CREATE CLARITY ON
WHAT MATTERS MOST
AS A PERSON AND AS A LEADER
In-Person Retreat
Fall 2026 in New Haven
$4,500 (fee includes accommodations and meals for the 3-day retreat)
May 1st
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The Life Worth Living program is built around a set of shared questions: What is a good life? What matters most? What is worth wanting for myself and for others? How should we navigate failure and suffering?
Leaders who get clear on their personal vision of a good life are uniquely positioned to create common ground, meaning, and purpose across their teams and communities. Research shows that connection combined with purpose translates into growth for you and growth for your organization.
Life Worth Living began as a popular undergraduate course at Yale University in 2014. The creators of the Life Worth Living course also published a NYT bestseller in 2023, which outlines and summarizes many of the central ideas explored and debated in the classroom.
As of 2026, over 100 professors around the world have been trained through the Life Worth Living fellowship program. These educators tailor versions of the course for their respective programs in management, religion, ethics, philosophy, and healthcare.
You will take away fresh ideas and practices on how to:
Balance attention between what you and your team are doing versus who you are becoming
Create a “living roadmap” - a written framework to capture your choices and values along with the experiments you plan to run in your own life as a person and leader
Lead team conversations on topics that create greater depth, connection, and purpose
Connect with team members and colleagues around their personal motivations, values, and what they care about most
The audience for this leadership-focused expression of Life Worth Living is seasoned leaders at a 2nd line level or above in their current or past organizations. The ideal participants will have 3 characteristics:
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High capacity - a high capacity for impact through their leadership, along with a high capacity for depth and connection
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A generative mindset - open to learning from and building on the experiences and insights of others
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A personal growth orientation - drawn to purposeful growth as both a leader and an individual
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A cohort of 12 to 14 “leaders of leaders” is carefully curated to ensure a diverse and cohesive group of like-minded peers
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Each participant will complete a personal inventory in preparation for the retreat – answering reflective questions as a baseline for discussion
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3-day, in-person experiential retreat with other high-capacity leaders in New Haven, CT at the Study at Yale
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Peer engagement post retreat - virtual sessions 2x per month for 3 months to finalize a personal “Living Roadmap” and continue learning from your cohort
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Provide feedback on this pilot Life Worth Living for Leaders experience and help shape the future of the program
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Expert facilitation - a flow for learning, personal reflection, discussion, and experience that accelerates impact for the group and the individual
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Generative dialogue - ideas and perspectives from peers that will level up the thinking of your Life Worth Living cohort as a whole
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Individual reflection - the time and space to process the big questions and what they mean for you as a person and a leader
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Yale exploration - opportunities to take in the Yale campus and explore the art and architecture of "The Elm City"
MATTHEW CROASMUN
(PhD, Yale) is Senior Lecturer of Divinity & Humanities and Director of the Life Worth Living Program at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. A New Testament scholar, he is author or co-author of five books, including Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most. Much of his work helps diverse communities ask the big questions of life across important and enduring lines of difference.
TANNER MEZEL
(founder of Telosity) led, grew and sold a management consulting firm over 23 years, leads Life Worth Living experiences for cohorts and individuals, chairs the boards of growth-oriented nonprofits, and has a passion for working with both young professionals and seasoned leaders on how to grow personally and professionally in a more integrated way.
The retreat and post-retreat peer engagement process will be facilitated by one of the Life Worth Living authors alongside a business leader who understands the intersection of business, professional, and personal growth.