The Leadership Escape
A thoughtfully designed blend of executive coaching and intentional travel for leaders in transition.
Explore widely. Lead thoughtfully.
What is a Leadership Escape?
A Leadership Escape brings together professional coaching, intentional reflection, and a purposeful change of environment. It creates room to notice what can be difficult to see from inside the everyday.
This isn't about escaping your life.
It's about creating enough distance to see it differently.
Why place matters
It's not about how far you go. It's about creating enough distance to see differently.
Ristare begins with what you need to explore, not with a destination. We start with the question, not the destination.
Place is part of the experience: a setting intentionally shaped to support reflection, curiosity, and a different way of seeing.
Coaching and place
Coaching creates space for thoughtful questions and reflection. A purposeful change of place gives that work room to unfold beyond familiar routines and demands.
Who it's for
You've built a successful career, but you're facing a decision you can't seem to think your way through. The next promotion, a different path, staying where you are—or something you haven't considered yet.
You don't necessarily need advice. You may need enough space to hear what you actually want.
Nothing is technically wrong. You've accomplished a lot. You're good at what you do. But something that once energized you doesn't feel quite the same anymore—and you can't quite name what's changed.
Maybe the question isn't "What's wrong?" Maybe it's "What's trying to change?"
You know change is coming—or perhaps you've already chosen it. A new role, a career pivot, or a different season of life. You don't just want to move into what's next. You want to enter it intentionally.
Who do you want to be in the chapter ahead—not simply what do you want to do next?
The Ristare way
Three ways to experience Ristare
"I need some space."
For one question, decision, or moment that needs some room.
From $1,000 + travel
Signature Ristare experience
"I need to get away and think."
For the leader who needs more than a pause—an intentionally designed change of environment with coaching, reflection, discovery, and integration woven throughout.
From $2,500 + travel
"Something significant is changing."
A deeply personalized experience for a transition, decision, or possibility that deserves your full attention.
By proposal
Not sure which fits? You don't need to decide before we talk.
Book a Clarity CallThe experience
How place is chosen
Destination and experience design follow the coaching and discovery process. The right setting may be near or far; the value is in creating the conditions for perspective.
What Ristare handles
Ristare's professional fee covers the coaching and Leadership Escape services appropriate to the selected tier. Travel costs are separate, and clients are responsible for their travel expenses.
Travel planning and support vary by tier, from personalized destination and itinerary design to fully customized experience design. The details are clarified as part of the initial conversation.
FAQ
Pause is a focused, contained experience with one 60-minute coaching conversation before your trip and one after you return. Escape is the signature Ristare experience, with two 60-minute pre-trip coaching conversations and 2–3 60-minute post-trip coaching conversations focused on reflection, integration, and what comes next. Immersione is a deeply personalized experience with a customized coaching plan designed around your needs, including pre- and post-trip coaching.
A Leadership Escape is individually designed around your question, transition, or possibility, rather than a traditional group retreat.
No. Your Leadership Escape is designed for you to experience independently. Nicole does not travel with you. Depending on your Ristare experience, coaching or check-ins during your time away are conducted virtually, allowing you to have the space and independence of the experience while remaining connected to the coaching process.
No. It is not about how far you go. The right change of place depends on you, the question, and the experience being designed.
No. Ristare's professional fee is separate from travel costs, which remain the client's responsibility.
You do not need to know. Ristare begins with what you are carrying, not with a destination. The coaching process helps inform the kind of environment and experience that may best support what you need.
Yes. Ristare also offers Leadership Coaching without a travel experience.
A complimentary Clarity Call is a 30-minute conversation to understand what is bringing you to Ristare and explore whether it may be a good fit.
Meet Nicole
24+ Years in Healthcare Leadership · ICF Certified Professional Coach
Nicole has led leaders and teams through change in complex, high-stakes healthcare environments. Her coaching is grounded in thoughtful questions, not prescribed answers.
Meet Nicole
Sometimes the first step is simply creating enough space to talk about what's on your mind.
A complimentary Clarity Call