The November Leadership Incubator Weekend

SWLI Team
September 22, 2026

A two-day, application-based experience for leaders ready to do the work that titles and credentials cannot do for them.

November 19–20, 2026 · COWO & Crèche, Old Town Alexandria · $500, all-inclusive

Most leadership development sharpens performance. This incubator is built for something different: restoration.

Over two days in Old Town Alexandria, twenty to thirty leaders will gather in a room built for honesty rather than performance. Circle seating. Small groups. No stage. Just the hard, human work of dealing with soul, body, and mind, so that what you build from here comes from a whole place rather than a depleted one.

This is not a conference. It is application-based, and every application is read.

Built on the Formidable 8©

This weekend is grounded in the Formidable 8©, Grace Adofoli’s federally copyrighted leadership restoration model. The framework moves leaders from awareness to action across four dimensions of who they are: mind, body, soul, and spirit. It does not ask you to perform leadership. It asks you to become the kind of leader your life and your people actually need.

Who should apply

If you are tired of optimizing and ready to be formed, this is for you.

What is included

Investment: $500, all-inclusive

Logistics

When: November 19–20, 2026
Where: COWO & Crèche, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
Capacity: 20 to 30 leaders
Format: Application-based. Submitting an application does not guarantee a seat.

Selected participants will be notified by October 30.

This will not be ordinary. That is the point.

Seats are limited, and applications are reviewed closely. If you are ready to leave this year differently than you entered it, apply today.

Private excellence. Public brilliance.™ Leadership from the inside out.

SWLI Team

Recent posts

Growth, Leadership Development, Mentorship

What a summer as Chief of Staff Intern taught me about work and about myself

Makayla Reed
|
September 10, 2026
Time, Workshop

Ticks of Time: What a Workshop Taught Me About the Life I Was Missing

Saldon Tenzin
|
June 7, 2026
Identity, Leadership Development

Managing Your Expectations Is Not Wisdom. Sometimes It Is Fear.

Grace Adofoli
|
May 9, 2026

© 2026 Shifting Waters Leadership Institute™. All rights reserved.
Formidable 8© and “Private Excellence. Public Brilliance.”™ are the intellectual property of Shifting Waters Leadership Institute.

Stay connected

Join the SWLI newsletter

Leadership reflections, program updates, and research — straight to your inbox, once or twice a month.