The Dave Ellis Leadership and Coach Training Program

Introduction

Once you complete this program you will be far more effective in your career and your personal life for the rest of your life.

When you participate fully in this program and are candid about your strengths and current limitations and use all that we are offering, we promise that your life will never be the same.

When you consider the time and money that we are asking you to invest in this program, please remember our promise. Our promise is that as you fully participate in our curriculum, your life and work will dramatically and permanently improve so much so that you describe this experience as one of the top five most influential experiences of your life. If you doubt that, please read and listen to the testimonials on the left from some of the prestigious educators and nonprofit leaders that we have assisted.

For 25 years we have focused on individual development. Since 1990, we have also provided coach training, and for the last two years, we have emphasized leadership training. Now, we are putting all of this together and focusing on team and organizational development through individual transformation.

Please work with us if you want to move the people in your organization to more effective communication, greater self-expression, higher productivity, less gossip, less blaming, more fun, greater accountability, increased integrity, less stress, and continual celebration.

 

Curriculum

This entire curriculum consists of three phases that each include: one-on-one coaching; a three-day workshop; materials to read, watch, and listen to; mentoring; and group conference calls.

• Phase One: Focus on life skills
  • Falling Awake Workshop (see below for details)
• Phase Two: Focus on leadership and introductory coaching skills
  • Leadership and Coaching Workshop (see below for details)
• Phase Three: Focus on advanced coaching skills
  • Advanced Coaching Workshop (see below for details)

While you are enrolled in this program, you will have access to:

• Our entire coaching staff including a licensed counselor and a psychiatrist 
• Our online resources
• Coach mentoring from Dave Ellis and our other most experienced coaches
• Immediate problem solving and mediation
• Constant celebration of all that you are contributing to others
• All of our newest and archived online video and audio programs at DaveEllis.TV

 

Pricing

We are so committed to this curriculum being effective for you, that if we determine during the program that you do not have the time or interest to participate fully, we reserve the right to remove you and refund your money based on the number of months that you have participated.

Option One: Entire curriculum - $8750

This price represents attending the three three-day workshops at our retreat location in Sonoma, California. Participants are responsible for their cost of lodging, food, and travel. We can deliver these workshops at your location depending on the number of people that you are training.

Option Two: Phases sold separately - $2995

You can purchase any one of the three phases in this curriculum separately. Phase One and Phase Two can be taken with no prerequisites. Phase Three requires Phase Two or previous training and experience in coaching. Participants are responsible for their cost of lodging, food, and travel.

Option Three: Incentive for decision makers - 50% discount for a workshop

If you are a decision maker wanting to train key people in your system, we want you to experience our offerings. Please contact us so we can bring you coaching and one of our three-day workshops at a discounted price.

Option Four: Stand-alone workshops - $1000 tuition

If you want to attend just one of our workshops, please contact us so that we can speak to you briefly and make sure that our individual workshops are a great fit for you. In addition to tuition, you will be responsible for your hotel, food, and travel expenses.

Option Five: Stand-alone coaching - $8000 to $20,000 per year

Please contact us so that we can determine what coaching package would be right for you.

 

Workshops

Generally our workshops are part of our ongoing leadership and coach training where we are developing teams. The workshops can be taken independently of our curriculum in special circumstances. Contact us for more information.

Upcoming Workshops

One, two, or three-day workshops can be customized from the following offerings and delivered at your location. For details about timing and pricing, please contact us.

Falling Awake Workshop

April 18-20, 2010

The purpose of this workshop is to assist you to move beyond your circumstances and examine your current processes (purposes, values, and strategies), define your ideal processes - what you want - and move from the ways you have been operating to more of your ideal. For most participants this is a start of a new chapter of their life.

We will focus primarily on individual life skills and the ways they impact team development and organizational behavior. We will assist you to create a life purpose and a detailed comprehensive plan for the rest of your life. You can expect to quickly and permanently improve the quality of your life by changing the habits that create your life. The results past participants have achieved include:

• Solving your biggest problem
• Thinking what you have never thought
• Creating breakthroughs in communication
• Releasing past hurts and failures
• Removing self-imposed limitations
• Creating detailed plans to reach your biggest goal
• Increasing creativity
• Living an inspired life
• Soulful listening
• Radical generosity
• Managing stress
• Having more fun at work and at home
• Improving health
• Contributing more to the most important people in your life

Please refer to the testimonials on the left for what influential leaders have reported as benefits of participating with us. The workshops can be taken independently or as part of our curriculum. For the costs of the workshop, see pricing. If you want to register for a workshop, please contact us.

