The original French practitioners, Yamakasi, called their practice art du deplacement. They would practice challenging their physical fitness to sharpen both their mind and body. This developed sense of challenge helped to explore two pillars:

• Être Fort Pour Être Utile – “Be Strong to be Useful”
• Etre et Durer – “To Be and to Last”

Learn more about the discipline’s pillars and how we can find motivation in our personal practices.

Are you compelled to succeed? It takes commitment to achieve your dreams. No matter where you are – commitment is waiting inside. How can we tap into this energy to help you find success? Explore what it takes to set goals and to achieve our dreams. Much like parkour, we can exercise and build our commitment. We’ll dive into breaking down goals utilizing tools such as the Eisenhower Matrix, time management, and more.

Many people will credit their confidence and self-esteem in their success. Like commitment, courage, or empathy, a great self-esteem can be incredibly elusive. We’ll search for an approach that will help to ground our success and authenticity through a practice of personal affirmations and gratitude. Both are important habits to building healthy and happier lives. 

Do you struggle to stay positive? Finding optimism through failure reflects on our ability to roll with the punches. Gain insight on how to find greater control and influence on the things we can directly impact. 

Should we shelter others from what we think? What are the downsides for the short-term? And long term? Radical honesty is about maximizing success as leaders by being authentic to ourselves. This kind of honesty is not just about others either, we have to face uncomfortable truths about ourselves as well. Leaern how to better align to your personal values and actions. 

Finding the strength of our voice through five core skills in effective communication. They include: 

• Interpersonal Communication
• Public Speaking
• Writing
• Problem-solving
• Analytics Thinking

You will learn the power of storytelling and utilize non-violent communication as methods to empower your voice.

How do we reach out for help to our supportive network? With every mission, we will come across obstacles that challenge our abilities to succeed. No leader is perfect or infallible. Showing our imperfections, the cracks in our armor, only proves that we’re all human. Vulnerability is powerful when it’s relevant to the situation. Particularly when we share how we feel about an exciting project or a tough decision. Our checklists will help you recognize, go for, and accept the gift of help.

Building a reflective practice and active research in our leadership. Flexing our brains for personal growth and development.

After studying thousands of children, psychologist Dr.Carol Dweck noticed that some individuals rebounded from failure while others were left devastated by even the smallest setbacks. This rebound determined that our brains are incredibly malleable with practice. Leaders can develop their skills, talent, and character using good strategies, asking questions, reflecting, and practicing. If you can believe that you can change, you can grow. Let’s break down our long term goals with SMART and building strong circles of trusted people.

Where do we go from here? We’ll put many of the program tools into action including a healthy growth mindset, reflection, SMART goals, Eisenhower Matrix, and more.