The Steward Leadership Bhutan Quest is a transformative journey from March 22-28, 2026, designed to cultivate the inner foundation of Steward Leadership. Rooted in Bhutan’s unique blend of cultural wisdom, spiritual tradition, and harmony with nature, this experiential learning offers an immersive experience that begins within — where fulfilment, contentment and happiness become the root of effective leadership and meaningful success.
Programme Outcomes
By the end of the quest, you will:
1. Understand Steward Leadership – what it looks like personally and organizationally to maximize ambition and purpose.
2. Clarify Meaning & Purpose – freeing from limiting attachments, identities, and beliefs.
3. Lead with Compassion – embodying generosity, loving kindness, and service that uplifts others.
4. Embrace Contentment & Balance – discovering sustainable happiness, equanimity, and a renewed capacity for collaboration.
5. Sharpen Decision-making Impact – cultivate stewardship values: interdependence, ownership mentality, creative resilience, long-term view, and ethical integrity for impactful outcomes.
Faculty
The programme is guided by a distinguished faculty blending deep expertise in Steward Leadership, Bhutanese cultural wisdom, and executive coaching, including SAC’s Rajeev Peshawaria, Bhutan’s Dr. Dorji Wangchuk and Lhaki Dolma, and Abroad’s founder and executive coach Justin Milano
Agenda
Day 1 - Arrival
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD
Your journey begins with openness and reverence for Bhutan’s living wisdom. As you settle into the slower rhythm of the Himalayas, you’ll connect with fellow travelers and set intentions for the week ahead. This is the moment to release the busyness of everyday life and fully arrive.
Day 2 – Punakha Dzong
CULTIVATING COMPASSION & AUTHENTICITY
At Dochula Pass and the sacred Punakha Dzong, you’ll encounter Bhutan’s unique blend of Buddhism and governance, which shows that the harmony of the intrinsic and extrinsic drivers can lead to effective outcomes. In a world marked by existential threats such as climate change and inequality, you will explore how Steward Leadership drives the collective good with compassion and authenticity from within.
Day 3 – Dodedhra
Monastery
SHEDDING OLD SKINS
A trek into the mountains leads to Dodedhra Monastery, where monks welcome you into a space for refl ection and renewal. Here you’ll explore the attachments, identities, and beliefs that may no longer serve you, and learn practices to step into greater clarity and freedom.
Day 4 – Monastery to Paro
BUILDING THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
Through ceremony, storytelling, and shared silence, you’ll experience Bhutan’s philosophy of Moelam—the power of intention and synchronicity in community. This day invites you to deepen your understanding of interconnection and the truth that leadership thrives when grounded in values, interconnection and service to others.
Day 5 – Paro
DRIVING ACTION FROM INSIGHTS
Turning inward insights into outward practices, you’ll explore real-world frameworks of Steward Leadership. Through case discussions and refl ection, you will explore how personal steward leadership can infl uence and impact organizational behaviours. You will learn how compassion and intrinsic well-being drive service and actionable leadership for a collective better future.
Day 6 – Tiger’s Nest
DISCOVERING YOUR CALLING AND EQUANIMITY
The sacred pilgrimage to Tiger’s Nest invites transcendence and inner stillness. Here you’ll refl ect on your deeper purpose and leadership calling while embracing balance as a sustainable path. This day offers space to integrate courage, clarity, and equanimity.
Day 7 – Departure
RETURNING WITH PURPOSE
The journey concludes with a refl ection on key insights and the collective experience. You will leave with tools, practices, and strategies – both personal and organizational – to integrate values into the corporate context. Alongside a supportive community, you will carry the wisdom forward, ensuring that the lessons of the Bhutan Quest continue to inspire and sustain your leadership, life, and work.