Phoenix 1: Take Flight with Dr Sam Collins and Special Guests – Virtual

3 & 4 March 2025 Hybrid Conference

Join us on International Women’s Day week where the 2025 global theme is #accelerateaction. Accelerate Action is a worldwide call to acknowledge strategies, resources, and activity that positively impact women’s advancement and equality, and to support and elevate the implementation in your life, workplace and wider world.

Key Learning Skills: Vision & Strategic Thinking

Conference plus Phoenix Online 1-hour virtual preparation event (February 2025) and 1 hour post virtual (April 2025) event for support, consistency and accountability.

Day 1 – March 3 focusing on “Take Flight” in Work & Career
Day 2 – March 4 focusing on “Take Flight” in Community & World

You can attend 1 or both days.

What you’ll get:

• Develop your skills to create an inspiring vision for yourself and others for 2025 and beyond.
• Time and space to look above parapet, scan the horizon and gain new ideas and perspectives.
• Know who you are, your strengths and abilities.
• A bigger and better view of your potential.
• Self-belief that you can move mountains.
• Vision for yourself of your next chapter.
• How to challenge the status quo.
• An interdisciplinary approach of psychology, leadership, science and culture.
• A new view of leadership – from transactional to transformational to transrational.
• Techniques to quiet the analytical noise and access better insights.
• A self-care revolution.
• Tools to put learning into actual practice in daily life and work.
• Network with global attendees with multiple perspectives and stories.
• A room full of people who want to help you.

Why attend?

For you: Because you’re ready to transform yourself and make a bigger impact and you know the old ways aren’t working.
For your organisation: Because leaders who can blend analytical thinking with intuitive intelligence create better results.
For the world: Because we need more people who can think bigger and contribute towards societal change.

Still not sure? Ask yourself:

• Do I know exactly what I want to create in 2025 and beyond?
• Am I thinking big enough about my potential impact?
• Do I have the tools and network to create genuine transformation?

If you answered no to any of these – and you’re ready to do something about it. Welcome to Phoenix.

What is Phoenix?

Phoenix is where change happens. Not through PowerPoint presentations or lectures, but through Dr Sam Collins’ unique and tested approach to transrational leadership.

Let’s be clear: if you’re looking for a comfortable day out of the office, this isn’t it. But if you want to create real change – in yourself, your organisation and the wider world – you’re in the right place.

This programme helps you get crystal clear about what you want to change and why it matters.  In an increasingly AI world, our human skills – like vision creation, genuine intuition, real empathy and deep understanding – are becoming our edge.

Who is it for?

Team leaders, managers, directors and executives from across different industries and sectors who:

• Understand that learning, education and a broad network is key to their success.
• Are successful but want to have a bigger influence on others.
• Want to gain a network, benchmarks and innovative perspectives outside of their company or industry.
• Lead teams or organisations but sense there’s a better way to engage and motivate others.
• Need to deliver results in an ever complex and changing world.
• Want tools that work in real and often difficult life.
• Are ready to think differently about what’s possible.
• Care about people, equality and inclusion.
• Get bored by lectures and purely academic type programmes.
• Can be skeptical of traditional development and want something different.
• Struggle with multiple home and work stressors and finding time to focus on themselves.
• Have been told that they are too “emotional/nice/much/assertive” in the past and know this isn’t a bad thing.
• Feel sometimes hopeless about world events and want to do something.
• Know they have the potential to make a real and lasting difference.

What to expect:

• No theory without real life implementation.
• No nodding politely.
• No complaining or blaming.
• No mindless chat.
• No corporate buzzwords.

Instead:

• Individual and systems coaching to move you forward.
• Practical tools that use science and research to make a difference.
• Real conversations and help exchange.
• Challenging exercises that push your boundaries.
• Space to think bigger.
• Tools you can actually use tomorrow morning.
• Great food and a killer playlist.
• People that inspire you to do and be more.
• Accountability to do what you say you’ll do.

Accountability Webinars

Attend live or listen to the recording of 2 x 60 minute virtual seminars in February and April 2025.

• Set goals and prepare for 2 day events.
• Ask questions and discuss learning.
• Do what you say you’re going to do post events.
• Celebrate successes.
• Hold yourself and others to account to do what you/they say they will do.
• Develop consistent habits in-between events.
• Support others.
• Implement learnings in the real world.
• Track results.
• Gain a new network and community.

Collective Intelligence (CQ) Methodology

Phoenix is designed to access the skills, contacts, perspectives and ideas of all the participants and speakers attending both in-person and virtually from around the world.

• Peer buddy groups that face problems and discuss issues in a safe space.
• Strategic networking to practically help each other.
• Special interest groups for mutual support on topics that range from job opportunities, parenthood, NED roles, negotiating pay, finance skills, alternative career paths, well-being and boardroom politics.
• Creation and tracking of your M.A.D. (Making a Difference) projects in life, work and world.
• Underpinning of coaching and mentoring, not therapy or counselling.
• Holistic life skills to find out who you are and develop the self belief that we can move mountains together.

Discounts

Additional discounts for multiple bookings, groups and teams. 2 tickets = 10% discount | 3 -5 tickets = 15% discount | 5 – 9 tickets = 20% discount | 10 + tickets = 25% discount

Limited 1 day tickets available for your choice of March 3 or 4 2025.

Day 1 – March 3 focusing on “Take Flight” in Work & Career
Day 2 – March 4 focusing on “Take Flight” in Community & World

You can attend 1 or both days.

Phoenix Programme Leader & Guest Speakers

Dr Sam Collins, Aspire CEO and Founder

Sam is a leading global voice on leadership, equality and change, a social entrepreneur, international speaker, coach and author.

Sarah Kitakule, Management Consultant

Sarah Kitakule, a private sector development specialist worked with Public Service before moving on to World Bank.

Karen L Sherman, Co-founder and CEO, Virunga Mountain Spirits

Karen L Sherman is the Co-founder and CEO of Virunga Mountain Spirits, a new premium craft distillery/agro-tourism site based in Rwanda.

Kamila Sidiqi, Activist

Kamila Sidiqi is a prominent women’s rights and economic activist who has worked in leadership roles in different sectors in Afghanistan and the United Kingdom.

Zoe Holland MBE, Group Chief Commercial Officer, Fletchers Group

An entrepreneurial, C-Suite leader (Fletchers Group Chief Commercial Officer), NED, Trustee, experienced Executive Coach, Neurodiversity Coach and motivational speaker.

Alvaro Montenegro, Product & Engineering Director, Velonetic

Alvaro started his professional career as an architect (designing beautiful places and spaces, not systems ), successfully designing, project managing.

Amy Lynch, Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Europe, Thoughtworks

Amy (she/her) has been working with technology teams for over 12 years and currently works for global tech consultancy.

Tracey Cramond, Chair, Health Care Supply Association’s Women’s Network

Tracey is Chair of the award-winning Health Care Supply Association’s (HCSA) Women’s Network dedicated to celebrating the achievements.

Kerry Rainer, Chief Strategy Director, Velonetic

Kerry is an experienced senior leader with a career spanning customer relationship management, executive leadership, and large-scale technology transformation.

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