Ten Directions has created this custom fellowship opportunity, in consultation with NDs, to align with the professions’ intention to increase facilitative leadership capacity. 

Ten Directions is an innovator in post-professional practice development. We believe in the power of generative learning and have seen amazing contributions to larger scale change and impact when the growth and development of leadership is a priority investment.

Fellows will grow themselves as collaborative influencers with potential to catalyze systems change and cultural evolution. 

Program participants represent a wide range of experience as physicians, educators, policy makers, entrepreneurs, communicators, researchers, coaches, consultants and facilitators. Many will have decades of professional experience behind them, while others are embarking on a new phase of their professional vocation as an ND. Admission to the program is not dependent upon a quantity of professional experience, however applications are evaluated based on the clarity, depth and intention expressed in the application. Without exception, we have found that our program participants share a deep sense of purpose and view their facilitative leadership and desire to create impact as a life-long calling.

The 5-day program intensives begins at 8:30 AM (with optional meditation beforehand) and concludes at 6:30 PM. Participants and faculty will be staying on-site for the duration of the program, and some evening sessions may be included.

The agenda for each intensive varies and is adapted to the group as the intensive unfolds. Typically, intensives include multiple sessions of small group discussions and practice, 1-1 and group exercises, direct instruction, facilitation demonstration, and embodied integration practice.

The final day of the intensive concludes at 12:30pm.

Applied practice takes place throughout the certificate program. While attending live 5-day program intensives, you will engage in multiple small group facilitation practices. In between program intensives, you will be engaged in small group projects, ongoing facilitation practice (to meet the 12 hour / month requirement), and will be sharing your practice reflections with the program cohort community through online discussion forums and bi-weekly reflections.

This program focuses on skills and embodied practice to grow and deepen capacity to facilitate intra and inter-professional collaboration. Mastery develops through ongoing practice and engaged learning with frequent opportunities for reflection, feedback and adjustment.  To this end, program participants are required to engage in 12 hours of practice each month; ideally within a change initiative or conversations that are advancing the ND profession. Participants reflect on their facilitative leadership practice in both small groups that meet regularly at a distance (using zoom or skype) and also share their experiences in a private course forum. Participants also complete regular self-assessments and receive personal feedback and coaching throughout the training.

Your coaching group will meet bi-weekly by zoom, and your coach will be available to you for ongoing questions and support throughout the program. You will choose your preferred coaching time slot, and be able to put specific dates in your calendar before the program begins.

All program faculty, including coaches, attend each 5-day intensive in person and participate fully in supporting participants during the intensive. In between intensives, coaches work with small groups of participants through frequent coaching calls. The program director is in regular contact with all participants and provides regular updates, reminders, and discussion topics. All participants and all program faculty participate in monthly practice calls on Zoom.