As the Director of Delivery at the Secretan Center, I am responsible for delivering residential Learning Experiences for adult learners who wish to deepen their knowledge of Lance Secretan’s extensive body of work on the topic of Higher Ground Leadership.   I have been through several of these retreat myself and I find myself comparing these past learning experiences with what I am experiencing during my first residency at Royal Roads University.

Perhaps the most striking similarity that I have observed among the two residential learning experiences is the opportunity for intense community building.  In both experiences the development of strong, supportive relationships with fellow learners is directly related to the level of enjoyment and the ability to succeed in the program.

In order to further enhance team cohesiveness, each student in our class completed the MBTI assessment today. This was an excellent and unique opportunity for us to get a better understanding of the people we will be working with on team assignments throughout the program. The information that we learned about each other today will allow us to work more effectively in a group dynamic by allowing us to assign tasks and position each team member in ways that complement our natural preferences, strengths and differences. I believe that the experiential group work that we did with Hillary today was invaluable and will continue to serve us as we embark on the virtual part of the RRU MALAT program.