Portland, ME

Prentice Hospitality Offices, July 25, 2026

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Cost: $1,395 / person

Price includes:

  • A full day in person at the conference facilities of PHG including a light breakfast, lunch, snacks/tea/coffee throughout the day, and dinner (Lunch and dinner at Douro)

  • 5 digital gatherings (3-5 people per group) with an expert facilitator guiding your problem-solving processes together

  • 1 individual session with your facilitator to close out the program on your own terms

Portland, Maine is one of the most celebrated food cities on the East Coast — and this cohort makes the most of it. The day takes place at the offices of Prentice Hospitality Group, with gorgeous views out over the harbor. Lunch and dinner are at Douro, a Portuguese-inspired seafood restaurant in the same building, where Maine's world-class seafood is prepared by a culinary team with résumés from Michelin-starred restaurants.

  • This program is designed for:

    • Leaders and managers in small or mid-sized organizations

    • Independent professionals (freelancers, consultants, the self-employed)

    • Anyone navigating a period of change or uncertainty

    • People who are exhausted by “the usual way of doing business” and ready to do something about it

    If you read the list on our home page and recognized yourself, this is probably for you.

    • A clearer picture of who you are as a leader — and where to focus your energy

    • Permission to stop trying to achieve the impossible

    • New ways of thinking about the specific challenges you brought with you

    • A small group of peers who you'll continue to work with

    • Practical tools you can start using immediately

    This program isn't about sitting through presentations and taking notes. It's about doing real work, on real problems, with real people.

  • Ravel blends the best of coaching, consulting, and in-person learning into a single program — designed to fit your schedule and your budget.

    The program has three parts: a one-day in-person intensive, five digital cohort sessions, and one individual follow-up meeting with your facilitator. You can explore each part in detail below.

    Ready to find out if it's a fit? Get in touch — we'd love to help. You can also check out our FAQ for more details about Ravel Cohorts

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Part One

In-person, one-day intensive

Friday, July 25, 2026
9am-5pm, followed by dinner

This cohort will have a maximum of 12 people: small enough to build connections that last. The content is designed to be honest, engaging, and at times challenging — but always in service of helping you find new ways forward. Toward the end of the day, you'll be placed into a small group of 3–5 people for the digital sessions ahead.

  • 9am: Arrival and coffee

    9:30am: Morning session (with breaks for snacks and stretching)

    12pm: Lunch

    2pm: Afternoon session (with breaks for snacks and stretching)

    4pm: Cohort groupings and wrap-up

    6pm: Dinner

    • Introduction and info — we’ll start by sharing a problem or question we’ve brought with us

    • A guided exploration of the inherent challenges that leadership brings

    • Stories of vulnerability and failure from your facilitator

    • An honest look at the impossible job descriptions for most leaders

    • After lunch: we explore what we need and what we want, and why we may (not) get it

    • We break up into smaller groups, begin working together and plan out the upcoming digital cohorts

    • Final words from your facilitator, followed by dinner together

Part Two

Digital Sessions

After the in-person intensive, your cohort is divided into smaller groups of 3–5 for five digital sessions over the following ten weeks. Each meeting is built around the real challenges participants bring with them, led by your facilitator and supported by short between-session reflections to keep momentum between meetings.

When a session benefits from outside expertise, we bring in a specialist — drawn from a growing network of experienced collaborators across fields.

Part Three

Personal Follow-up

One closing one-on-one session with your facilitator is included — yours to schedule within a few weeks of your final cohort meeting. This is your space to go deeper on whatever's most relevant for you: a challenge that came up in the cohort, something you're still working through, or simply a chance to think out loud with someone who knows your context

Your facilitator is Patrick Noonan, founder of Ravel. Patrick has spent 15+ years leading and working within organizations across multiple countries and industries — and has experienced firsthand both the rewards and the particular loneliness of leadership. That's a big part of why he built this.

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