CWIL Executive Residency — Mauritius 2026

Why a residency

Deliberately small. Deliberately deep.

The 2026 Residency is built around a curated cohort of ten. At this scale, every delegate presents her own 90-day leadership plan to the full cohort, sits in every peer advisory circle, and works directly with the programme's facilitators, psychologists and coaches. Nothing is delivered from a stage to the back of a room.

Ten leaders. Six days. One question: what kind of leader do you intend to be — and what will you do about it in the next ninety days?

The programme is convened by Corporate Women in Leadership (CWIL) — a network that has reached over 25,000 women leaders across 38 countries, through 9 summits, 60+ mentors and more than eight years of programming. The Residency is CWIL's most senior offering: designed for board members, C-suite executives, directors, entrepreneurs and high-potential women leaders, and structured to return them to their organisations with sharper judgement, renewed capacity and a plan their sponsors can hold them to.

The programme

Six days, one arc

Each day of the Residency carries a single theme, and each theme builds on the one before it — from trust, through decision quality and influence, to legacy and action.

Day 1 · Tuesday 21 July · Arrive

Building Trust & Psychological Safety

Arrival, welcome and leadership intentions

Airport transfers, registration and welcome refreshments
Welcome dinner and leadership connections — delegate introductions and Residency overview
Retreat agreements under the Chatham House Rule
Leadership Intentions exercise — the thread that runs through the entire week

Expected outcomeDelegates establish trust, define their leadership intentions, and begin building meaningful executive relationships.

Day 2 · Wednesday 22 July · Reset

Leadership & Decision Quality

Official opening, keynote and executive development

Official opening ceremony with distinguished Mauritian guests
Opening keynote — The Leadership Decisions That Define Your Legacy
Executive development session — Thriving at Work: the psychology of stress, coping, resilience and wellbeing, led by an occupational psychology practice
Executive Conversations at Sunset — facilitated circles on themes chosen by delegates
Leadership Intentions dinner — structured reflection and accountability partners paired

Expected outcomeParticipants strengthen decision-making, resilience and executive relationships while committing to one leadership intention.

Day 3 · Thursday 23 July · Realign

Influence, Coaching & Executive Presence

Premium off-site leadership experience

Off-site leadership challenge and walk-and-talk coaching in small facilitated groups
Destination lunch in the Mauritian interior
Peer advisory circles — pressure-testing real leadership challenges, presented back to the full cohort
Bonfire leadership dinner — influence, sponsorship and global networks

Expected outcomeParticipants pressure-test real leadership challenges and strengthen executive influence through peer coaching.

Day 4 · Friday 24 July · Expand

Leadership Beyond Self

Community legacy, storytelling and celebration

Sunrise wellness experience
Leadership Legacy experience with a Mauritian women's community initiative — delegates and CWIL contribute directly
Executive choice afternoon — storytelling studio recording, wellness, or executive connections
Corporate Women in Leadership Awards Gala — recognising outstanding Mauritian women leaders, including the He For She award

Expected outcomeParticipants reconnect with purpose, capture professional media assets and celebrate leadership excellence.

Day 5 · Saturday 25 July · Integrate

Turning Insight into Action

The Executive Boardroom and the Legacy Letter

Executive Boardroom working breakfast — every delegate presents her 90-Day Leadership Action Plan to the cohort
Executive wellness cruise to Île aux Cerfs
Legacy Dinner and Leadership Legacy Letter ceremony — a letter to your future self, delivered six months on

Expected outcomeDelegates leave with a practical action plan, accountability partners and renewed confidence.

Day 6 · Sunday 26 July · Depart

Continuing the Journey

Farewell — and the start of the Continuum

Farewell breakfast, cohort photograph and closing address
Airport transfers throughout the day

Expected outcomeTransition into the six-month CWIL Executive Continuum.

Deliverables, not souvenirs

What every delegate leaves with

The Residency is measured by what happens after it. Every delegate departs Mauritius with a concrete set of artefacts and commitments — visible to her sponsoring organisation.

