Peer Club Retreat
Leadership can be lonely. And busy. And loud.
This retreat is the antidote: four days away from the inbox, the team, the meetings and the decisions — in a quiet corner of Brandenburg, with a small group of people who know exactly what it feels like to hold more than you sometimes feel you can carry. Think of it as a workation: part vacation, part reflection, part work.
We’ll slow down, go outside, move our bodies, and reflect together. Not in a stuffy room. Not with a dense programme. But in nature, right on the edge of the Odertal National Park. With enough space to actually hear yourself think, and enough good company to go somewhere you couldn’t go alone.
We’ll pay attention to our bosides. They keep score and sometimes know the way forward before we do. Body-based practices are woven through the retreat, not as a wellness add-on, but as a way of knowing.
This year’s retreat centres on a question that shows up in almost every collaborative organisation: how do you lead without dominating — or disappearing? We swing between taking too much and holding back too much. Navigating the path where leadership is shared and actually effective, is a craft. We’ll explore it together through our cases and experience stories.
What to expect: Peer reflection in small groups. Facilitated case work for those who want it. Time in nature. Body-based practices. Good food. Long evenings, or long sleeps, per your personal needs. A daily work slot so you don’t return to chaos. And the particular relief of not having to explain yourself, because the people in the room already know.
What you’ll leave with: A clearer sense of where you are in your leadership — and where you want to go. Fresh perspectives on your toughest challenges, shaped by people who’ve sat with similar ones. A few concrete experiments to try when you get back. Some rest that actually stuck. And a small group of people you can call when it gets hard.
Who it’s for: Senior leaders of nonprofits and civil society organisations. Peer Club members and friends who’ve been looking for exactly this kind of space.
Where: Stolzenhagen, Brandenburg (ca. 2 hours from Berlin), in a coop village on the edge of nature. Bring your walking shoes and/or bike!
When: 12–15 October 2026 (4 days, 3 nights)
Size: Intentionally small (8–12 people)
Cost:
- €690 shared room rate (early bird: €640)
- €890 single room rate (early bird: €790); based on availability
- Subsidised spots available, please contact me for more information
- If you can, consider paying-it-forward by adding 50% on top of your rate
Register your interest by 15 May for early bird rates.
Peer Club Retreat is hosted by Christa and Jotham. Christa is an embodied leadership facilitator, trauma-informed therapist and our host in the Stolzenhagen cooperative village. She brings a deep knowledge of what it means to build a life and community that actually holds people. Jotham is an experienced nonprofit leader and facilitator. He loves convening learning spaces with humility, curiosity, and a belief in collective wisdom.
