Weekend Leadership Program for LGBTQ+ Community: Voice is Power

Your voice is power — and it’s time to claim it.

This immersive weekend retreat is an invitation for LGBTQ+ leaders, creatives, and community to gather in an affirming space to discover and strengthen the power of your voice in leadership.

Created by (Gestion TISEB Inc.) in collaboration with (Leading to Thrive), this transformational leadership program will help you reconnect with your authentic voice, explore your life purpose, and strengthen the way you lead in your life, work, and community.

In a time when the LGBTQ+ lives are facing increasing discrimination, this is a space for radical authenticity, courage, and collective healing.

• *** EARLY BIRD *** Gift: 20% off registrations - promo code Leadership2025

This program, which is designed to be highly experiential and practical, is divided as follows:

• 1 PROGRAM - 1 Weekend – 4 Workshops - 12 full hours of transformation
• 2 WORKSHOPS per Day

A full weekend of guided leadership development, connection, and personal/professional transformation.

4 Interactive Workshops (12 hours total):

• Discover your authentic voice and name your inner saboteurs
• Explore your life mission and values as a queer leader
• Embody your leadership through movement, journaling, and community storytelling
• Craft a tangible project or intention that gives power to your voice

This isn’t a lecture — it’s an experience.
Each workshop includes self-reflection, group discussions, visualization, creative exercises, and movement practices designed to help you connect with yourself and others.

Right now, queer and trans people are being targeted. It takes energy to keep showing up — for ourselves, for our communities, and for our values. This retreat is a space to lay down that weight, reconnect with yourself, and remember that your voice is power.

Come because:

• You’ve been navigating a world that wasn’t built for queer brilliance, and you deserve a space where your whole self is welcome.
• You’re tired of second-guessing your instincts and playing small.
• You want to claim your voice and values as a leader — whether in your work, your community, or your personal life.
• You’re craving authentic queer community, healing, and joy.

• A renewed connection to your authentic voice — the one that’s bold, clear, and rooted in who you truly are.
• Clarity on your life’s mission and the kind of leader you want to be, both within and beyond the LGBTQ+ community.
• New tools and practices for navigating fear, inner criticism, and societal expectations.
• A personal leadership project or intention to bring back into your life and work.
• A supportive community of queer changemakers who get it.
• Rest, joy, and space to just be yourself — no explaining, no code-switching, no shrinking.

• Shared overnight accommodations (Friday–Sunday) at the beautiful oceanfront Mercy by the Sea Retreat Center
• 6 nourishing meals

Limited to 12 participants for an intimate, personalized experience.

• Participant guidebook
• Access to walking paths, meditation spaces, and outdoor gathering areas

*** EARLY BIRD *** Gift: 20% off registrations - promo code Leadership2025

• Date: October 31 - November 2, 2025
• Location: Mercy by the Sea, 167 Neck Rd, Madison, CT
• Arrival time: 4 PM on Friday, October 31
• Leaving time: 4 PM on Sunday, November 2

• LGBTQ+ folks craving a brave space to lead from their truth
• Emerging and established leaders, creatives, entrepreneurs, healers, and organizers
• Anyone longing to reconnect with their voice, power, and purpose

You don’t need to be in a formal leadership role to belong here. If you’re moving through the world as a queer person right now — you are leading.

• Comfortable clothes (layers) for workshops and movement
• A jacket or sweater, as we will be spending time outside
• A fun costume for Halloween that represents your authentic voice
• A journal + pen
• An open heart
• Ear plugs and/or eye mask (optional, but helpful for shared rooms)
• Any toiletries or prescription medications that you may need

With over 15 years of leadership experience, Amy has built a career leading teams, developing strategy, and cultivating high-performing, values-driven cultures. As a master certified coach and certified diversity professional, she has designed and led equity and inclusion initiatives, facilitated leadership programs, and created accessible spaces where people can lead with authenticity.

For the past 8 years, Amy has worked as an executive and leadership coach for her company Leading to Thrive, specializing in emotional intelligence, confidence building, and navigating personal and professional transitions. As a certified trauma-informed coach and state-certified sexual assault crisis counselor, she integrates a holistic, people-centered approach into both coaching and facilitation. Amy has also recently started a nonprofit, Learning to Thrive, which serves women and the LGBTQ+ community who have experienced sexual abuse with trauma-informed coaching, community building, and retreats.

Amy is passionate about creating brave, empowering spaces where leaders can reconnect with what matters most and show up fully in their work and lives. Her mission is to help others lead with heart, clarity, and purpose - and to see them thrive in ways that honor their values and lived experiences.

With over 15 years of experience in project management and coaching, Sébastien has distinguished himself with his creativity and interpersonal skills, bringing projects to fruition, such as co-authoring and editing the books in the PCO Guide, Project Controller, Programs and Portfolio series, published in 2017, 2020, and January 2025, as well as creating Leadership Coaching programs.

Passionate about personal development, Sébastien has embarked on a journey of personal transformation combining coaching/hypnosis, yoga, and meditation based on Self-Transformation Toward Authentic Happiness.

For Sébastien, knowledge transfer and people's well-being are at the heart of his life's mission, to see them flourish in both their personal and professional spheres. He therefore often acts as a life or career coach, trainer for individuals or companies requesting his services.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mercy by the Sea, 167 Neck Road, Madison, United States