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Outward Bound Professional
Creating high-performing teams and leaders from the wilderness to the workplace.
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A Proven Approach
Organizations that invest in creating high-performance teams are more successful and retain strong talent longer. By building lasting relationships, learning to communicate effectively, and developing problem-solving skills, employees feel energized in their roles and produce better results.
At Outward Bound, we understand the importance of fostering these skills in the workplace and have been helping professional cultures, teams, and leaders become more collaborative, engaged, and united for more than 55 years.
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Objectives
Develop the hidden potential of your organization by:
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- Increasing your team’s leadership capacity
- Building high-performance teams
- Increasing productivity
- Strengthening your bench of leadership talent
- Accelerating the induction of new employees
- Facilitating strategic alignment
- Leading change and innovation
- Improving internal communication skills
- Inspiring participants to achieve the seemingly impossible
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Our Process
First: We Assess Your Team
Since no two organizations are the same, we use a combination of objective and subjective measures to understand your group’s strengths and challenges. Interviews with team members help to baseline your team’s self-perception and provide insights into strengths and areas of opportunity.
Then: We Deliver a Customized Experience
Guided by your group’s assessment, we customize programs that engage your team in physical, cognitive, and strategic challenges to mimic circumstances and behaviors found in your workplace. Our programs are consequential: impact occurs because learning is rooted at a deep level, allowing for breakthrough moments of personal and team discovery.
Finally: We Reinforce the Learning
Our work doesn’t end when your team removes their gear. Outward Bound Professional will help you apply and reinforce the lessons learned by your team to bring the greatest possible gains to the workplace.
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Less Teaching, More Learning.
Our custom programs can occur practically anywhere, anytime.
On-Site
We come to you. Programs can be delivered in one of your conference rooms or corporate spaces, outside your facility, or at a community space in your area.
At a Conference Center or Resort
We can design a program around your scheduled offsite meeting at a conference center or resort, and/or recommend an ideal venue for an impactful experience.
In the Wilderness or at an Outward Bound Base Camp
We bring teams and organizations together in some of the most beautiful wilderness locations in the southeast. These shared experiences inspire self-discovery and forge bonds that last a lifetime.
Remote
We can also offer our programs LIVE and face-to-face via the conferencing platform of your choice. That way, you can continue to develop your staff members as individuals and as a team, no matter the distance.
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Dynamic Benefits
Building stronger leaders and teams.
Outward Bound helped us probe our weaknesses, appreciate our strengths, and ultimately become a stronger team… all this in a fun and challenging outdoor setting where we all pushed ourselves physically as well as mentally.
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Investments in human capital double productivity compared to investments in physical capital.
$680
Companies that invest $680 in training per employee improved total stockholder return by 6% per year over companies that did not.
$1,600
Those that invest $1,600 per employee have 24% higher gross profit margins, and 218% higher income per employee.
“Typically we find that when management fails, it’s not due to lack of technical knowledge, hard work, or loyalty, it’s due to what Outward Bound would term the ‘soft skills.’ It is in the areas of leadership, team building, group support, personal self-esteem, and confidence that we reap the benefits. Learning how to handle stress in a positive manner is where the Outward Bound courses excel for our management people.”
Arthur M. Blank
Co-Founder of Home Depot
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Teamwork Starts Now
Tell us about your group’s needs and objectives, and we will custom design an itinerary to best achieve your goals. Whether at a retreat center or in the wilderness, on a ropes course or in a park, each member of your team will learn to resolve conflict effectively, better manage time, and become more conscientious leaders—all skills they’ll take back to the workplace for lasting, positive change.
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What Will Your Team Discover?
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