BY CHRISTOPHER GERGEN & GREGG VANOUREK
Workshops, Retreats, Webinars, & Coaching
Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek are founding partners of New Mountain Ventures, a national leadership development company that offers dynamic workshops, retreats, webinars, and coaching on life entrepreneurship, leadership development, and organizational excellence (including culture- and team-building).
Our programs address both personal and professional leadership—and the nexus between them. Here you can learn more about our service offerings and client engagements
Service Offerings
| Service Offerings |
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| WORKSHOPS & RETREATS |
- Programs offered: 1) "Life Entrepreneurship: Inspiring Personal & Professional Excellence"; 2) "Entrepreneurial Leadership Development: Facilitating Organizational Excellence"
- Available in 2- or 3-day retreats as well as in half- or one-day workshops
- Addresses: personal leadership foundation; opportunity recognition; vision; goals & strategy; support network; action plan; renewal; and more
- Follow-up executive and life coaching also available (see below)
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| WEBINARS |
- Online workshops in which participants call in to a conference line and follow along via their computer
- Programs offered: 1) "Leading an Entrepreneurial Life" package (4 sessions); 2) "Entrepreneurial Leadership Development: Facilitating Organizational Excellence" package (4 sessions); 3) "Introduction to Life Entrepreneurship" overview session (single session)
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| COACHING |
- Individual coaching on life entrepreneurship, leadership development, and organizational excellence (including culture- and team-building)
- Available in packages of three, five, or ten sessions
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| CONSULTING |
- Strategic capacity-building
- Organizational reviews (customized developmental review leading to a set of recommendations, paired with workshops and coaching). Includes: stakeholder surveys and interviews; gathering of key performance metrics; individual leader reviews; and more.
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| SPEAKING |
- Keynote addresses, speeches, presentations, breakout sessions, workshops, brown-bag lunches
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| WRITING |
- Columns, articles, blogs, book chapters, and book(s)
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Clients
We work with a diverse array of clients, including: higher education institutions (colleges, universities, community colleges, and graduate schools); companies; non-profit organizations; foundations; schools/school systems; and individuals. See below for examples of our client engagements.
| Clients |
Examples |
| HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS |
- Undergraduate and graduate student leadership and/or life entrepreneurship retreats (addressing college-, career-, and life-planning as well as leadership development; includes dynamic activities and fosters interpersonal engagement)
- Career development workshops and webinars (addressing college-, career-, and life-planning)
- Alumni workshops and webinars (addressing life entrepreneurship and career- and life-planning focused on career/job transitions)
- Follow-up coaching and/or presentations
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| COMPANIES |
- Workshops, retreats, and webinars for emerging leaders on: 1) "Life Entrepreneurship: Inspiring Personal & Professional Excellence"; 2) "Entrepreneurial Leadership Development: Facilitating Organizational Excellence"
- Strategic capacity-building and organizational reviews
- Stand-alone or follow-up coaching and/or presentations (including brown-bag lunches for staff)
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| NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS |
- Workshops, retreats, and webinars for emerging leaders on: 1) "Life Entrepreneurship: Inspiring Personal & Professional Excellence"; 2) "Entrepreneurial Leadership Development: Facilitating Organizational Excellence"
- Strategic capacity-building and organizational reviews
- Stand-alone or follow-up coaching and/or presentations (including brown-bag lunches for staff)
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| FOUNDATIONS |
- Workshops, retreats, and webinars for emerging leaders on: 1) "Life Entrepreneurship: Inspiring Personal & Professional Excellence"; 2) "Entrepreneurial Leadership Development: Inspiring Organizational Excellence"
- Workshops, retreats, and webinars on life entrepreneurship for scholarship students
- Strategic capacity-building and organizational reviews for grantee organizations
- Stand-alone or follow-up coaching and/or presentations (including brown-bag lunches for staff)
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| SCHOOLS & SCHOOL SYSTEMS |
- Student leadership and/or life entrepreneurship retreats (addressing college-, career-, and life-planning as well as leadership development; includes dynamic activities and fosters interpersonal engagement)
- Entrepreneurial leadership and life entrepreneurship programming, curriculum, and teacher training
- Alumni workshops and webinars (addressing life entrepreneurship and career- and life-planning focused on career/job transitions)
- Stand-alone or follow-up coaching and/or presentations for faculty and school leadership
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Benefits
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INDIVIDUALS
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ORGANIZATIONS
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| Strong personal foundation |
Increased engagement and motivation |
| Increased drive and motivation |
Organizational alignment |
| Greater sense of direction |
Talent attraction, development, and retention |
| Increased sense of ownership |
Team cohesiveness |
| Expanded opportunity recognition |
Shared ownership and leadership |
| Clear articulation of personal and professional vision |
Expanded opportunity recognition |
| Prioritized goals and strategies |
Sharpened vision-, goal-, and strategy-setting |
| Personal and professional renewal |
Enhanced creativity and innovation |
| Opportunity to connect with like-minded people |
Culture of authenticity, integrity, and trust |
| Opportunity for personal and professional transformation |
Opportunities for performance acceleration and organizational transformation |
To learn more, please visit www.newmountainventures.com. To contact us, please send us an email info@lifeentrepreneurs.com or call us at 1-888-657-0422. |
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