Leadership Retreat
Leadership
Retreat
- RIT/
- Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement/
- Leadership Development/
- Leadership Retreat
Discover your leadership potential through adventure!
Looking for a fun way to connect with friends and build your skills? Our Leadership Retreat programs are designed just for students—interactive, exciting, and packed with opportunities to grow as a leader.
Choose your adventure:
- Off-Campus Escapes: Challenge yourself at Camp Arrowhead with activities that bring out your best.
- On-Campus Experiences: Get creative with programs like Build-A-Bike, where teamwork makes a real impact.
What to Expect
Leadership Retreats are perfect for:
- Executive boards
- Group Bonding
- Making new friends
- Stepping outside your comfort zone
You can expect to:
- Be split into groups or pairs
- Work through solving a puzzle or challenge collaboratively
- Practice new skills and critical thinking
- Step outside your comfort zone
Featured Leadership Retreat Experiences
YMCA Camp Arrowhead
Camp Arrowhead is a longstanding partner that provides meaningful team experiences through high ropes, low ropes, archery, and other recreational activities. Throughout the experience, you will find yourself making connections you never thought possible.
Central Rock Gym
Reach new heights at Central Rock Gym. Rock climbing naturally mirrors leadership moments that require trust, teamwork, and quick problem-solving. It’s an energizing way to step outside your comfort zone while building skills that carry far beyond the wall.
The Leaders Institute
The Leaders Institute offers customizable leadership development experiences for everyone to enjoy. One of those experiences includes Build-A-Bike, where participants work together to assemble a bike for children in the local community.
Neon Entertainment
Neon Entertainment offers a variety of activities, including virtual reality (VR). Their virtual reality workshops offer a risk-free space to experiment, fail, and try again, with immediate feedback. Their VR arenas range from high-stress environments like cooking to apocalyptic challenges.
My biggest takeaway was that it’s important to communicate & trust those around you. In climbing, this takes the form of talking to your climbing partner, but it can also be applied to other situations.
Improv is a good way to improve the comfortability and flexibility of someone in a new, confusing, and/or uncomfortable circumstance.
I understand that trusting the capability of team members makes the overall goal easier to achieve.
All members of the team are important. The leader doesn't make all the decisions, but one must collaborate.