Leadership and Coaching Workshop

September 26-28, 2010

The purpose of this workshop is to assist you to develop leadership and coaching skills that you can use to help others rapidly solve problems and achieve goals. When you implement the ideas that you learn and practice at this workshop you will develop more effective teams whose members are self-motivating and accountable. The results past participants have achieved include:

• Improving team performance through communication
• Eliminating gossip and improving candor
• Determining your role as a leader
• Leadership coaching
• Managing worry and anxiety
• Dealing effectively with budgets and money
• Creating work/life balance
• Managing your time and your tasks
• Organizing complicated projects

Please refer to the testimonials on the left for what influential leaders have reported as benefits of participating with us. This workshop can be taken independently or as part of our curriculum. For the costs of the workshop, see pricing. If you want to register for a workshop, please contact us.

Advanced Coaching Workshop

January 16-18, 2011

The purpose of this workshop is to assist you to develop and practice advanced coaching and leadership skills. We will focus primarily on real examples from your work and your life. You can expect to learn and practice skills that can be used to develop teams that are well organized and effective. The results past participants have achieved include:

• Resolving relationship problems
• Dealing with antagonism
• Developing and following common protocols
• Reconciliation skills
• Effective mediation
• Providing and receiving peer feedback
• Using data to track progress and make informed choices
• Dealing with difficult co-workers or mandates
• Consistently empowering others
• Gaining the respect of your co-workers
• Bringing happiness and fulfillment to work

Please refer to the testimonials on the left for what influential leaders have reported as benefits of participating with us. The workshops can be taken independently or as part of our curriculum. For the costs of the workshop, see pricing. If you want to register for a workshop, please contact us.

Material

The material for the workshops comes from the books Falling Awake and Life Coaching by Dave Ellis. The Falling Awake Workshop is important to team building and professional development because of its focus on improving the quality of each individual's life. Successful individuals are successful leaders. It is difficult to coach, assist, or lead others unless our lives are basically fulfilled, balanced, and healthy. Some professionals challenge our approach of starting with life skills, but we believe that until you “fill yourself up” it is difficult to “give yourself away.”

We notice that as soon as a leader or a coach improves one part of his life (personal or professional) it affects every aspect of his or her life.

More important than the topics covered in the workshops is the process of setting aside time to do your most creative thinking for three days away from the normal distractions of work and family. During this time you can focus on yourself, your leadership, your coaching, and your future.

Location

We can deliver these workshops at your location depending on the number of people that you are training.

Most of the Dave Ellis Workshops are held at the Sonoma Valley Inn located in the heart of California's famed wine country. The Inn's beautiful accommodations include large sleeping rooms (most with fireplaces), a salt water pool, steam room, Jacuzzi, a spa, an exercise room, and beautiful grounds. It is located one-half block from Sonoma's historic town square. Sonoma is one hour and 15 minutes from the three major airports of San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento. Transportation from the airports is available.

Rooms are available at the conference center. Please reserve your room with the Sonoma Valley Inn, 800-334-5784, to take advantage of our special room rates. There are a limited number of rooms available, and all the rooms will be released three weeks before the workshop. A few rooms will be held at this special rate on the Friday and Saturday before the workshop, and the rate also applies for rooms on Tuesday and Wednesday after the workshop.

Rates for April 2010	–	range from $65 to $129
Rates for September 2010	–	range from $95 to $189
Rates for January 2011	–	range from $70 to $139

The lower rates are per person/per night/double occupancy.

Agenda for each workshop

Sunday

10:00 a.m.	–	1:00 p.m.	Workshop begins
1:00 p.m.	–	2:00 p.m.	Lunch together
2:00 p.m.	–	6:00 p.m.	Workshop continues
			Dinner (on your own or with other participants)

Monday

			Breakfast together
9:00 a.m.	–	12:30 p.m.	Workshop continues
12:30 p.m.	–	2:00 p.m.	Lunch together & break
2:00 p.m.	–	6:00 p.m.	Workshop continues
			Dinner (on your own or with other participants)

Tuesday

			Breakfast together
9:00 a.m.	–	12:30 p.m.	Workshop continues
12:30 p.m.	–	2:00 p.m.	Lunch together & break
2:00 p.m.	–	5:00 p.m.	Workshop concludes

 

Coaching

One of the ways to be involved with us is by hiring a coach. Professional athletes use coaches to help them improve and excel in their field. A coach can help you improve and excel in leadership skills.

Click here to listen to an interview with Dave Ellis and others about coaching.

Our coaches are trained to listen and then assist you to get exactly what you want. They can provide objective and valuable feedback that's very difficult to generate by yourself. Their work is confidential and can produce amazing results.

Coaching is a process whereby the coach assists the client to determine what he or she wants in all areas of work and life and to then develop realistic and multiple action plans to achieve those visions.

