Overview 

Leadership requires more than strategy and skill—it requires alignment between values, purpose, and presence. In the Hawaiian Islands, the word aloha means both hello and goodbye, symbolizing beginnings, endings, and the reflection required to move forward with integrity. Inspired by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole’s Somewhere Over the Rainbow, this sabbatical uses the ancient wisdom of the chakra system as a powerful framework for leadership growth. 

Each chakra reflects a leadership quality—consistency, creativity, decisiveness, compassion, communication, vision, and wisdom. Together, these energy centers represent the full spectrum of effective leadership. When they are balanced, leaders inspire confidence, foster trust, and lead with clarity and purpose. When misaligned, leadership becomes reactive, fractured, and ineffective. 

Throughout the week, participants will engage in daily cultural excursions and reflective practices, each designed to illuminate a specific chakra’s leadership quality. By integrating Hawaiian cultural wisdom with modern leadership challenges, executives will gain insight into their own leadership style, discover where they are strongest, and identify areas for intentional growth. This is a journey to realign values, strengthen leadership capacity, and step into a more purposeful way of leading. 

Why Hawaii? 

For executives, Hawaii provides the rare opportunity to step out of daily pressures and engage in leadership training that is both rigorous and restorative. Participants return not only with strategies to realign their leadership values but with the confidence, clarity, and resilience to meet organizational challenges and guide their teams with renewed vision. 

Each day, a chakra is paired with a Hawaiian cultural practice—whether it is community rituals that illustrate compassion, creative traditions that spark innovation, or sacred sites that call forth wisdom. These immersive experiences turn Hawaii into a leadership laboratory where the skills of resilience, focus, and intentionality are not just taught but lived. 

What You’ll Experience 

Guided by the chakra framework and grounded in Hawaiian cultural traditions, each day pairs a leadership quality with an immersive experience. Through this journey, you will: 

Engage in cultural excursions to sacred sites like heiau (Hawaiian temples) or ancient fishponds, discovering how strong foundations sustain teams and organizations. 

Ignite creativity and innovation through Hawaiian hula and storytelling, discovering how cultural expression fuels problem-solving and new ideas. 

Practice compassionate leadership in community-based projects, experiencing how empathy strengthens relationships and fosters inclusion. 

Master authentic communication in workshops with cultural practitioners, blending active listening with the power of chant (oli) and song (mele). 

Cultivate visionary thinking during sunrise summits and stargazing tied to celestial navigation, aligning long-term goals with purpose and inspiration. 

Integrate wisdom into action in a closing reflection at a culturally significant site, uniting insight, values, and practice for lasting leadership impact. 

Learning Objectives 

By the end of this experience, participants will be able to: 

• Map leadership qualities to the chakra framework and use it as a tool for understanding strengths, blind spots, and growth opportunities. 

• Evaluate their leadership style to identify how imbalances (overuse or neglect of certain qualities) impact team trust, effectiveness, and culture. 

• Strengthen decision-making, communication, and vision by drawing from both internal reflection and external cultural inspiration. 

• Connect Hawaiian cultural values with leadership practice, applying lessons of resilience, sustainability, and harmony to organizational life. 

• Design actionable strategies to realign leadership values and behaviors with organizational mission and personal purpose. 

• Establish reflective practices that sustain confidence, clarity, and authenticity in leadership long after the sabbatical ends. 

Transform your leadership journey into a spectrum of balance, harmony, and inspired action.