Heartset Leadership Retreat
Presence, openness, and listening as a foundation for meaningful leadership
Heartset Leadership Retreats offer an intentional space to step out of performance mode and reconnect with presence, openness, and inner orientation.
Guided by music, listening practices, reflection, and time in nature, these retreats explore leadership from the inside out — supporting emotional intelligence, resonance, and authentic connection.
The Heartset Experience
Each Heartset Leadership Retreat is carefully curated to support presence, deep listening, and relational awareness. The retreats are held in very small groups of up to 10-12 participants, allowing for depth, attentiveness, and meaningful exchange.
The experience weaves together music, guided listening practices, group reflection, and time in nature — creating space to explore leadership and human connection, beyond strategy, role, or technique.
Who is this for?
Heartset Leadership Retreats are for those who sense that meaningful leadership begins with human connection - presence, openness, and the ability to listen and communicate in an authentic manner.
No musical background or formal leadership title is required — only openness, curiosity, and a willingness to look at leadership from a different perspective, through the lens of music.
The Setting
The retreats take place in the mountains of Zermatt, Switzerland, at the foot of the Matterhorn — a powerful natural environment that supports stillness, clarity, and connection.
Heartset Leadership Retreat — June 2026
The upcoming Heartset Leadership Retreat takes place in June 2026 in Zermatt, Switzerland.
A detailed overview of the retreat experience, approach, and practical information is available in the retreat PDF-overview.
The retreat is held in a small group of 10-12 participants, supporting depth, attentiveness, and meaningful exchange.
Lilia Tripodi
Lilia Tripodi
Lilia Tripodi - Leadership Heartset Expert & Opera Singer
Lilia combines over 20 years of stage experience as an opera singer with deep psychological expertise, creating a truly unique coaching approach. After completing her concert diploma at the University of Music in Cologne, she continued to develop her skills in singing, acting, empathy, emotional intelligence, and communication on stages across Europe. Her passion and curiosity to better understand what underlies thinking, behavior and emotions led her to pursue a study in psychology.
With great enthusiasm, Lilia designs and leads workshops on communication, leadership development, team development, and public speaking. She has conducted more than 2,000 trainings and coachings in various countries.
In the Heartset Retreat, Lilia brings together her unique background as an opera singer, psychologist, and experienced speaker to guide participants through a powerful journey of self-reflection and discovery — elevating your leadership capability through deep emotions, vulnerability and an open heartset.
Karen Gomyo
Karen Gomyo
Karen Gomyo - Special Guest Violinist
Widely acclaimed for her artistic depth, purity of sound, and expressive authenticity, Karen Gomyo is one of today’s most captivating violinists. Her international career has taken her to leading stages around the world, performing with major orchestras and collaborating with renowned conductors and composers.
Beyond her virtuosity and musical excellence, Karen is known for her deep presence, emotional intelligence, and the profound way she connects with audiences — qualities that lie at the heart of her artistry.
At the Leadership Heartset Retreat, Karen offers an intimate perspective on how music can become a gateway to emotional awareness, resonance, and authentic expression. Through her violin playing and personal reflections, participants are invited to experience music not as performance, but as a medium for insight and presence. She will inspire participants to explore new dimensions of listening, attentiveness and presence — qualities that are essential not only in life, but in thoughtful and effective leadership.
Sarah Inkinen-Fritz
Sarah Inkinen-Fritz
Sarah Inkinen-Fritz - Founder Cloud9 Experiences GmbH
Sarah brings nearly two decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry across strategy, marketing, and commercial roles. Having held leadership responsibilities herself, she experienced first-hand how pressure, constant change, and high expectations shape people, teams, and leadership. These experiences sparked her strong interest in human wellbeing, as well as in how communication truly works — not as technique alone, but as something that emerges from genuine connection, presence, and trust.
Alongside her corporate career, Sarah’s personal life is closely connected to music. As a hobby violinist and the partner of a professional musician and conductor, she has witnessed the extraordinary level of presence and attentiveness that music cultivates. This unique combination of corporate leadership experience and musical insight links directly to the concept of the Leadership Heartset Retreat - offering a fresh, inspiring perspective for corporate leaders who want to combine leading from the head and the heart.
Cloud9 Experiences brings together people, nature, music, and thoughtfully curated experiences in Zermatt. It creates environments where individuals and teams can step out of daily pressure, slow down, and reconnect with themselves.