A Six-Session Online Course with Meg Wheatley & Cameron Trimble
Begins February 5, 2026 · Every Other Thursday · Live on Zoom
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“The true professional is a person whose action points beyond his or herself to that underlying reality, that hidden wholeness, on which we all can rely.” - Parker Palmer
When the world does not provide ground, how do we rely on Spirit as our source of ground, direction, and confidence?
We are living through times that test our faith, endurance, and sanity. Systems are breaking down. Communities are stretched thin. And yet, something in us is stirring, and demanding we step forward as spirit-based leaders and citizens.
This course invites you into a sacred pause — a circle of reflection and renewal — to rediscover what sustains your human spirit. Drawing inspiration from Margaret Wheatley’s beloved book Perseverance, these six gatherings are designed as initiations into the kind of leadership our world now requires: rooted, courageous, and working as partners with Grace and Mystery.
A Different Leadership Journey
This experience is a journey into the inner life of leaders that surfaces as courageous, grounded actions Together, we will explore:
- Trusting both inner knowing and beyond-us guidance as reliable sources of insight
- How perseverance requires mindful attention to our experiences and reactions
- How ancient stories and archetypes can both ground and fire our imagination
- How to restore balance through the wisdom of the Feminine
- How to derive strength and courage as leaders by claiming our participation in the unfolding Mystery
Each session includes reflective teaching, contemplative practice, and conversation that rekindle our mythic imagination.
Six Initiations into Spirit-Led Leadership
Opening to the World As it Is — Understanding the Hidden Wholeness of Life
Recognizing life is always seeking relationships, community, harmony and order.
The Presence of Companions — We do not have to act alone
Awakening to the support, insight and energy so readily available from beings both seen and invisible. Noticing synchronicities as evidence of this.
The Remembering — Claiming Our Place
Reclaiming ancestral and archetypal wisdom. Remembering we are part of a long lineage of those who persevered.
The Feminine — Relational Power in a Sacred World
Restoring balance through receptivity, nurture, and the creative intelligence of the Feminine.
The Cosmic Vision — Serving the Living Whole
Expanding awareness to the great web of life. Seeing leadership as participation in the unfolding of creation.
The Fire of Perseverance — Steadfast Surrender
Discovering what keeps the flame alive. Perseverance not as stoic effort, but as faithfulness to what matters most.
YOUR INSTRUCTORS
MARGARET (MEG) WHEATLEY Ed.D.
Margaret (Meg) Wheatley began caring about the world’s peoples in 1966, as a Peace Corps volunteer in post-war Korea. In many different roles–speaker, teacher, consultant, advisor, formal leader—she acts from the unshakable conviction that leaders must learn how to invoke people’s inherent generosity, creativity and need for community. As this world tears us apart, sane leadership on behalf of the human spirit is the only way forward. Since 1973, Meg has taught, consulted, and advised an unusually broad variety of organizations on all continents (except Antarctica). Her clients and audiences range from the head of the U.S. Army to twelve-year-old Girl Scouts, from CEOs and government ministers to small town ministers, from large universities to rural aboriginal villages. She has served as full-time graduate management faculty at two universities, and been a formal advisor for leadership programs in England, Croatia, Denmark, Australia and the U.S. Through Berkana, she has advised leadership initiatives in India, Senegal, Brazil, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mexico, Greece, Canada and Europe.
Meg received her doctorate in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University, her Masters in Media Ecology with Neil Postman from N.Y.U. , and her Bachelor’s from the University of Rochester (with a year’s study at University College London). She has been honored for her ground-breaking work by many professional associations, universities, and organizations.
She has authored thirteen books, from the classic Leadership and the New Science (1992, 1n 21 languages) to Who Do We Choose To Be: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity (2017, 2023) and Restoring Sanity: Practices to Awaken Generosity, Creativity, and Kindness in Ourselves and Our Organizations (2024). Her most creative work (2020 with Jerry Granelli) is an audio and book, The Warrior’s Songline, a Journey into Warriorship Guided by Voice And Sound.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH REV. CAMERON TRIMBLE
Cameron Trimble is a serial entrepreneur committed to the triple bottom line – a concern for people, peace and the planet. Driven by an adventurous spirit, she runs businesses and NGO organizations, both secular and faith-based. She serves as a consultant, a frequent speaker on national speaking circuits, is a pilot, and an author.
Cameron is the CEO of Convergence, a not-for-profit made up of subsidiary companies and organizations focused on personal and organizational transformation. Cameron is also a Partner at FutureWomenX, a global company of courageous, ambitious, forward-thinking female leaders united in our mission to elevate women and drive transformative change for a better future. She also currently serves as the Board Chair of Stop the Traffik USA, an NGO focused on putting an end to human trafficking around the world through the use of technology-driven intelligence-led prevention. STT works in partnership with IBM, Barclays, Facebook, the Financial Times and many others to develop the tools to identify and disrupt human trafficking networks.
As a commercial pilot, Cameron learns many of her leadership lessons through the adventures of the flight deck. She has also enjoyed a career as an ordained pastor in the United Church of Christ, serving as the pastor of four congregations in the Atlanta area. Hers has been an eclectic career path – undoubtedly with more adventures to come – and she welcomes the wisdom she gains each day on the way. Follow Cameron's meditation on Substack to stay connected.
Who Is This Course For?
- This course welcomes anyone who feels called to lead: clergy, educators, activists, nonprofit directors, community organizers, and seekers.
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You do not need to identify as “religious.” You only need a longing to live and lead from the deepest parts of yourself.
What You’ll Receive
- Six live 120-minute sessions with Meg and Cameron
- Recordings of all sessions for continued reflection
- Between-session readings and simple spiritual practices
- Optional peer circles for conversation and companionship
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A closing ritual and personal vow of perseverance
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Scholarships Available
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