition tell you? What's the wise response?

P - Process: Process your emotions and energy, acknowledging what you feel. Allow yourself to feel without judgment.

T - Take Action: Only when you feel aligned with your highest self and values, take action. This ensures your response is intentional and powerful.

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ResponseAgility® is packed with practical exercises and real-world examples, showing you how to integrate SCULPT into your daily life. 

Reclaim your power. Embrace ResponseAgility®. Master SCULPT. Transform your life, 90 seconds at a time.

What Clients Say About Magi Graziano

Christina Lim

Jennifer Roback

Register with a Single Payment of $1575.00 and Spend 2+ Days in Carmel Valley

*Lodging and Dinners are not included. The retreat will take place at Bernardus Lodge. We recommend securing lodging there or at either Gardener Ranch or Carmel Valley Ranch (both of which are about 5 minutes away)

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  • Day 1: October 14, 2025

    — Margaret Graziano - Introduction to the Retreat: Evolving The Leader Within requires Response Agility  - Your Leadership Super Power 

    ​— Mark Abramson - Connecting to Your Highest Self, Tune In, Turn On and Take Action

  • Day 2: October 15, 2025

    — Morning Yoga and Movement 

    — Devon White - Magnetizing Vision 

    — Mark Abramson - Meditation - Reboot Your Mind 

    — Margaret Graziano - ResponseAgility SCULPT 

    — Mary Oreskovic - Garland ranch Hiking 

  • Day 3: October 16, 2025

    — Morning Yoga and Movement 

    — Mark Abramson - Meditation - Elevate and Thrive 

    — Margaret Graziano - ResponseAgility 90 second ReCalibration Model 

    — Margaret Paul - Building Trust 

    — Refuge Spa 

Margaret "Magi" Graziano

KeenAlignment Founder and CEO and Your Host

  • Primary Thought Leader on Personal, Interpersonal, Team, and Organizational Alignment

    Using a unique combination of experiential coaching, sciencebacked development tools, and actionable strategies, Magi empowers leaders to evolve themselves and their organizational culture to meet the moment. Whether it’s change initiatives, new leadership, or cultural transformation, she partners with teams to catalyze positive change.

    Magi has spent her life reinventing herself. From a single mother at 19 working at the first Cable TV company, to leading one of the fastest growing consultancies and becoming a best selling author in her field of expertise, Magi has continually taken challenges and failure as lessons and learned to move beyond her limits (both real and perceived) to live a life that inspires and contributes. In her 20 year career as a recruiter, and having assisted over 10,000 people in securing new opportunities, Magi understands why people join, stay and leave organizations. Her body of work cuts through the personal, group, and organizational malaise stifling happiness, joy, and fulfillment at work. Her uplifting talks and groundbreaking courses uncover, catalyze, and optimize human potential, unite teams, and raise organizational effectiveness.

The Evolve the Leader Within Facilitators

Devon White

Neuro-Performance Coach and CEO of FIELD

  • Devon is the co-developer of FIELD Neurotech. His work has been featured in Psychology Today, the Financial Times, the book, Spirit Tech, and more. He has taught multiple accredited courses in coaching and communication. Drawing on over 25 years of coaching and transformational work, Devon specializes in building the foundational dynamics of top-performing individuals and forward-thinking organizations. He leverages his work as a behavioral engineer immersed in cutting edge neurotech to deliver neuroscience-backed rewiring of leadership for peak performance, helping leaders and teams design pathways to behavioral brilliance.

    His approach to behavioral change is transformational, systemic and embodied, so clients experience updates in the moment and the effects stretch throughout their lives and organization.

Margaret Paul

Global Relationship Expert

  • Dr. Margaret Paul is a bestselling author of 12 published books, relationship expert, and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® self-healing process. She has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including Oprah, and has successfully worked with hundreds of thousands and taught classes and seminars around the world for over 50 years.

    Margaret is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council.

Mark Abramson

Founder of Stanford Mindfulness Clinic and Author of "Love Yourself for Everyone Else's Sake"

  • Mark Abramson founded Stanford University’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Clinic in 1995, modeled after the University of Massachusetts MBSR clinic founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, and has been featured on Bill Moyer's PBS series, Healing and the Mind. His classes at Stanford bring together a mix of students, the public, parents, Silicon Valley workers, and patients who are referred to the clinic to treat a broad range of medical conditions using mindfulness practices to support better health and happiness. He additionally conducts programs in mindfulness for corporations, and has taught at the World Economic Forum and for national organizations such as the American Dental Association.

