About OnCourse International

OnCourse International, LLC (OCI) is the umbrella organization for Jim Warner and a team of independent associates who inspire and guide CEOs, business executives, professionals and their spouses as they navigate difficult personal, interpersonal and vocational transitions.

Our work is a blend of:

• Small group retreat facilitation
• Life Transition retreats and follow-on coaching for individuals and couples
• Corporate coaching, planning, team building and mediation
• Inspirational and educational keynotes and workshops.

Jim Warner and his OnCourse teammates are uniquely gifted to inspire and guide committed individuals, couples and small groups into and through core-level, whole-life change. We help stuck, blocked or struggling high-achievers face and resolve issues around:

• Their identity
• Their relationships (marital, parents and extended family, children, work environment, friends)
• Their vocation
• Their spiritual pursuits.

We inspire them toward:

• Deeper personal awareness
• Authentic, intimate relationships
• A passionate life purpose
• Spiritual connection.

YPO / WPO Forums and Other Small Group Retreats

Jim Warner and the OnCourse Associates regularly facilitate multi-day retreats for YPO and WPO member and spouse forums, executive teams, and other small groups who seek to build a safe, intimate community where members can explore the deep issues in their lives. At these retreats the facilitators also help the group address and resolve internal conflict or dysfunction.

OnCourse retreats and trainings help participants evoke greater self-awareness and often lead to transformative change in their lives. Discussions andexperiences are developed around "heart-level" topics such as members':

• Identity (both personal and professional)
• Personal mission statement and sense of destiny
• Marriages and sexuality
• Family relationships
• Parenthood
• Life transitions
• Spirituality, peace, contentment, significance and fulfillment
• Friendships and relationships with others
• Passions and emotions including fear, anger, sadness and joy
• Blind spots and "shadows"
• Life balance.

These retreats are typically 2-3 days in length and are held at a retreat center, private residence or conference hotel which offers privacy for the group, and access to nature (trails, streams, lakes, woods, beach, desert, mountains).

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Transformational Retreats and Follow-On Coaching

Jim Warner offers customized "Whole Life Audit" retreats where from one to four participants, as individuals or couples, meet with Jim and a co-facilitator in a reflective setting to develop a plan for transitioning their lives toward greater fulfillment, meaning, passion and joy.

Structured as a blend of experiential, life-sharing, issue-exploring exercises, participants leave with deeper personal awareness and the beginnings of a no-nonsense, personal transition blueprint for transforming their lives from success to significance – from disillusionment to destiny.

Before looking upward and outward (i.e., "What's next?") participants look downward and inward – examining the pivotal experiences and periods of their lives that have shaped who they are and how they approach opportunities and problems.

Participants then develop a "situation analysis" of their lives – where they are today – including the issues and dilemmas being faced, what they would like their lives to look like, and what is blocking them from getting there. Each participant then begins to craft his or her own personal transition blueprint – a set of specific, measurable resolution statements and action plans for addressing and resolving outstanding issues. The issues may be personal (identity, life purpose), vocational, marital, family-of-origin, financial or spiritual.

After these retreats most participants enter into a multi-month coaching relationship with an OnCourse Associate to anchor the participants' changes, monitor the participants' action plans and help the participant with inevitable course corrections.

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Education Programs and Keynote Addresses

An acclaimed author and speaker, Jim Warner offers a range of workshops, seminars and keynote addresses on Life Transition, Conscious Relationships and Authentic Leadership. Every engagement provides immediate take-home value an is customized for the target audience, whether a YPO chapter, an industry association or a corporate event.

Example topics include:

Reclaiming Your Greatness:
How High Achievers and Spouses Move from Disillusionment to Discovery to Destiny in Midlife

How Do I Feel Good Again?
Recapturing Lost Energy and Passion

When Having It All Isn't Enough:
Discovering Your Destiny in Life's Second Half

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The Foundation of This Work

Both the small group facilitation work and the individual counseling assume that participants are open to deeper personal awareness, and yearn for increased meaning and significance in their lives. Participants also seek greater intimacy and friendship – a sense of community – with other men and women. As part of both self-discovery and community-building, participants are open to exploring their spiritual life. They seek a sense of peace, destiny and surrender, grounded in knowing and experiencing God. People from many religious traditions, including no beliefs, have found the spiritual dimension of OnCourse programs to be both eye-opening and transformative.

Client Engagements

Most engagements, whether a small group retreat, a personal transformation retreat, or a speaking engagement, begin with a telephone call to Jim or an OnCourse Associate to discuss the group's or client's specific needs. During either this initial call or a subsequent interview, we jointly determine if we have a fit, confirm the engagement dates and determine the fees.

Both small group retreats and personal transformation retreats are attended by committed participants who devote themselves to the processes, experiences and celebrations custom-developed by the OnCourse team for the specific event.

Common Issues Among OnCourse Clients

All participants desire deeper personal awareness and a sense of meaning and passion in their lives. Small group participants yearn for deeper community. In addition, participants face some combination of the following issues:

• I have no idea what is next in my life; I have only a vague sense of life purpose, mission, destiny or passion.
• My career is my identity.
• I always have to be "on".
• My life is being run on a treadmill.
• My marriage needs revitalization.
• I desire deeper relationships with people who won’t judge me.
• I need friends who will be truthful.
• I need to make peace with my past.
• I would like to know God better.
• I desire greater intimacy with my spouse, family, friends and God.
• I long to experience grace and joy.