Building leadership for lasting change. Anytime, anywhere.

Outward Bound Professional programs increase effectiveness of newly-forming and high-performance teams, cultivate a positive, supportive and empowering culture, and form greater trusting relationships amongst colleagues.

These transformative programs are conducted year-round in the exceptional wilderness of our 204-acre island or delivered in the location of your choice. All programs are custom designed to stimulate creativity, innovation and effectiveness while incorporating a global perspective to meet the diverse challenges of today’s organizations.

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What We Do

For seventy years, Outward Bound has inspired character and team development through active learning. At Outward Bound Professional, our leadership techniques are applied to challenging situations that many organizations face including developing effective teams, developing leaders in an ever-changing market, change management, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, working globally and virtually, and most of all, enhancing communication and trust for maximum performance.

Our customized experiential programs are designed to:

• Build high-performing teams for newly forming, intact and virtual teams
• Develop leadership capacity
• Increase effective communication, creativity and innovative problem solving
• Facilitate cultural transformation and strategic change
• Accelerate new team formation for new hire and graduate orientation
• Implement Service Learning Model
• Incorporate Executive, Team Coaching and Action Planning
• Transform academic learning into practical application

How we do it - The Outward Bound Professional Approach

In partnership with our clients, the methodology is carefully tailored to create programs designed to meet and exceed your goals. Each program follows a four-phase approach.

Assessment: Phase I

A thorough Needs Assessment of your team’s desired actionable outcomes, interviews, questionnaires, and/or meetings determines program scope, goals and methodology. Assessments considered: 360° Feedback, Belbin, Emotional Intelligence, Myers-Briggs™, DiSC™ and Management Styles. OBP is also able to work with tools from your organization.

Design: Phase II

We have deeper discussions to determine individual, team and organizational outcomes. We work closely with our clients to identify the best activities presenting the most appropriate challenges to meet your objectives. As the program begins before the participants arrive, we work in partnership with clients to help set the tone for openness and participation.

Delivery: Phase III

Facilitators take participants through a series of challenges followed by debriefs that ask significant questions and produce memorable and transferable results. The customized program provides a combination of experiential problem-solving initiatives, learning models, ropes courses, wilderness components, reflection tools and academic material, if appropriate.

Follow-Up: Phase IV

Working with clients after the program ensures that the key learnings and behavioral changes are incorporated into the culture. On-going coaching engagements with both individuals and the teams continue the professional development.

Outward Bound Professional Facilitation Staff and Safety

Our facilitators are passionate about what they do and have unparalleled safety records. They have years of industry experience as agents of change working with corporate clients, large and small, including organizational development, consulting, psychology, business management, experiential education and wilderness training. They are known for exemplary observation skills that allow them to ‘catch a moment’ and help the team recognize the connection to how they work together. 

Make a Positive Impact

The Mission of Outward Bound Professional is to create positive lasting change in the workplace by providing cutting-edge, customized programs that enhance the effectiveness of individuals, groups and organizations.

Deliver lasting change to your organization while improving the lives of kids from Boston’s most underserved neighborhoods. All proceeds support Thompson Island Outward Bound’s youth programming. Learn more.