Leadership Conversations

Open to all Outward Bound staff, Leadership Conversations are virtual workshops to learn about, discuss, and apply important leadership skills, tools, and concepts.

Upcoming Sessions

All sessions will take place from 12-1pm PT/3-4pm ET

Burnout
November 12, 2024

Understanding the root causes of burnout, burnout's link to the stress cycle, and how to effectively use boundaries (individual efforts to prevent/manage burnout) and guardrails (organizational efforts to prevent/manage burnout) to mitigate and heal from burnout culture.

Mindset
January 7, 2025

Understanding the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, the value in exercising a growth mindset, and how cognitive reframing can help us manage discomfort and build resilience.

Psychological Safety
March 4, 2025

How do you create an environment where team members feel safe speaking up, sharing ideas, and disagreeing respectfully? Psychological safety! We'll explore what it is, how to practice it, and tips for moving yourself and your team towards a more psychologically safe culture.

Imposter Phenomenon
December 3, 2024

Self-doubt. Feeling like a fraud. All of these are hallmarks of imposter phenomenon. This session will help us understand how to manage it, as well as how to push back against the cultures and systems that perpetuate it.

Giving Feedback
February 4, 2025

We hear A LOT about the importance of feedback but humans are...actually pretty bad at both giving and receiving it. We'll dig into why that is, how to get better at it, and how to use brain science to help feedback stick.

Team Management
April 1, 2025

Join panelists from OB's inaugural Team Leader Training Program to hear their top tips and takeaways for managing themselves, the work, and the people, and how to navigate the challenging transition from peer to manager.

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