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Warrior School

Warrior School

Organizer: ChangeMaker
Cost: $4,000 per person
Length: One week
Past clients: Electronic Data Systems (EDS), Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Tenon Group (TNO.L), Haymarket Media Group

The British, Upper Rissington-based talent consultancy ChangeMaker takes groups of managers to East Africa, where they visit several villages of the sprawling and semi-nomadic Maasai tribe. At debriefing sessions, participants talk about how the Maasai lead with a sense of pride and personal responsibility that's rare in business, and about how they maintain a consistent culture across such a large organization. ChangeMaker Chief Executive Chris Howe argues that "if you put people in a hotel, if you lecture at them, they're not discovering for themselves."

*Price includes food and lodging