Custom Retreats For

ᐷ Human Centred Change Management
ᐷ Creative Strategy and Solutions
ᐷ Human Centred Teams and Strategy

Christina’s offering is a bridge between the humans in your organisation and the impact you are collectively here to make.

For organisations whose work changes lives, the greatest risk is rarely a lack of passion, more commonly it’s burnout, fractured teams, poor leadership, mission drift and losing sight of why the work matters.

Our human-centred retreats create the space to reconnect people with purpose, strengthen teams and design practical strategies for meaningful action.

Our content is researched, progressive and holistic. Our delivery strategies support integrated learning, transformative shifts and aligned action. Sessions are intensive deep dives delivered in a hands on, interactive way to drive behavioural change and applied understanding.

Very few retreat facilitators can help an executive team rethink its mission, strengthen its culture and leave with a practical strategic roadmap. Christina partners with Bower and Co to create human-centred strategic retreats, in nature, the most human of settings, for organisations doing meaningful work. An ethos that puts people first, strategies second with confidence that the impact will follow.

Christina helps organisations reconnect with purpose, people and strategy.

Christina brings

ᐷ 25+ years working across the creative industries, community, government and social impact sectors.

ᐷ Extensive experience supporting organisations through disaster recovery, change and uncertainty.

ᐷ Expertise spanning entrepreneurship, psychology, creativity and strategic planning.

ᐷ A philosophy that integrates emotional intelligence with practical implementation.

ᐷ Deep understanding of purpose-driven organisations and commercial businesses.

Christina’s Core Values

  • Human-centred leadership
  • Purpose before strategy
  • Head and Heart
  • Connecting Why and How
  • Meaningful work and Positive impact
  • Sustainable and Slow business
  • Hope and agency
  • Behavioural science
  • Creative thinking
  • Whole human workplaces
  • Resilience
  • Values-led leadership
  • Practical implementation

Designed specifically for:

  • Government teams
  • NGOs
  • Not-for-profits
  • Social enterprises
  • Creative organisations
  • Community organisations
  • Purpose-driven businesses

Happier, healthier, aligned humans build stronger organisations to create vital impact.

We build a custom experience to meet your team and organisation’s most pressing needs.

Examples of Topics and Focus Areas

Annual Planning

A human-centred alternative to the traditional planning day.
Rather than beginning with KPIs and budgets, teams begin their people, with purpose and tapped in to possibility before moving into the practical planning stage.

Participants will-
review the previous year
identify successes and roadblocks
clarify priorities
design achievable strategic goals
allocate responsibilities
create practical implementation plans

Participants leave with –
clear priorities
implementation plans
individual commitments
team accountability

Leading Through Change

How do we maintain hope, purpose and agency through uncertainty while supporting staff wellbeing and organisational resilience. 

Designed for organisations experiencing-
rapid growth
funding uncertainty
restructures
disaster recovery
organisational change

Sustainable Teams Retreat

Perfect for organisations wanting practical and sustainable wellbeing.


Preventing burnout.
Supporting wellbeing.
Creating sustainable ways of working.
Time Management
Behavioural science
Workload redesign
Technology boundaries
Healthy work habits
Resilience and Empathy

Vision & Mission

Helping teams reconnect with why they exist before deciding what to do about it.
Ideal for –
Leadership teams
Boards
New organisations
Organisations undertaking strategic planning

Not Business As Usual

Designed for organisations committed to creating positive impact in increasingly complex times. 


Purpose
Hope
Agency
Meaningful work
Practical planning
Resilience

Daily Life Design

Helping teams work smarter—not harder. Ideal for organisations wanting practical tools that improve wellbeing and performance.
Topics include-
attention
focus
technology overwhelm
productivity
behavioural science
time
energy
healthy work habits
neuro diversity
hormones

Creative Strategy Lab

For organisations tackling complex challenges. Christina guides teams through structured thinking processes that unlock creativity, strengthen collaboration and generate practical solutions. Organisational development with creative abandon.

Creative risk management

Product ideation

Restructures and Redirects
PESTLE and SWOT with a creative and innovative twist
Change making in complex times

Facilitation Pricing Guidelines 

Non-profit
$720 first 2 hours
$220/hr thereafter
For-profit
$980 first 2 hours
$320/hr thereafter

Event management and coordination, venue hire, catering etc POA

Please note additional travel expenses generally apply for areas outside of the Byron LGA. Travel allowance is usually calculated using a $45/hr travel fee and the ATO travel allowance pricing schedule.

Non profit, NGO and government organisations are invited to apply for program and project funding. Funding application packages are available to make this process as easy as possible for applicants and compelling for funding bodies. Email christina@christinagiorgio.com with the funding you are applying for to discuss this option. When possible we ask that you apply for funding at the commercial rates.