A presented 90-Day Leadership Action Plan

Developed across the week and presented to the full cohort in the closing Executive Boardroom — a specific, dated plan her organisation can track.

A named accountability partner

Paired at the Leadership Intentions dinner, with structured check-ins continuing through the six-month Continuum.

A leadership intention, in writing

Set on day two, exchanged with her accountability partner, and revisited in the Legacy Letter delivered six months after the Residency.

Professional media assets

A recorded storytelling studio session capturing her leadership story — produced assets she and her organisation can use.

Research participation

A contribution to an ongoing academic study on women in corporate leadership, in collaboration with research faculty at Sheffield Hallam University.

A global executive network

Membership of a cross-industry, cross-continental cohort — and of CWIL's alumni network spanning 38 countries.

After Mauritius

The CWIL Executive Continuum

Six days on the island is the beginning, not the product. Every delegate continues her leadership journey through six months of structured support — which is where sponsored places return their value.

Monthly Executive Peer Advisory Circles

The Residency's peer advisory format continues online — real challenges, worked through with the same cohort.

Accountability Partner Check-ins

Structured follow-through on each delegate's 90-day plan and leadership intention.

Quarterly Executive Masterclasses

Facilitated sessions extending the Residency curriculum into the working year.

Digital Leadership Resource Library

Session materials, frameworks and recordings, available to delegates throughout.

Global Alumni Network

Ongoing connection to CWIL's community of 25,000+ women leaders across 38 countries.

The Leadership Legacy Letter

Written at the Legacy Dinner, delivered six months after the Residency — a personal audit of intention against action.

The Continuum runs from August 2026 to January 2027 for the Mauritius cohort.

For sponsoring organisations

What sponsorship returns

Organisations that sponsor a delegate are not funding a week away. They are investing in a documented development programme with named outputs, sustained follow-through and public association with women's leadership.

A tracked development outcome

Every sponsored delegate returns with a presented 90-Day Leadership Action Plan and a named accountability structure — a development outcome the sponsoring organisation can see, discuss and measure.

Six months of continued development

The Executive Continuum extends the investment well beyond the Residency itself: monthly peer advisory, quarterly masterclasses and structured accountability through January 2027.

Association with a credible platform

Sponsors are recognised across Residency materials and stand alongside a network of 25,000+ women leaders, 38 countries and an academic research collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University.

Evidence and storytelling

Produced media from the storytelling studio, delegate participation in published research, and the Awards Gala provide sponsors with authentic content for their own leadership and ESG narratives.

Academic partnership

Grounded in research, not rhetoric

The Residency contributes to an ongoing study on women in corporate leadership, in collaboration with research faculty at Sheffield Hallam University. Delegate storytelling sessions and structured reflections are captured — with consent — as data for published academic work.

Why it matters

Delegates don't simply attend a programme informed by evidence — they help build the evidence base itself. Their experiences shape published findings on leadership, resilience and the realities facing senior women executives, and connect their organisations to a growing academic conversation.

The setting

Crystals Beach Resort, Belle Mare

A Radisson Individuals resort on the white-sand east coast of Mauritius — chosen for the scale of this cohort. Ten delegates, one resort, and a programme that moves easily between boardroom, beach, bonfire and the lagoon at Île aux Cerfs.

Location

Belle Mare, east coast Mauritius

Airport

SSR International (MRU) · transfers included

Programme spaces

Executive boardroom, beachfront & off-site experiences

Wellness

Spa, sunrise experiences & catamaran cruise

Belle Mare — where the lagoon meets the working week.

Beyond 2026

The 2026 cohort is complete.
The 2027 conversation is open.

The Residency returns annually with a new curated cohort of ten. If your organisation would like to sponsor a woman leader for 2027 — or you would like to be considered for a future cohort — we would be glad to talk.

Register interest Corporate sponsorship enquiry

Residency Secretariat · [email protected]