Leadership Grows in Connection
SOMA reimagines how we develop leaders, not through isolated learning, but through shared reflection, emotional safety, and collective growth. Leadership is not a solo pursuit. It thrives in community.
SOMA brings people together around a shared purpose, challenge, or moment of change. In leadership, this means creating a structured, high-care space where peers can pause, reflect on real-world experiences, and build the capabilities needed to lead with clarity, connection, and compassion.
"Social resources shape people's learning trajectories and their professional identity"
- Etienne Wenger (1998), Founding CoP Researcher
More Than a Meeting
SOMA isn’t just another meeting in the calendar. They are thoughtfully designed containers for reflective practice, drawing from neuroscience, compassion science, and the power of narrative to bring emotional and cognitive learning together.
At Salutegenics, we design every SOMA to reflect how the brain learns best: socially, emotionally, and experientially. Our approach is:
- Engaging – Using story, humour, and shared language to spark insight
- Practical – Every session equips leaders with tools they can use straight away
- Inclusive – We create spaces that feel safe, warm, and free of hierarchy
- Empowering – Participants co-create the learning; they’re not passive recipients
These are not lecture-style workshops. They are immersive, energising experiences where leadership becomes both seen and felt.
Why Set Up SOMA for Leadership?
In today’s fast-paced, high-stakes environments, leadership can feel both rewarding and relentless. SOMA offers a human-centred way to replenish, reflect, and reconnect. They foster a learning culture that is lived, not just taught.
Key benefits of a Leadership SOMA Circuit:
- Shared wisdom drawn from lived experience, not just theory
- Real-time insight from workplace challenges and wins
- Supportive peer relationships that reduce isolation and burnout
- A culture of trust, reflection, and mutual accountability
Through regular, facilitated dialogue, leaders build new skills and cultivate a shared identity as reflective, adaptive, and values-led change agents.
Why It Works
A Leadership SOMA works because it mirrors what leadership truly is: a dynamic, relational, and evolving practice. It invites leaders to show up as they are, with both their strengths and their questions, and leave more grounded in who they are and how they lead.
Built on the principles of salutogenesis, reflective practice, compassion and co-regulation, each circuit session creates the conditions for transformation, with impact that begins in the session and continues to grow long after.