Generally the coach meets with clients three to five hours per month for six months or more to assist them to achieve what they want by discovering their passions and uncovering their genius.

By meeting with a coach, clients create and achieve goals in every area. This happens through frequent contact with the coach who serves as the client's full partner in their development.

Coaching is not just a collection of techniques. It's a form of relationship that's both confidential and life-changing. People usually reveal more to their coach than to friends, counselors, or even their spouse. Through this relationship, clients can move quickly from problems to solutions, from insights to action, from the status quo to completely new outcomes in their lives.

Coaches provide a service for leaders who are already basically happy and successful. Our coaches are committed to assisting their clients to experience a deep sense that they are free - free from their obligations, their limitations, their fears, and any other obstacles to realizing their full leadership potential, passion and brilliance.

Clients can expect the following benefits:

• Improved workplace morale
• Clear future visions
• Contributing more to the world
• Fuller celebration
• Higher production from others
• More motivation and clarity
• Outstanding professional and personal relationships
• Improved health and vitality
• Emotional, physical and spiritual well-being

 

About Us

Dave Ellis leads a powerful team of consultants and coaches that are committed to bring out the best in individuals and teams. As an organization we put our entire focus on serving you.

Dave Ellis is a leadership coach, author, educator, and philanthropist. His critically acclaimed book Becoming a Master Student, currently in its twelfth edition, is the best-selling college textbook in America. It has been published in three languages and is considered core material by college students and faculty alike. In addition to this book, he has authored and co-authored seven others including Falling Awake and Creating Your Future. He also wrote a booklet entitled “Becoming a Master Teacher”.

Dave Ellis is a respected lecturer and electrifying workshop leader who has captivated audiences worldwide since first sharing his principles in 1979. He is regularly called upon to guide leaders along the path of long-lasting, breakthrough performance results. Past clients include national and international nonprofit leaders, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, an NBA coach, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Dave got started in education in 1976 when he taught Junior High school math. After getting a Masters Degree in Mathematics, he taught computer science at a college for six years where he became Assistant Dean of Student Services. In 1979 he designed a course to improve student retention and then traveled the country for a decade conducting workshops for teachers on ways to improve student retention and test scores. He began training coaches in 1983 and started a public course for coaches in 1993.

Dave Ellis puts into practice the principles he teaches; utilizing his remarkable system in his own life. His friends and colleagues often describe him as the happiest person they know with an amazingly wonderful life. He is president of Breakthrough Enterprises, a publishing and consulting company. He is founder and president of The Brande Foundation; a nonprofit organization offering assistance to organizations working towards world sufficiency, environmental integrity, human rights, and personal transformation. Dave has contributed millions of dollars to the work of his foundation and to other organizations.

Dave Ellis resides in the Bay Area with his wife Trisha. Together they have four daughters and one granddaughter.

 

Coaching and Consulting Staff

	Bill Rentz Vice President, MCC, Executive Coach Bill Rentz has worked with Dave Ellis for over 23 years. He is the Vice-President of both Breakthrough Enterprises, Inc., and The Brande Foundation. Bill is a Master Certified Coach through International Coach Federation. He is responsible for developing and operating our Leadership and Coach Training program. Bill is also responsible for much of the day-to-day operation of our organizations. He lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota and is a dedicated husband for over 21 years who loves the outdoors.
	JoAnne Bangs Director of Training, PCC, Executive Coach JoAnne Bangs is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) as certified by the International Coach Federation. She began a coaching practice 22 years ago while raising two young children, and ever since then JoAnne has been coaching individuals, business owners, couples, and leaders of nonprofit organizations. After a major health challenge in 2000, she transformed all aspects of her life such that her life is now vibrant, accomplished, and joyful. Her goal is to assist her clients to achieve the same through coaching and our trainings.
	Peter Chandonnet Executive Coach In addition to being a coach, Peter teaches yoga at the Yoga Studio in San Francisco. Peter has a great love for coaching and yoga, because these two forms of transformation have brought great love, abundance, purpose, and passion to his life and to the lives of others. His purpose is to be an inspiration to himself and to others and inspire others to their greatness. It is Peter's dream that we live in a world that is environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually fulfilling. He feels coaching and yoga have the potential to create such a world.
	Francine Campone Executive Coach Francine Campone, Ed.D., PCC coaches leaders in education and nonprofit organizations, organization teams, and mature professionals making significant transitions in life and work. Her coach training is complemented by experience in humanistic mediation, group dynamics and facilitation, Constructive Living Practice, and 30 years of experience in higher and adult education. A member of the founding faculty of University of Texas at Dallas' graduate coaching certification program, Francine developed and teaches an introduction to research practices for coaches. Dr. Campone is active in the International Coach Federation's research arena and the Foundation of Coaching in the development of a repository of coaching research.
	Dave Ellis President, Executive Coach Dave Ellis started training coaches in 1983. He specializes in high net worth clients and leaders of nonprofit organizations. He donates all his coaching revenue to providing life coaching to leaders of national and international nonprofit organizations. He is the founder and president of Breakthrough Enterprises, Inc. and The Brande Foundation. Dave facilitates workshops and has written seven books including: Creating your future, Human Being, Falling Awake, Becoming a Master Student, and Life Coaching.
	Rick Ingrasci Executive Coach Rick Ingrasci, M.D., M.P.H. is a psychiatrist, author, and teacher in the fields of integrative medicine, community development, organizational learning, and holistic education. Rick has a rich background in psychiatry, holistic medicine, and personal and social transformation. He is a graduate of Cornell University Medical College and the Harvard School of Public Health. He is the co-author of the best-selling book Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Guide to Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life. Rick is a co-founder of the American Holistic Medical Association and Physicians for Social Responsibility.
	Stan Lankowitz Executive Coach Stan Lankowitz, M.Ed., L.P.C., dedicates his career to helping leaders in nonprofit organizations and businesses resolve problems, explore new possibilities, design and implement strategic plans, and achieve success. The coaching he has provided for over 30 years help people improve the quality of their lives in both personal and professional domains.
	Rosemarie Perla Executive Coach Rosemarie Perla is a Licensed Psychologist, coach, and entrepreneur who brings 30 years of experience to her clients. She has successfully coached business owners, nonprofit leaders, executives, professionals, and major league athletes to achieve significant life and career transformations. She inspires her clients to believe in their capacity to change and grow in order to create the future they want.

