The
Integrated
Leader
A Leadership Experience
for Black Male Executives
with Didier Sylvain and Sean Goode
Coming Soon
Pacific Northwest
+ Virtual Sessions
At the summit, what remains?
You’ve climbed. You’ve delivered.
You’ve proven yourself in spaces that weren’t always built for you.
And yet, at the top, the pressures only multiply.
Relentless performance demands that never let up.
Isolation in boardrooms and networks where few look like you.
Family trade-offs: time missed, presence sacrificed.
Fragmentation between who you are, how you lead, and what you long for.
Burnout creeping in: the silent cost of carrying so much for so long.
For many Black males in leadership, the pressures aren’t just personal; they’re systemic. The weight of representation, the vigilance required to navigate racial bias and microaggressions, and the unspoken cost of belonging in exclusionary spaces take their toll. The Integrated Leader is a space to set that burden down, to remember who you are beneath the armor, and to reconnect with power that doesn’t depend on performance.
The Integrated Leader
was created for this reality.
What Is the Integrated Leader?
The Integrated Leader is about uniting who you are across every domain of your life — work, family, and spirit — so your leadership feels whole, effective, and grounded.
Over the course of this 3-month journey, you will:
Understand your behaviors under stress, the competing values that drive them, and how to stay grounded amid systemic pressures and bias.
Define and embody your leadership identity — your vision, purpose, voice, and unique gifts.
Translate insight into action through an actionable growth plan that addresses key leadership challenges and opportunities.
Strengthen communication and feedback practices that deepen trust and relationships that matter most.
Map your ecosystem of stakeholders across work and life, and design an intentional mobilization strategy with clear priorities.
Establish daily, weekly, and monthly practices and rituals that keep you grounded, energized, and aligned.
This is not another conference.
It is not a quick motivational weekend.
It is a 3-month leadership journey that begins with a four-day retreat and continues with virtual integration sessions and 1:1 coaching support.
The retreat gives you the breakthrough.
The virtual sessions and coaching anchor the transformation into your everyday life.
What You’ll Experience
and Carry Forward
This program exists so you can:
Set down the weight of isolation and performance to reconnect with authenticity and presence.
Reclaim wholeness through cutting edge leadership methods and healing practices that integrate every part of self.
Strengthen authentic brotherhood with peers who understand the unique pressures of leadership.
Renew your vision and integrity for the next chapter of your leadership journey.
Anchor daily and embodied practices that sustain clarity, courage, and grounded action.
Lead across every domain of life—boardroom, home, and community—as one integrated self.
Program Structure
The Retreat (Kickoff)
October 2026
Pacific Northwest
4 days / 3 nights in a nature-immersed retreat home
Immersive experience blending coaching, embodiment, ritual, and peer support
Sky-gazing, walk-and-talks, meditation, and nourishing meals prepared with care
A safe, confidential space for 12 Black male executives
Virtual Integration
6 group sessions
(bi-weekly, 90 min each)
Deepen practices introduced at the retreat
Share progress and challenges with peers
Receive ongoing coaching and reflection
Live Sessions:
Mondays, 9–11am PT / 12–2pm ET
Dates TBD
1:1 Coaching Support
2 Personalized 60-min. sessions;
one with Didier, one with Sean
Confidential space to address leadership challenges, personal dynamics, and vision
Integration of retreat insights into daily leadership contexts and actionable progress
Community & Accountability
Ongoing peer support and shared reflection between sessions
Private online group for connection, resource-sharing, and mutual encouragement
Structured prompts and reflection practices between sessions
Optional peer pods for accountability and check-ins
Who This Is For
Black males who lead — in executive roles, entrepreneurship, or in their communities — and are ready to expand into their next chapter with support and intention.
Males who carry a lot — teams, expectations, family, legacy — and are looking for a space where they don’t have to perform or armor up.
Leaders who sense they’re approaching a threshold and want clarity, grounded courage, and space to breathe again.
Males who want renewal in their leadership, deeper connection to themselves, their families, and a circle of brothers that support their vision.
Why Now?
The demands are not slowing down.
In 2026, the stakes for Black leadership in the private, public, and community sector are higher than ever.
Leading with power requires spaces to restore, not extract. Spaces free of performance. Spaces that return you to yourself.
This is that space.
Investment
Program Tuition:
$1,495–$5,000
We offer three tuition levels so participants and sponsors can choose the level that best reflects their access to resources.
Community Access — $1,500: For participants paying personally or with limited professional development support.
Standard Tuition — $2,995: The true cost of the full 3-month program, including all facilitation, 1:1 coaching, virtual integration sessions, and community support.
Sponsor / Pay-It-Forward Tuition — $5,000: For organizations, philanthropists, or participants with access to institutional funding who want to support broader access to the experience.
Retreat Lodging & Meals: Booked separately through our partner venue. Estimated at $900–$1,200 for four days, including lodging, meals, and amenities.
Payment plans available. Seats limited to 12.
Reserve Your Place
Seats limited to 12. Secure your place in one of three ways:
Join a Virtual Info Session
Dates coming soon
Book a Private Call
Schedule via Dubsado.
Reach Out Directly
Email us at hello@didiersylvain.com.
Your Guides
DIDIER SYLVAIN
Didier Sylvain is the founder of The Presence Project, a leadership and transformation practice helping leaders, teams, and communities move with greater attunement, integrity, and aliveness. An executive coach, facilitator, somatic practitioner, writer, and musician, Didier works at the intersection of strategy, embodied practice, creative ritual, and personal transformation. A former Deloitte consultant and Coro Fellow, he has designed and facilitated retreats, offsites, and leadership experiences for organizations including The New York Times, NBA Foundation, WME Group, and Esalen Institute. His work is rooted in a simple belief: leadership, healing, and creativity are not separate paths, but expressions of the same movement toward wholeness.
Sean Goode
Sean Goode is the founder of Movement Makers, a presence-into-practice ecosystem creating reflective, relational, and curriculum-based spaces for leaders, teams, and communities to return to presence, restore rhythm, and carry awareness into aligned action. A TED speaker and former nonprofit executive, Sean works at the intersection of grace, leadership, justice, presence, and community well-being. Through Movement Makers, The Practice of Return, and the emerging Movement Makers Foundation, he is building spaces rooted in a simple belief: people are possibilities, not problems.
The Integrated Leader
is a 3-month reset for Black men executives who want to lead not only with power, but with integrity, courage, and wholeness.
It is not enough to climb the mountain. The question is:
Who will you be at the summit—and beyond?