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Build and enhance the skills of spa and wellness managers, spa and product house trainers and practitioners of complementary therapies. See below for programmes dates. More Programmes.

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What is SpaLEAD™?

SpaLEAD™ is a ground breaking accredited spa and wellness leadership programme, consisting of four individual one-week workshops, which can be attended separately or linked together to form a full programme.

Workshops will be held in a different location in Southeast Asia, enabling you to experience unique spa and wellness concepts. Without needing to leave your current job to undergo academic studies, you are able to upgrade your skills, knowledge and competence to achieve success today, and prepare for the opportunities the changing spa world will create in the future.

After confirming your interest in attending any of the workshops, a phone conversation and briefing enables you to determine which workshop will best address your current personal or business development needs, and whether you would benefit from attending all four workshops.

Who should attend SpaLEAD™?

Experienced spa managers as well as newcomers to the community, will learn how to build and enhance relevant competencies, knowledge and practical skills, to excel in this increasingly competitive industry.

People who get the most from the programme are generally those who are enthusiastic, well organised and motivated to learn. You should enjoy hard work, but also be able to keep a sense of proportion - being able to balance conflicting demands and priorities is part of your leadership learning.

Why should you participate in SpaLEAD™?

• Learn about current spa and wellness trends and prepare yourself for the spa of the future
• Balance work and wellness leading to greater control of your life and your business
• Increase and manage revenue and profitability through the application of financial and commercial knowledge
• Gain new leadership skills and knowledge leading to certification whilst continuing to work in your own business
• Gain valuable feedback and insight into your behavioural style and learn how to adapt this style to specific situations
• Be part of a challenging and rewarding personal experience that enables you to network with international colleagues
• Learn from industry leaders and masters who are "best in their field"

How do you learn in SpaLEAD™?

Some training programmes tend to rely on the trainer being an active source of information and telling participants all the answers. This style rarely checks your understanding or gives you the chance to practice new skills. SPALEAD™ is highly interactive and is designed to gain your commitment and enable you to discover how the skills you are learning will benefit you when you return to your spa. 

Learning that's more than listening... Before you attend any workshop, we will ask you to complete pre course work.  This will help you to appreciate and be prepared for the workshop you are to attend by challenging you to start to consider the topics beforehand. We design practical joining instructions and workbooks to help you remember everything and this will act as an everyday reference guide later.

During each workshop, we use techniques that will engage and empower you to want to take responsibility so that learning comes from within. Just as you have to take responsibility for your own wellness, so too do you have to take responsibility for your own learning.

How do we do this?

• We use active learning rather than passive learning techniques.  We encourage you to learn from each other and discover solutions together 
• Experienced facilitators use highly interactive learning methods such as spa business simulations, case studies, group and individual feedback sessions as well as behavioural style coaching
• Sharing of best practices and exchanging ideas, challenges and solutions with participants from all parts of the world will foster a truly global perspective enabling you to respond more confidently to the ever-increasing demands of clients and owners
• Everybody learns differently and to make sure we appeal to your learning style we use learning approaches that ensures maximum benefit for everyone in the group

After the workshop…. 
Because we believe that learning is a continuous process, we don't leave you to your own devices after our workshops have been completed, either.  We offer a unique follow-up service which includes remote coaching, action plans, projects, telephone and email support.

After all, it's not simply a matter of improving the way you perform at work; it's making sure that you keep on performing.

Your Trainers
Your SpaLEAD™ Trainers are Dieter Buchner and Alison Snelling who bring a wealth of experience of the spa and wellness industry along with leadership development expertise gained in spa, wellness, hospitality and retailing. In addition, workshops are supported by contributions from industry experts with relevant specialist knowledge.
Read more about Dieter and Alison in Urban Healing people

Your investment
The programme fee includes the following:

1. DiSC Psychometric Analysis and 1-hour personal coaching session
2. Wellness Inventory and 1-hour personal coaching session
3. 2 trainers during the whole duration of the workshop
4. International guest tutors from the spa and wellness community
5. All course materials, including CD Rom and video recordings
6. Pre course project
7. Post course project with 1.5 hours personal remote coaching
8. SpaAsia/Urban Healing joint certificate of Attendance
9. International accredited diploma (application pending) upon successful completion of the full programme

You can register for each workshop individually or book the full programme. Click here for fees and payment options.

How can you register for SpaLEAD™?

• Ability to participate in English
• Motivation to attend the programme
• Passion for Wellness
• Level of experience and expectations of the programme

Participation in the SPALEAD™ programme requires commitment to attending any or all of the 4 workshops, completion of work based projects between workshops and participation in regular conference calls.

You are asked to complete registration, wellness and personal information forms prior to attending the first workshop and must be able to withstand the physical rigors of such a programme. Workshop days are full and group activities often continue into the evening hours.

Before booking your place on  SpaLEAD™, let one of our Wellness Partners contact you to explore how SpaLEAD™ may best support your career plans. To help you to prepare for this conversation, please complete a questionnaire  by clicking on the link below. Completing the questionnaire and the subsequent conversation with us, is free of any obligation to enroll on the programme.

View SpaLEAD™ information on SpaAsia website

For details about each workshop, please click on the links below;

Download SpaLEAD™brochure (PDF File)

In case you experience difficulties with the link above, please contact us via e-mail at SpaLEAD@spaasia.com