Register with a Single Payment of $1575.00

*Lodging and Dinners are not included. The retreat will take place at Bernardus Lodge. We recommend securing lodging there or at either Gardener Ranch or Carmel Valley Ranch (both of which are about 5 minutes away)

  • I was deeply impressed

    I recently had the privilege of attending Magi's Leadership Retreat for coaches, and I was deeply impressed by her exceptional ability to cultivate an environment ripe for transformation.

     The retreat featured a well-structured agenda that not only illuminated my blind spots but also fostered a strong sense of community and support. I highly recommend Magi to any coach or leader committed to elevating their impact and driving meaningful change.

    - Darlene Huff, KeenAlignment Coach

  • Exactly what I needed to learn

    The methodical approach to breaking down key steps in reprogramming my thought process and approach to business (and life) were exactly what I needed to learn in order to become the best version of myself both personally, and as a leader.

    – Jeremy Hoenicke, Sales Manager, PACE Supply

  • The event was life-changing!

    The event was life-changing! Magi and the team, I want to thank you for that. I found a piece of me that was very deep and holding me back.

     I came away with more confidence, self-knowledge, and self-love. I encourage anyone to sign up to spend time with Magi. Bring your open mind and be ready to be transformed– you won’t be disappointed!

    – Kathleen Dammann, Manager, Coherent Solutions

  • Extraordinary and impactful

    I participated in a KeenAlignment-led three day offsite for the entire leadership group of one of the companies on whose Board I serve. I can honestly say that it was the most extraordinary and impactful leadership development experiences I have ever observed. Magi Graziano is amazingly effective at drawing each team member into full engagement with her process and at bringing each of them to powerful new levels of self-awareness and to real commitment to change. The team exercises she has designed generate true mutual respect and show each member how awesomely effective they can be as a team when they work together in genuinely constructive and collaborative manners. I recommend this organization strongly!

    – Richard Arnold, Executive Director, Strategy & Corporate Development, Wi-Tronix, Bolingbrook, IL, USA

  • Her insights were enlightening

    I was part of the Leadership Survival Series put on by KeenAlignment in the Fall. This was a fantastic series that really helped me to tap into what was holding me back. Magi truly cares about everyone reaching their full potential and her insights were enlightening. She taught me so much about how I work, how my brain works, how everybody else works and how to put all the pieces together to be an effective leader. So, a massive "Thank You" to Magi for developing such an exceptional program!

    – Jennifer Allen, Accounting Professional, Hellam Varon & Co., Bellevue, WA

  • The ideal space to reset, refocus, and recharge

    After an exhausting week that left me physically and mentally drained, the Coach’s Retreat offered the ideal space to reset, refocus, and recharge.

    ​From the moment I entered the beautiful beach house setting, surrounded by like-minded coaches, I could release my stress and immerse myself in the present. Magi, our exceptional host, created an environment that fostered genuine connection, personal growth, and a strong sense of community. The retreat’s activities—from setting intentions and engaging in deep, generative conversations to hiking through the Redwoods—were thoughtfully designed and perfectly balanced with moments for self-reflection. By the end of the weekend, I felt reenergized and more aligned with my purpose. The experience elevated my impact, empowering me to drive meaningful change while reminding me of the importance of self-care and surrounding myself with supportive, like-minded individuals.

    – Nadine Duong, KeenAlignment Coach

  • A transformative experience

    I attended the Ignite Power retreat in February 2021 and it was a transformative experience for me as a woman and aspiring leader. It was exactly what I needed at this moment in my life. It was amazing to see such a large group of loving and willing women dive into themselves and pinpoint what's holding them back from happiness and success. I enjoyed this so much and HIGHLY recommend it to any and ALL women.

    – Kelly Branyik

  • Truly inspiring and insightful

    Keen Alignment is empowering for both individuals, as well as small and large corporations. Truly inspiring and insightful in so many aspects from understanding team dynamics to self development and improvement.

    The Ignite Power Retreat is a must if you want the tools to be the best YOU!

    – Amy Johnson

Questions?

Whether you're wondering about organizational culture alignment, leadership development programs or want to book Magi as a speaker, contact us today and we will get back to you asap!