WLOUNGE DARE LEADERSHIP #WDL GIGA-RETREAT. BERLIN
About this Event
WLOUNGE DARE LEADERSHIP #WDL GIGA-RETREAT. BERLIN – A full-day (weekend)! Personal Development and Professional Growth.
WDL GIGA RETREAT – A Full-Day Immersive Leadership Experience
WLOUNGE DARE LEADERSHIP – Lead with Purpose. Dare with Courage.
Read more about the retreat here: https://wlounge.de/
About the WDL speacial skills Modul : https://www.wlounge.de/wdl-dare-leadership-programme
WHY WE CREATED THE #WDL GIGA RETREAT
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, we began questioning something fundamental.
After years of working hands-on with women and men across Europe and globally — opening doors, unlocking access to capital, creating career opportunities, building accelerators, supporting business growth, enabling exits, and connecting founders with investors — one insight became impossible to ignore:
The real bottleneck is culture.
Not talent.
Not capital.
Not ambition.
Culture.
Once you truly understand this, you stop trying to “fix” systems from the outside.
Instead, you begin creating environments, tools, and experiences that shift the status quo through action — not through endless discussion.
That is exactly why the #WDL GIGA RETREAT exists.
HOW WE DO IT
At WLOUNGE, together with our network, experts, and partners from:
• Venture Capital & Accelerators
• Corporate Venture Capital & Open Innovation
• Startup Founders & Operators
• Universities & Research Institutions
• Successful entrepreneurs, investors, and operators who have built, scaled, and exited companies
we developed a new language for leadership, growth, and human-Busimess development.
The WDL GIGA RETREAT is not about panels or motivational speeches.
Access to the people who made it
Role models to meet in person, also for 1:1
It is about practice.
Reflection.
Alignment.
Execution.
And meaningful human connection.
Its all about YOU.
we developed a new language for leadership, growth, and human-business development.
The WDL GIGA RETREAT is not about panels or motivational speeches.
Access to the people who made it.
Role models to meet in person, also for 1:1s.
It is about practice.
Reflection.
Alignment.
Execution.
And meaningful human connection.
It’s all about YOU.
We invite you to step out of constant execution mode and ask yourself:
* Am I building intentionally, or just staying busy?
* Do I truly feel flow in my work and in my life?
* Is my personal growth evolving at the same speed as my professional success?
* Who am I becoming while building everything else?
This is for all stages of management and professional development — from students to C-level.
WHAT YOU GET
* A full-day, high-level retreat experience
* Curated masterclasses with selected experts from the WLOUNGE ecosystem and partners
* Deep reflection, structured exercises, and practical tools
* High-quality networking with carefully selected peers
* Access to an exceptional community of founders, innovators, investors, and builders
* Food, hospitality, and the full experience - on us
* You can book 1:1 sessions with Mali M. Baum
Your investment in yourself:
* Standard Ticket: €799 + VAT
* Students & Early-/Pre-Founders: €199 + VAT
WLOUNGE Scholarships are available in limited capacity.
Apply directly via: [email protected]
One of the core beliefs driving us at WLOUNGE is simple:
“You cannot grow professionally if your personality is not growing at the same speed.”
This belief is the foundation behind the WDL experiences and the ecosystem we are building.
If this resonates with you,
the #WDL GIGA RETREAT is for you.
Email us for any questions: [email protected]
More info here: www.WLOUNGE.DE/WDL | https://www.wlounge.de/wdl-dare-leadership-programme
Yours, Laura, Yvonne, Isabelle , Mali and the whole TEAM and FAMILY
Mali :" I’m happy to welcome all gender dreamers, achievers across our ecosystem in Germany and Europe within our superpower tools and assets in WLOUNGE : community, acceleration, ecosystem, access, and DARE LEADERSHIP #WDL Flagship programme for LEADERSHIP. We are changing the status-quo. together!"
**You can ask for 1:1 time with Mali during the WDL retreat day. **
send us your request so we add it to the day agenda : [email protected]
The Agenda :
A full days only focusing for you!
YOUR WEEKEND OF NETWORKING AND GROWTH
06.06.2026
09:00 doors open
10:00 - getting together introduction sessions.
on going sessions in parallel for Personal sevelopment and Professional/ Business development,
workshops/ growth / mindfulness/ product/ capital/ entrerenurial mindset /working on yourself with our network and community experts (full list will be shared soon )
12:30- 13:50 lunch and pure networking time ( you asked for it )
workshops/ growth / mindfulness/ product/ capital/ entrerenurial mindset /working on yourself with our network and community experts (full list will be shared soon )
18:00 Finger food , drinks and network into the night
20:00 Good Bye untill next time.
Notes:
1. the event is on site in Berlin.
2. no refund on tkts.
3. you can buy it via the Eventbrite link here OR send an email to [email protected] with request for differbt payment way/ invoice.
5. for more info regarding the mission and vission of WDL: https://www.wlounge.de/wdl-dare-leadership-programme
Tkts will be checked at the door.
More to read:
While working extremely close with fantastic startups founders, students who dream big, corporates' employees who dream of promotion/ becoming c-level , when we are working super closely with the European Commission, EIC, co-creating women leadership program on the values and the language we've built inside WLOUNGE community and network partners WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM!
THE FACT:
The EIC: "According to the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report, 86% of French women entrepreneursand 63% of German female entrepreneurs cited self-censorship and lack of confidence as obstacles."
THE MISSION AND THE DOING:
To overcome these challenges and help female entrepreneurs/ professionals succeed in the long term, organizations across Europe are now leading Mentoring Programmes. WLOUNGE on top.
The WDL, WLOUNGE DARE LEADERSHIP is one of our solutions to the CULTURE problem we monitored!
it's the mindset
it's lack of support
it's lack of access
education and beliefs!
All at 1-stop- shop !
All you need under 1 roof!
providing mentoring, coaching, training and networking, product ppl, access to capital, knowledge, and skills to go beyond the talking, and support from those who already experienced the leadership marathon can leverage confidence and promote gender equality.
Test yorself: * free access
https://www.wlounge.de/wdl-dare-leadership-programme
Access to pictures from previous WDL Giga retreat: FEEL THE MAGIC: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/17hebfYVyqDTKyNONc_5qEEsmNIOjAxXS
In collaboration with Intrinsic Human Dynamics (IHD), integrating nervous system intelligence, organizational psychology and future-focused approaches to culture, diversity and sustainable leadership into the WDL experience.
Agenda
Agenda will be added soon ( TBD)
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
EUR 0.00 to EUR 950.81
