THE BEARING
A 3.5-day device-free retreat for solo founders and CEOs. Join a curated cohort of 8-10 leaders, calibrate your leadership through the Astrolabe Framework, and leave with a 90-Day Operating Plan. Then return to measure what changed.
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THE PROMISE
The Bearing isn’t a motivational retreat. It’s a calibration. You arrive carrying the accumulated weight of decisions made in isolation. You leave with a peer crew who’ve seen behind the mask, a 90-Day Operating Plan built from honest self-assessment, and proof that you can think clearly when the noise stops.
90 days later, you return for a weekend to measure what changed: in your leadership, your decisions, and the six dimensions of the Human Return Rubric. This is transformation with a receipt.
THE EXPERIENCE
Day 0: Arrival & Surrender. Devices collected. Silence begins. The land does what no productivity hack can: it slows you down enough to hear yourself think.
Day 1: The Body. Physical challenge strips away the executive persona. Trail work, cold water, shared labor. Your body remembers what your calendar made you forget.
Day 2: The Challenge. Facilitated dialogue with your cohort. The Astrolabe Framework surfaces what's misaligned. Peer truth-telling begins. This is where the real work happens.
Day 3: The Bearing. You build your 90-Day Operating Plan. Not a vision board. A concrete map of what changes when you return. Your peer crew witnesses your commitment and holds you to it.
90-Day Return Weekend. You come back. You measure. The Human Return Rubric captures what shifted across six dimensions: Presence, Connection, Capability, Clarity, Resilience, and Reverence. This is how we prove the work matters.
WHO THIS IS FOR
You've built something real, but the cost is showing. You make decisions in isolation. Your board sees the numbers, not the weight. Your partner sees the absence, not the reason. You've tried executive coaching, mastermind groups, maybe even therapy, but nothing has slowed the world down long enough for you to recalibrate.
The Bearing is for leaders at inflection points: funding rounds, exits, succession, burnout, or simply the quiet realization that the way you've been leading isn't sustainable. You don't need more advice. You need space to hear your own.
WHAT YOU’LL TAKE HOME
Your 90-Day Operating Plan: A concrete, peer-witnessed commitment to specific changes in how you lead, decide, and live. Built from honest self-assessment through the Astrolabe Framework, not motivational platitudes.
A peer crew of 8-10 founders who've seen behind the mask. A baseline Human Return Rubric score across six dimensions. And a return date, 90 days out, when you come back to measure what actually changed.
LOGISTICS
Duration: 3.5 days (arrive Thursday evening, depart Sunday midday) + 90-Day Return Weekend. Location: Root Astro, upstate New York, 90 minutes from Manhattan. Cohort size: 8-10 leaders, curated by application. Investment: Inquire for current pricing. Includes all lodging, meals, facilitation, and return weekend.
What to bring: Comfortable clothing for outdoor activity, hiking boots, a journal. What not to bring: Your phone (we’ll hold it for you), your laptop, your expectations of a spa retreat.
The Bearing begins with an application. Tell us where you are, and we’ll tell you if this cohort is right for you.
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