Alpine Leadership Challenge

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Course Overview

Learning to deal with challenges and adversity as an individual and as a leader. The programme is about facing your fear, stretching your personal limits and leaving your comfort zone. It's about setting a goal and getting everybody involved to pull on the same rope to achieve the challenging task. The courage to try, to commit and to take a risk. The resourcefulness to be innovative and have the endurance to keep going when things get tough.

This five-day programme is designed to nurture your leadership skills in a non classroom-based setting, enhancing the abilities of individual and team in awe-inspiring Alpine terrain. Every day the challenges rise and you will need to co-operate in a stronger way to solve the tasks. Every delegate will get at least one opportunity to lead the team and earn worthy feedback as a leader. The fifth day is reserved for transferring the learning into daily life.

The mountainous environment will take you out of your comfort zone and expose you to testing situations, leadership challenges and practical problems. On the last day everyone climbs back into the plane with a backpack full of insights, learning, commitment and unforgettable experiences.

Audience

Ambitious managers who want to become leaders, who want to achieve through other people not in spite of them. Managers who want to make more out of life, who wish to develop excellent morale and high quality performance, who want to stretch their limits and experience an adventure of a lifetime.

Skills Gained

Delegates will learn:

• Practical leadership experience (combined with theory) in challenging surroundings
• The ability to deal with constant change and challenges
• More efficiency in solving problems and overcoming adversity in unexpected scenarios
• Transferable coaching skills to leverage the performance of your team
• The interpersonal skills to form effective relationships, create intra-company networks and share best practice

Course Outline

Day 1

• Flight to Austria, transfer to the mountains
• Climbing and survival techniques
• Goal setting, planning and making decisions for the expedition
• Understanding your learning style when you're outside your comfort zone
• Confronting your personal fears, and learning to become an emotional leader

Day 2

• Selecting vital resources for the next 55 hours in the outback
• Orienteering to the mountain hut, overcoming a number of obstacles
• Taking your first turn as leader of the group
• Receiving 360 feedback on your individual leadership style

Day 3

• Climbing the Klettersteig (a climbing route with a wire-cable to hold on to) through the gorge in teams of 4-5
• Taking alternate responsibility for leading the group
• Preparing the bivouac-place
• Continued performance feedback

Day 4

• Climbing the final post of the Klettersteig
• Dealing with fatigue and exposure as you experience leadership challenges under pressure
• Returning to civilisation and reviewing your experiences
• Recreation and celeration

Day 5

• Reflective practitioner: classroom debrief and integration
• Transfer back to airport and flight home to UK

PLEASE NOTE

This programme presents a prolonged physical challenge to the delegate, sometimes in extreme weather conditions. You will be required to walk and climb over difficult terrain, sometimes for extended periods of time. Please ensure you have considered these requirements before booking your place on the Alpine Leadership Challenge. If you are unsure whether it is suitable for you, please consult your GP before booking.

Alpine Leadership Challenge / ALC