Leadership Journey
A 6-month programme — from insight to lasting impact. Five days in the Italian Alps, then two workshops that turn the experience into something you actually keep.
Hosted by OTRO Elements
- Duration
- 5 days in the Alps · 6-month programme
- Location
- Alpe Selvaccia, Valsesia (+ two workshops in the Netherlands), Italian Alps
- Group size
- 8–12 people
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Best season
- spring, autumn
- Languages
- English, Dutch
The experience
Strengthen and elevate your leadership skills with a curated group of leaders and entrepreneurs. The journey combines five days in the Italian mountains with two workshops designed to translate your experience into lasting impact.
Across the programme you experience a powerful blend of deep nature experiences, breathwork, meaningful reflection, and practical tools — exploring vision, energy, and long-term impact alongside peers who carry comparable responsibility.
Five days in the untouched Italian Alps, moving through unforgettable hikes, deep reflection, meaningful conversations, and solo time in nature. The 7 Generations concept and the Leadership Challenge model (Kouzes & Posner) give the week a frame you can take back to work.
Days 1–5
The mountain expedition
Alpe Selvaccia, in the Italian Alps. Guided hikes, breathwork, a sweat lodge ritual, deep reflection and solo time in nature, with facilitated sessions on vision, energy and long-term impact.
Month 1
First follow-up workshop
A workshop in the Netherlands roughly a month after the expedition, turning what surfaced in the mountains into concrete practice.
Month 6
Second follow-up workshop
A second Netherlands workshop six months on, checking what has actually held and anchoring it for good.
Who this is for
Said plainly, so you can rule it out as easily as rule it in.
- You lead a team or a company and want to work on how you lead, not just what you decide
- You want the work to outlast the week — the two follow-up workshops are the point
- You are comfortable with breathwork, sweat lodge ritual and long silent stretches
- You want a one-off offsite — this is a six-month commitment
- You cannot manage full days of mountain hiking
What's included
Included
- Five days in the Italian Alps with guided hikes and nature experiences
- Breathwork sessions and sweat lodge rituals
- Deep reflection and solo time in nature
- 7 Generations leadership concept training
- Practical tools for sustainable anchoring of learnings
- Two follow-up workshops in the Netherlands, at one month and six months
- Facilitation by experienced coaches — Quirine and Fenneke
Not included
- VAT — the price is quoted excluding it
- Travel to and from the Italian Alps
- Personal and travel insurance
Meet your host
OTRO Elements
Netherlands · basecamp at Alpe Selvaccia, Italian Alps6 years hosting
OTRO Elements run “nature-based expeditions designed for reflection, deep connection, and the art of letting go”. Their basecamp is Alpe Selvaccia — 22 hectares of alpine meadow and pine forest above Rassa in the Valsesia, with rustic huts, a fire circle, a tipi and a yoga platform looking out at Monte Rosa. They call the facilitator team the Tribe: Quirine, Fenneke, Tjeerd, Marit, Kalijn, Fernanda, Raymond, Robert-Jan, Benny and others, working alongside local Italian hosts and mountain guides.
Verified credentials
- Local IFMGA-affiliated mountain guides set and lead every alpine route
- Groups capped at 8–12 people, with several facilitators per expedition
- Winter routes finalised on snow, avalanche and weather conditions shortly before departure
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We hold your payment until your experience starts
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Practical details
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Meeting point
Rassa, Valsesia, in the Italian Alps. From the village you walk up to the Alpe Selvaccia basecamp; the supplier confirms exact timings after booking.
What to bring
- Broken-in walking boots and a light daypack
- Warm layers and a rain shell — alpine weather turns quickly
- Swimwear and a quick-dry towel for mountain water
- A notebook for the reflection sessions
Accessibility
Mountain terrain with a walk-in to the basecamp and no vehicle access; accommodation is in rustic huts. Not suitable for wheelchair users. Dietary requirements are handled by the Italian hosts — raise them at booking.
Cancellation — Moderate
Full refund up to 30 days before the start date.
- More than 30 days before: full refund.
- 30–14 days before: 50% refund.
- Less than 14 days before: no refund.