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 OPEN ROADS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: 

A leadership reboot addressing The Comfort Crisis

Sedona, Arizona

March 19th - 22nd, 2026

The Open Roads Leadership Conference has been created to provide a
professional development opportunity that gives leaders a chance to
step back and take a look at their journey, to reflect on
and share lessons learned, while setting ambitious goals for the open
road ahead. The focus on helping leaders realize their potential will
be done using Micheal Easter’s, “The Comfort Crisis”, as the backdrop
for conference sessions. This three-day conference will be centered on
three core pillars of inquiry:

The conference will be centered on two core pillars:

  • Creativity inside & outside our comfort zones
  • Techniques for expanding belief systems

We will leverage the power of the awe-inspiring natural environment of Sedona, Arizona to establish a collaborative community of leaders who can openly share, critique and examine how to improve our given practive and accelerate the growth and performance of our teams, students, or community.

Intentional time spent in nature will be combined with self reflection and guided conversation to drive profound emotional and mental health benefits. With that in mind, there will be ample time to simply take deep breaths, and enjoy.

Educator Conference 2025

We will leverage the power of the awe-inspiring natural environment of
Sedona, Arizona to establish a collaborative community who
can openly share, critique and examine how to improving and
accelerate growth and performance.

Intentional time spent in nature, combined with self reflection and
conversation, has profound emotional and mental health benefits. There
will be ample time to simply take deep breaths, and enjoy.

Registration Cost: $2,500

Includes: lodging, transportation to/from PHX, materials, and meals Thurs. evening - Sunday morning

For more information, email: roger@openroads.org