The WorldBlu Mastery Circle is a unique gathering of the top leaders of the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ 2009 awardee organizations. Held in Austin, TX, the WorldBlu Mastery Circle provides a highly engaging opportunity for awardees to capitalize on their elite recognition through engagement with a co-mentoring peer community. Participants focus on exchanging best practices and ideas that will further enhance and deepen their practice of organizational democracy and overall performance.

During the Mastery Circle, participants will:

• Explore strategies to catalyze strengths and address areas of improvement through peer-to-peer feedback, brainstorming, and sharing of best practices
• Deepen their understanding of democratic leadership techniques
• Develop a peer-to-peer co-mentoring community
• Learn how personal mastery translates into organizational excellence and sustainability

TUITION FEES

Tuition for the WorldBlu Mastery Circle includes:

• Three nights at The Crossings (priced at $135 per night if purchased separately)
• All meals beginning with dinner on Sunday, May 3rd and ending with lunch on Wednesday, May 6th
• Dr. Srikumar Rao’s book and six-part CD set
• A quarterly co-mentor for the next 12 months
• All other program materials

• Commuter -- $1795 (all meals included, lodging excluded)
• Non-profit organization -- $2195
• Small company (5-250 employees) -- $2395
• Medium company (251-999 employees) -- $2595
• Large company (1000+ employees) -- $2795

REGISTRATION + DEADLINE

To register, click HERE, or for more information, call Meegan March at +1 512 501 0644 or email meegan(at)worldblu.com.

The deadline to register for the WorldBlu Mastery Circle is Friday, April 17, 2009.

Registration is non-refundable but is transferable as long as it is transferred to another top leader (C-level) from the organization.

The Mastery Circle program requires a minimum of 12 registered participants.

MASTERY CIRCLE HIGHLIGHTS

DR. SRIKUMAR RAO
Dr. Srikumar Rao is the professor of one of the highest rated courses at many of the best business schools in the world (Columbia, Berkeley, and the London Business School). He was also one of the most popular speakers at the WorldBlu LIVE event in New York City last fall.

Dr. Srikumar Rao, author of Are You Ready to Succeed, will share techniques for fostering initiative, creativity, and leadership development within an organization and for achieving dramatic results on a personal level. Participants will also receive Dr. Rao’s book, Are You Ready to Succeed, and accompanying Personal Mastery six-CD set.

NETWORK OF CO-MENTORS
Through guided discussions, open space dialogue, interactive sessions, dynamic peer assists, and informal activities, Mastery Circle participants will have the opportunity to learn, mentor, and network with a highly unique group of leaders. In the 12 months following the Mastery Circle gathering in Austin, participants will partner with four different peer mentors (one each quarter) from the Mastery Circle with whom they will develop a highly valuable peer-to-peer co-coaching relationship.