Applications open for January 2027
Human Creative CoachingLos Angeles2027
Co-Hort
A year with people who know what you carry.
Six to ten leaders. Eleven Fridays together. One confidential place to bring the decisions, relationships and patterns that shape your life and leadership.
You will work toward three meaningful stretch goals, receive candid feedback, learn alongside other leaders and put what you’re learning into practice between meetings.
A Townsend Leadership Program group, directed by Greg Murray and delivered through Human Creative Coaching.
Directed byGreg MurrayTownsend Leadership Program Director
We become more fully human in the presence of people who know how to see us, draw us out and give us what we need to grow.
One full Friday a month together, and one session a month with me.
- Eleven full Fridays together, once a month, January to November 2027, in Los Angeles.
- A one-to-one session with me every month, between the Fridays.
- Teaching from Dr. John Townsend’s leadership model, adapted for the people in the group.
- Confidential work groups and process groups, for real decisions and what is getting in the way.
- Three stretch goals: one personal, one relational, one professional.
- The TPRAT assessment, read together, to set your developmental priorities.
- A monthly assignment and readings, so the work carries into your actual week.
- The Welcome Dinner, the Relationship Retreat and the Closing Dinner, with your partner or a close friend.
- A private member app for your goals, check-ins and the group between Fridays.
It all looks good from the outside. You want it to feel that way on the inside.
You are very good at what you do, and at knowing what everyone around you needs. Somewhere along the way, what you need got quieter. Or the next thing you want is bigger than who you are today. Either way, you belong here.
This is for you if
Each one is a growth edge.
At Human, I can bring anything to the table knowing my thoughts will be heard.Jared D. · one-to-one client
People who know the full story can see what a single conversation misses.
Over the year, the group gets to know the person behind the role. Members bring real challenges, offer perspective, notice recurring patterns and support one another in making changes.
Each Friday includes practical teaching, group work and an assignment that carries the work into the month ahead. Between Fridays, you also meet with me one to one, once a month.
Three goals that ask more of you.
You bring three stretch goals to the first Friday: one personal, one relational, one professional. A stretch goal is one that small improvements will not reach. If you could finish it this month, it is not the one.
Give each goal a number from 1 to 10: where it stands now, and where you want it by November.
NowBy November
Open up at deeper levels with people who are safe
Now 2By November 8
Turn a good marriage into a great one
Now 4By November 8
Get my team moving toward a new vision
Now 3By November 9
A way to see movement, not a grade. If a better goal shows up, that is progress.
Opportunities to grow, all month long.
Every member gets a private app with resources, personal goal reminders and a group chat for their Co-Hort.
- Your three goals, where you started and where you are now.
- A check-in before each Friday, so the table starts where you are.
- Each month’s teaching, story and reading, opening when that month arrives.
- The group, a feed only the Co-Hort and I can see, for the wins and questions between Fridays.
- A note on your phone when a new month opens, or when it is time to check in.
Private by design. Your goals and check-ins are seen by you and me. Group posts stay inside the Co-Hort. Example screens. Already a member? Sign in.
He comes up with practices I do when we aren’t chatting, and those have been a terrific source of fuel.JaVon · one-to-one client
Greg Murray
I’m a Townsend Leadership Program Director, and I co-facilitate the TPRAT trainings alongside Dr. Karen Bergstrom. I started Human Creative Coaching in 2021, the same year I joined a Townsend group of my own. Every year when I look back, the biggest growth has come from that group. So now I’m starting one.
It’s one thing to see something in a person. It’s another to stick around long enough to help them see it too, and grow it. That’s what a year together is for.
Before this, I built a production company and spent years as a musician and music director. Most of that job was helping a group of talented people do their best work together.
“Greg’s approach is both compassionate and pragmatic, making complex issues manageable and approachable.”
Clients lead atUBS · BMW · Syracuse University · Amy’s Kitchen · the U.S. militaryNamed for where these clients lead, not as endorsements by their organizations.
From here to the first Friday.
