Past Events

Richard frequently speaks at events both locally and internationally and he would love to see you at an upcoming event. If you have an upcoming event and would like to see if Richard is available to speak, please visit the contact section of our website and let us know the date and location of your event.

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Blue Spirit Retreat

Richard will be teaching at Blue Spirit the week of February 1-8, 2025.

Wisdom & Wellbeing Week 4 Multi-Faculty
Purpose, Engaged Buddhism and Eco-Activism

During Week 4, sample from a wide variety of programs with acclaimed teachers and choose from the following workshops during the week.

Enjoy a workshop in the morning, try another in the afternoon, or stick with the same workshop all week. You can also abandon your schedule and head to the beach.

The program includes:
· All classes and program with world renowned teachers for this week
· Gourmet vegetarian and vegan meals from our Buffet-plus fish being served three times during the week.
· Blue Spirit amenities such as the Longevity Center, salt water pool and direct beach access.

Click HERE to read more.

Sage-ing International Webinar Part II

Everyone is getting old; not everyone is growing older. But the path of purposeful aging is accessible to all. And it is fundamental to health, healing, happiness, and longevity.

Richard helps us to reimagine aging as a liberating experience that enables us to become more authentically the person we were always meant to be with each passing year.

Time: 12-1pm CT

Click HERE to learn more and to register

The Power of Purpose Webinar

Celebrating The Power of Purpose and the 30th Anniversary of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing with Richard Leider and Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer

Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Time: 12-1:30pm CT
Register HERE

Join best-selling author, legendary executive-life coach, and Bakken Center Senior Fellow Richard Leider and Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer, globally recognized leader in integrative health and healing and founder and director of the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing for a celebration of the Bakken Center’s 30th and The Power of Purpose book’s 40th anniversaries.

Chris Farrell interview with MN Public Radio

Age discrimination remains a serious barrier to employment.  But creativity can flourish with age. And experienced workers and late-in-life entrepreneurs are often more productive.

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MPR News host Chris Farrell and his guests talk about the value of older workers and how to find purpose later in your career and in retirement.

Are you still working well into the traditional retirement years? If so, how do you think your work benefits you and the people you work with?

Call in during the 9am hour at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828.

Guests:

Richard Leider is an executive life coach and founder of Inventure — The Purpose Company. He is also a best-selling author who has written twelve books, including the fourth edition of “The Power of Purpose,” which will be published in January.

Janine Vanderburg is the CEO of Encore Roadmap, which champions the benefits of older workers and intergenerational teams to businesses and brands. She is also the co-founder of Changing the Narrative, a national anti-ageism initiative.

The Power of Purpose in Uncertain Times

Discover the Power of Purpose with Richard Leider!

Join a free, online Purpose Skills Sprint and Webinar with Richard Leider, Father of the Purpose Movement and keynote speaker at the Leaders25 Summit, who will guide you through his proven framework for discovering and living your purpose with a series of short daily activities and a culminating interactive webinar on how to build resilience through clarity of purpose.

What to Expect:

– Daily Action: Short, actionable tasks delivered to your inbox (15–20 minutes a day).
– Collaborate & Share: A private communal space to share your insights and ideas
– Live Webinar: A final day interactive session with Richard Leider to go deeper and answer your questions.

Sign up now and take the first step toward a more meaningful, purpose-driven life.

Dates: December 16-19, 2024

Register

Sage-ing International Webinar Part I

With a focus on growing whole through unlocking a sense of purpose in later life, Richard celebrates the experience of aging with inspiring stories, real-world practices, and provocative questions to help you navigate the path from adulthood to elderhood with choice, curiosity, and courage.

Time: 12-1:15pm CT

Click HERE to read more and to register

Richard Leider talk at Westwood Lutheran Church

FOR PRE & POST RETIRED/AGING PEOPLE!

Richard Leider, nationally-recognized life coach, aging/purpose author, and TED-talker will be speaking on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 4:00pm. Reception and book-selling/signing following.  Richard will be talking about his latest book “Who Do You Want To Be When You Grow Old?: The path to purposeful aging.”

No cost and no registration.  Please join in the Sanctuary.

Rancho La Puerta Workshop 2024

Richard will be teaching at Rancho La Puerta from March 16-23, 2024.

To get a life, get a purpose! Purpose is not a luxury for the few, but is accessible to all and is fundamental to health, healing, happiness, and longevity, adding 7-10 years to your life. Purpose gives us the will not just to live but to livelong and well. Legendary life coach Richard Leider offers a Purpose Checkup to help us unlock the power of purpose and inspire us to get out of bed in the morning with intention and joy.

View Richard’s program and sign up HERE.

Visit the Rancho La Puerta events calendar HERE to sign up and review all programs that they offer.

The Power of Purpose Event

What is a purposeful life? It’s a fulfilling life with a clear answer to the question: “Why do you get up in the morning?” Purpose is not just for a special few, but something each one of us is born with and can unlock at any age. Fundamental to happiness, health, and longevity, naming your purpose can give you the will to not just live, but to live long and well.

Join us for this exciting purpose-filled journey.

Doors open at 5:30pm / Show starts at 6:00pm

Purchase tickets HERE

Leaders24 Summit

A transformational, world-class immersive learning and development experience like no other!  Join 400 high potential and executive leaders who are committed to reaching their full potential.

Leaders24 was created to be a comprehensive, memorable learning experience.  What distinguishes Leaders24 is the intimate setting at a 5 star venue designed to maximize learning. Imagine 35 coaches, 30 learning group facilitators, and 14 speakers for 400 participants.

Leaders24 will deliver the tools, methods, and support system so that you can be the leader you aspire to be.

Dates: January 29-February 1, 2024

Location: Sunseeker Resort in Charlotte Harbor, FL

Click HERE to learn more or register

Power of Purpose Workshop

Richard Leider will virtually join MEA Co-Founders Chip Conley and Jeff Hamaoui on the Mastery Week: Power of Purpose workshop.  The workshop runs from November 6-11, 2023.

This workshop is for anyone who will one day grow old. Aging on purpose is, in fact, “age-agnostic.” It offers a framework and practices that anyone of any age can embrace. A person can (and perhaps should) begin “growing whole” well before they start “getting” old.

Click HERE to learn more about this workshop.

Purpose Summit: Working Together with Purpose

The benefits of having purpose for individuals is undeniable, but can individual purpose positively impact an entire community? Join Richard Leider as you learn how to unlock purpose in yourself and others while building a more resilient community.

This event is for individuals and organizations interested in bringing the Path to Purpose Project into their organizations.

Location: Edina Mann Theatre

Cost:  $30

Time:
7:45-8:15am – Registration
8:30-9:30am – Purpose Summit with Richard Leider
9:45-10:15am –  Book signing with Richard

Click HERE to regiser.