🌿 Why Every Organizational Leader Should Read The Art of Retreats by Fabrice Desmarescaux 

I just finished reading The Art of Retreats — and honestly, it couldn’t have come at a better time.

In leadership today, there’s this unspoken pressure to always be doing more, moving faster, achieving bigger results. But this book was a powerful reminder:
True leadership starts from within.

📚 What the book is about
Fabrice Desmarescaux, a seasoned executive coach and former McKinsey partner, invites leaders to do what feels counterintuitive — pause.
Through thoughtful practices and reflections, he shows how regular retreats — whether a few hours or a few days — help leaders reconnect with their deeper purpose, balance, and wisdom.

It’s not about running away from responsibility.
It’s about stepping back enough to lead forward with clarity and heart.

✨ What struck me most

• It's practical and deep at the same time — no fluff, no vague philosophy.
  
  

• Fabrice blends business insight, science, ancient wisdom, and personal storytelling effortlessly.
  
  

• It offers simple tools to create your own retreats, from short daily pauses to transformative weekend retreats.
  
  

One quote I can’t stop thinking about:
"We must accept we are not gods, but Mickey Mouse in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, unleashing chain reactions we do not understand."
It’s humbling — and so needed in today's fast-moving world.

💬 Why I’m recommending it
In too many organizations, leadership has become about numbers, KPIs, and outcomes.
What we urgently need is leadership rooted in self-awareness, compassion, and clarity.

The Art of Retreats isn’t just a book for CEOs — it’s for anyone who leads teams, builds culture, or simply wants to lead a more intentional life.
If you feel the pull toward more meaningful leadership — this book will meet you right where you are.

✅ Bottom line:
If even a handful of leaders embrace the practices in this book, I believe our organizations (and the people in them) would thrive like never before.

📖 Highly recommend making space for this read. It's more than a book — it’s a leadership reset.