Retreats & Future Labs in Greece

Live and lead beyond the everyday—find clarity in the Peloponnese

In the pristine nature of the Mani region, surrounded by ancient olive groves, rugged mountains, and the shimmering sea, we offer transformative retreats and future labs for leaders and high-performing teams. This is a place where you can deeply think about what really matters.

Reframing your role, mission, and impact

When everyday life gets loud, decisions get small. Mani is the opposite: quiet, open, and vast. Here, you can find the space to think and speak about what is essential. Finding clarity, orientation, and resolve, here you can reach decisions in a few days that often take months in your hectic day-to-day.

Three exclusive retreats per year

Individual. Confidential. Impact-driven.

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When is this retreat right for you?

  • You need to step out of your usual environment to see clearly again and set new priorities

  • You want to understand where you stand, and what the world is asking of you right now

  • You need new options because Business as Usual no longer works, and you want to actively shape your future

What will you take away?

  • Clarity: new insights, clear goals, decisions that can confidently lead you in to the future

  • Course: strategic options, next steps, a realistic implementation plan

  • Narrative: a coherent leadership and change story
    (“Why this path?”)

  • Energy: focus, confidence, and a roadmap for the next 30–90 days

  • Leadership Retreat

    For leaders who want to combine deep self-clarification with building future capacity, and who need intensive outdoor coaching-sessions to do so.

    Topics according to your needs:

    Reset: Find clarity. Where am I now, and where do I want to go?

    Mirror: Gain self-knowledge. What are my values? Who do I want to become?

    Leap: Shape the future. What if my path could lead somewhere completely different?

    1:1 or 1:2
    3–5 days, May / September

  • Outdoor Coaching

    For professionals who wish to gain fresh insights while hiking in the Taygetos mountains, combining physical and mental challenge.

    Possible takeaways:

    New perspectives through movement and an intense experience of nature

    Deep personal reflection and wise decision-making involving head, heart ad gut

    Focus and mental clarity inspired by the panoramic view from above

    Individually or in small groups
    Day hikes / multi-day tours

  • Olive Harvest Retreat

    An incentive retreat for high-performing teams around the olive harvest. Hands-on collaboration, reflection, leadership, heightened sense of purpose.

    Typical program:

    Team coaching (2 days): roles, team culture, communication & feedback

    Olive harvesting (1 day): leadership and self-organization in the team, agile action

    Harvest celebration: festive team lunch with a tasting of the olive oil produced by your team

    For teams with up to 12 participants
    4 days, November

How we work in Mani

We run outdoor coachings and future labs. Transformative dialogue serves as catalyst for clarity and insight. The untouched nature and walks through ancient landscapes create resonance and enable profound shifts of perspective.

Whether in an olive grove, on old stone paths, or right by the sea: Mani challenges new ideas—and invites change.

Where exactly do the retreats take place?

We’re on the Peloponnese, south of the city of Kalamata, in the mountain village of Thalames. This region appears in Homeric legends, was visited by Roman emperors, and was the birthplace of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Traditional ways of life can still be felt here very vividly.

Learn more: the background of the project, or the questions and answers in the FAQ.

Get a first taste

Curious? Knowing Thyself, my book that accompanies the retreat, offers first insights.

Knowing Thyself – Ancient Wisdom for Tomorrow’s Leaders

Leadership begins within: mindset, clarity, values. Knowing Thyself connects insights from ancient philosophers with the challenges of our time, and advocates for a mindful, values-led, and responsible leadership culture. (Published in English.)

Feedback from Coachees

“The retreat in Thalames was both grounding and truly transformational.” – Renate U., Germany

“Up there in the wilderness of the Taygetos mountains, everything became clear to me.” – Klaus H., Germany

“I’ve never felt so deeply connected to a place.” – Maxence J., France