Workshops, Retreats, Webinars, & Coaching
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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	Examples
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)
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)
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
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.
SPEAKING	Keynote addresses, speeches, presentations, breakout sessions, workshops, brown-bag lunches
WRITING	Columns, articles, blogs, book chapters, and book(s)

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
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)
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)
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)
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

Benefits

INDIVIDUALS	ORGANIZATIONS
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