What do extreme challenge
and discomfort have to do with leadership? Everything, if you ask an Outward
Bound instructor. Outward Bound
is a non-profit educational organization, which for over 60 years has used
extreme wilderness environments and challenges as incubators to cultivate
character, leadership, compassion, self-reliance as well as to foster team and
international peace building initiatives. The guiding philosophy is a blend of
tenacity, physical challenge, courage, and perseverance melded with
compassion, self-sacrifice, and tolerance. Leadership is not for the faint
hearted; a unifying ethos is feeling a level of comfort with discomfort, and
Outward Bound provides conditions for facing and harnessing the power of fear.