Breakthrough Enterprises, Inc.

Breakthrough Enterprises is a publishing and consulting company incorporated in 1981 in South Dakota. It provides life coaching, workshops, books, tapes and other materials to assist people to improve the quality of their lives. It is a for-profit company that donates all of its profits to The Brande Foundation.

The Brande Foundation

In 1987, Dave Ellis founded The Brande Foundation and endowed it with royalties from the sale of, “Becoming a Master Student.” This best-selling college textbook is designed to assist students to be successful in school and beyond. Ellis formed the foundation to sponsor projects and contribute money to a wide variety of local, state, national, and international organizations.

The purpose of the foundation is to promote life and aliveness on the planet in five basic areas including: 1) world sufficiency (adequate food, water, and shelter for all people); 2) environmental integrity (a healthy and sustainable ecosystem); 3) human rights; 4) world peace; and, 5) personal transformation (human effectiveness and education).

The projects of The Brande Foundation have included Native American education and leadership development, community health and education, bias awareness workshops, fundraising for micro credit lending, and eradicating poverty around the world.

Organizations that have been major recipients of funding have included CARE, OXFAM, United Way, Working Against Violence, Inc., Youth & Family Services, The Hunger Project, RESULTS Educational Fund, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, The Gorbachev Foundation, Pachamama Alliance, and Amnesty International.

Currently, the primary project of The Brande Foundation is to provide life coaching and workshops to leaders of large, national and international, nonprofit organizations. To find out more about the Brande Foundation, click here.

The Brande Foundation does not accept proposals from other nonprofit organizations or individuals since its long-term budget has already been set and is devoted to projects that it coordinates.

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Resources

The following resources are only available to people that have gone through our programs. If you want temporary access to these services to test them, please contact us.

Wake-Up Call®

This service allows you to schedule reminders, dates, and benchmarks to keep you awake of all that is important in your life. Simply specify how you would like to be reminded and when, and we will notify you with a phone call, an email, a text, or a fax.

On-line Journal

This service allows you to express yourself and create a personal record of your progress for the weeks, months, and years to come. You can then sort it by categories or locate entries by keyword searches. Your information is secure and confidential.

On-Line Planning

This service allows you to create a long-range plan by describing, categorizing, and prioritizing your dreams and goals. Your information is secure and confidential.

DaveEllis.TV

This service provides access to most of Dave Ellis' newest teaching. It is a interactive website where you can randomly access short graphically enhanced video presentations and audio programs.

 

Bookstore

Our printed, video, and audio materials can be ordered through our Bookstore. Most of our books can also be ordered from Amazon.com.

 

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South Dakota Office

Breakthrough Enterprises, Inc.
The Brande Foundation

2650 Jackson Blvd.
P.O. Box 8396
Rapid City, SD 57702

Phone: 605-394-0072

California Office

Breakthrough Enterprises, Inc.
The Brande Foundation

303 Laurel Place
San Rafael, CA 94901

Phone: 605-390-2275