Authentic Leadership with Purpose - InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort

Workshops & Trainings
Written By Marcella Savira Jacinda

Delivered at InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort – September 2025

 On 2 September 2025, InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort partnered with Nick Jonsson and Dona Amelia to host the Authentic Leadership with Purpose Workshop.

 This transformational program brought together the resort’s leadership team for a day of reflection, connection, and purpose-driven growth. The result was outstanding feedback, including:

  • Overall satisfaction: 4.95 / 5 – with 95% of participants giving the highest score

  • Relevance to role & team: 3.8 / 4 – 85% rated the workshop highly relevant

  • Facilitators: 4.0 / 4 – 100% of participants rated Nick and Dona as Excellent

This unanimous recognition demonstrates both the relevance of the content and the facilitators’ ability to create a safe, engaging, and inspiring learning environment.

The 5 Steps to Holistic Leadership™

At the heart of the workshop is Nick’s signature model, developed through lived experience, executive coaching, and years of guiding leaders worldwide.

1. Surrender

Leaders let go of ego, outdated habits, and limiting beliefs. By surrendering what no longer serves, they create space for growth and transformation.

2. Purpose

Discovering the “why” behind leadership. Participants clarify their personal and professional values, building a foundation for decision-making and authentic action.

3. Connection

Strengthening relationships—with self, colleagues, teams, and communities. This step emphasizes vulnerability, trust, and the courage to be seen as an authentic leader.

4. Goals

Moving beyond traditional KPIs, Nick introduces the 8 areas of life (the Wheel of Life):

  • Business & Career

  • Finances

  • Health

  • Family & Friends

  • Romance

  • Personal Growth / Spirituality

  • Fun & Recreation

  • Physical Environment 

Leaders learn to set values-aligned goals across all life areas, ensuring that professional success does not come at the expense of wellbeing, relationships, or personal growth. Goals become holistic, sustainable, and deeply motivating.

5. Discipline

True transformation requires consistency. Leaders build the habits, routines, and accountability to stay on track—bringing their vision and purpose to life every day, even under pressure.

What Leaders Experienced

Through a blend of vision boards, goal-setting frameworks, reflective dialogue, and group exercises, participants applied these 5 Steps in real time. They left with:

  • A clearer sense of purpose and values

  • A personal vision board as a tool for daily action

  • Renewed energy and resilience to navigate challenges

  • Practical steps to build trust, psychological safety, and team connection

  • Commitments across the 8 areas of life, not just at work

Participant Voices

The impact was seen in the numbers, but also heard in the voices of leaders:

  • Reinhold Johann
    “Amazing and inspiring session. I can only recommend this book. I received it as a present, but before that, I had already bought it as an audiobook. It’s full of inspiring ideas, and I believe it will change your life if you follow them. Well done, and thank you for giving us this opportunity.”

  • Renuka Gupta
    “The training session by Nick and Dona was truly inspiring. It focused a lot on authentic leadership driven by purpose and provided great insights into holistic learning. There were many takeaways on how to become authentic leaders, as well as reflections on how, as individuals, we can discover ourselves. The core idea was about the ‘why’—our purpose—which defines why we are leaders and what kind of leaders we can become in the future.”

  • Mohamed Hussain Shiba
    “Today’s session with Nick and Dona was very interesting and informative for our team. I think the takeaways about vision boards will be very helpful for many leaders. I’ve been using them for the past four years, and I’ve seen how beneficial they are for me. I’m really glad the participants had the chance to explore this tool in the training as well.”

 Why This Workshop Stands Out

  • Proven Impact: Near-perfect satisfaction ratings in multiple organizations

  • Unanimous Excellence: 100% of participants consistently rate Nick and Dona as Excellent facilitators

  • Holistic Model: Goes beyond professional performance, addressing the whole leader across 8 life areas

  • Trusted by Global Brands: Delivered to leaders at IHG Hotels & Resorts, GSK, Western Digital, Schneider Electric, and more

  • Inspiration + Action: Combines storytelling, vulnerability, and lived experience with practical frameworks that leaders can apply immediately

 

Bring This Workshop to Your Leaders

The success at InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort is one of many examples of how the Authentic Leadership with Purpose Workshop empowers leaders to step forward with clarity, courage, and holistic strength.

📩 Contact us today to bring this transformational workshop to your organization and take your leaders beyond success into purpose, authenticity, and resilience.

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Marcella Savira Jacinda
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