Wilderness thinking: a novel approach to leadership development
Development and Learning in Organizations
ISSN: 1477-7282
Article publication date: 20 February 2007
Abstract
Purpose
Describes the development of a leadership approach in which the outdoors became an environment for personal reflection.
Design/methodology/approach
Reports on the pilot findings from research conducted with 50 managers from Airbus UK and TOTAL and contribute to knowledge about reflective approaches to leadership development
Findings
A process of retreat became a catalyst for reflective learning about leadership among 50 managers from Airbus UK and TOTAL. The findings challenge OMD and SMD and their specific use of the outdoors as a medium for individual learning.
Originality/value
Evidence was found that wilderness thinking represents an innovation in reflective learning which challenges the main trends in the use of the outdoors to develop leaders
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Citation
Watson, S. and Vasilieva, E. (2007), "Wilderness thinking: a novel approach to leadership development", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 10-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/14777280710727325
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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