Companies spend millions on leadership development. Yet, research reveals programs don’t add much value in creating dynamic, collaborative leadership skills.
Guess, wilderness adventure expeditions where teams develop, refine leadership as they navigate tough interpersonal, emotional, physical challenges real time could make a difference? No choice but to work collaboratively, develop new skills, take control of outcomes in austere environments. Exposes key facets of leadership overlooked in normal indoor settings.
Adventure trips help participants develop abilities to tackle complex challenges, make strategic choices in ambiguous situations, learn resilience. NASA uses for training & building trust in astronaut teams.
A wilderness expedition naturally requires teams to adopt different skills. Arriving at a remote island with no phones pushes fresh patterns of actions, opens doors to new working styles. Brings out untapped aptitudes, attitudes to bolster leadership. Unpredictable conditions prompts people to stretch imagination. Reveals pockets of hidden knowledge, insight, ideas, creativity, even fears.
Prepares physically, logistically, mentally to achieve goals. High degree of intentionality, focus, teamwork. Teams receive volumes of feedback on leadership, performance, effective reflections, observations, guidance. Open appraisals on how we experience real leadership. A sense of vulnerability, trust to build camaraderie.
Each day would inspire, stimulate. Unmediated by technology, competing demands, wilderness distill’s facets of natural leadership, team interactions in it’s core essence.
