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2027 Season · May to October

The 2027 Calendar

Thirty-seven dates in the Catskill foothills. Every place is by application. Applying does not hold a spot: we read every application personally and reply within a few days, or set up a call. When we confirm, the place is yours.

01Choose a dateThe Bearing and Still Point run Friday to Monday. Highland runs Tuesday to Friday, one team at a time.
02ApplyTell us who you are and what draws you. No payment is taken, and nothing is held yet.
03We confirmLee or Marsha reviews every application and replies personally — a confirmation, or a conversation first.

The Bearing: cohorts of 6–10 · Still Point: solo residencies, 10 places per date · Highland: one team of 6–10 per date

Who leads this

Lee has been CEO four times, including of the New York Institute of Finance, is a Board Director of Avado Learning, and set up Blenheim Chalcot's Red Team. Marsha leads Rutgers University's OneRED High-Impact Leadership Program and teaches leadership for Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses.

“You cannot manufacture communitas. But you can create the conditions for it, and those conditions begin with your own grounded nervous system.”
Lee Arthur, Hard: Building Your Inner Citadel

The season, date by date

Every date below is open. Fridays hand over to Mondays for The Bearing and Still Point; Highland holds the middle of each week for one team.

May

Tue May 4 – Fri May 7HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri May 7 – Mon May 10The Bearing10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue May 11 – Fri May 14HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Tue May 18 – Fri May 21HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri May 21 – Mon May 24Still Point10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue May 25 – Fri May 28HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team

June

Tue Jun 1 – Fri Jun 4HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri Jun 4 – Mon Jun 7The Bearing10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue Jun 8 – Fri Jun 11HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Tue Jun 15 – Fri Jun 18HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri Jun 18 – Mon Jun 21Still Point10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue Jun 22 – Fri Jun 25HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Tue Jun 29 – Fri Jul 2HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team

July

Fri Jul 2 – Mon Jul 5The Bearing10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue Jul 6 – Fri Jul 9HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Tue Jul 13 – Fri Jul 16HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri Jul 16 – Mon Jul 19Still Point10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue Jul 20 – Fri Jul 23HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Tue Jul 27 – Fri Jul 30HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri Jul 30 – Mon Aug 2The Bearing10 places · OpenApply for a place

August

Tue Aug 3 – Fri Aug 6HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Tue Aug 10 – Fri Aug 13HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri Aug 13 – Mon Aug 16Still Point10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue Aug 17 – Fri Aug 20HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Tue Aug 24 – Fri Aug 27HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri Aug 27 – Mon Aug 30The Bearing10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue Aug 31 – Fri Sep 3HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team

September

Tue Sep 7 – Fri Sep 10HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri Sep 10 – Mon Sep 13Still Point10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue Sep 14 – Fri Sep 17HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Tue Sep 21 – Fri Sep 24HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri Sep 24 – Mon Sep 27The Bearing10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue Sep 28 – Fri Oct 1HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team

October

Tue Oct 5 – Fri Oct 8HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Fri Oct 8 – Mon Oct 11Still Point10 places · OpenApply for a place
Tue Oct 12 – Fri Oct 15HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team
Tue Oct 19 – Fri Oct 22HighlandOne team · OpenEnquire for your team

“I've always believed in the value of doing hard things. We all need proving grounds - experiences that test us and force us to grow.”

Jamie Bolton, Chief Strategy Officer
Applications · 2027

Apply for your place

Tell us which date you have in mind and what draws you. We take no payment now and hold nothing automatically — Lee or Marsha reads every application and replies within a few days, or sets up a call. If you are bringing a team, say so and we will come back with the right conversation.

Received. We read every application personally. You will hear from Lee or Marsha within a few days.
Something went wrong and your application did not send. Please try again, or write to us through the contact page.

Prefer to talk first? Use the contact page and mention the date — same doors, same people.

“Lee then does the part most books skip, showing how to carry what you find back into the way you lead on Monday. That is the Inner Citadel. It's not just a feeling you get on a mountain, but a structure you maintain at work and beyond.”

Tim Desoto, Founder & CEO