- iApply
About ten minutes, four short screens.
- iiA reply
Within three working days, usually with times to talk.
- iiiA conversation
Forty-five minutes on what is asking more of you, and whether the Co-Hort fits.
- ivAn invitation
If it fits: a written invitation, the member agreement and your stretch goals worksheet.
Everything else, when you want it.
The year, Friday by FridayTwelve dates, two dinners and a retreat
- Jan14THUWelcome Dinner5:30 to 8:00 pmSignificant others welcome
- Jan15FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Feb12FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Mar12FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Apr16FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm
- May14FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Jun18FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Jul16FRIRelationship RetreatRetreat dinner 5:30 to 8:00 pmSignificant others welcome
- Aug13FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Sep17FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Oct15FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Nov12FRI7:30 am to 5:00 pm, thenClosing DinnerSignificant others welcome
Stay for dinner. After every full day, an optional group dinner runs 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Some of the best conversations of the year happen there.
A Friday, start to finishFive parts, 7:30 am to 5:00 pm, lunch outside
- 01
Work group
Bring a real business challenge and get the group’s judgment on it, in confidential SWOT sessions.
- 02
Check in
Around the table, chart where you are on your stretch goals and your assignment. Accountability, with support.
- 03
Teaching
Practical, interactive leadership lessons from Dr. John Townsend’s model, with exercises and individualized practices Greg adapts for the group.
- 04
Process group
Bring what is getting in the way. People who understand your situation help you see it and work it through.
- 05
Assignment
One a month, drawn from that day’s teaching and built around your stretch goals.
The Welcome DinnerRelaxed, and the night everyone meets
The night before the first Friday, we have dinner. It is relaxed and unhurried. You meet the group, and the group meets your spouse, your partner or the close friend you bring.
Before the night ends, the person you brought reads you two things they have written: an affirmation, and a challenge for your year. Then we go home, and the work starts in the morning.
Where we meetLos Angeles, a board room and a deck
Most of each Friday happens around a board room table in Los Angeles. At lunch we move outside, to a deck with a pool and a hot tub. The address comes with your invitation.
What the year is built onA proven program structure. A personal approach to development.
The Co-Hort follows the Townsend Leadership Program, founded by psychologist and author Dr. John Townsend. Its curriculum is founded on Dr. Townsend’s developmental work.
Its foundation includes the Competence and Character Leadership Model, structured peer learning, stretch goals and relational development.
Teaching, exercises and individualized practices are adapted by Greg through Human Creative Coaching to fit the people in the group.
The Townsend Personal and Relational Assessment Tool (TPRAT) helps identify developmental priorities for each member.
Competence and Character
Strategy and goals held alongside emotional intelligence, because a business grows only as far as the people leading it.
The Leader’s Path to Growth
The fruit you see in your work and your life grows from roots of grace, truth and time.
When another path fits betterWorth knowing before you apply
You mainly want information. The books are a wonderful place to start, and they cost far less than a year. When you want people to do the work alongside you, I would love to talk.
This year is already full. Eleven Fridays is a real commitment. If this year cannot hold it, next January may be the one, and you will get more from it with space to give it your full attention.
Something deeper needs care first. Trauma, addiction or a marriage in crisis deserve a clinician’s care. I am glad to help you find a good one, and the Co-Hort will be here when the time is right.
What people ask before applying.
Something else on your mind? Write to me at hello@humancreativecoaching.com.
I have done group and coaching programs before. How do I know this will stick?
What does it cost?
Do I need to share a particular faith or worldview?
What if I have to miss a day?
Can my partner really come?
Is it confidential?
Is this therapy?
Is this a Townsend Leadership Program?
What assessments will we use?
Do I need to know Townsend’s work?
This could be your year.
The pattern you did not deal with this year will still be here in December. A year with the same people is how long it takes to name it, work on it in the actual week, and find it gone.
Applications close when the group is formed.
I know I can trust their stewardship to get me to my goals.Keahi · one-to-one client