People Leadership Program
The People Leadership Program is a 6-month, cohort-based development experience designed to strengthen team management and cross-functional collaboration skills across the Outward Bound Network.
It equips new and rising people leaders with the foundational supervisory skills needed to manage teams confidently in service to our mission.
The next cohort will launch in January 2027. Applications will open September 16, 2026.
Curriculum Components
The Management Center's management philosophy serves as the backbone of the curriculum, centering people leadership that is equitable, sustainable, and results-driven. Bi-monthly cohort meetings focus on real-world application of TMC's toolsets and robust opportunities for peer learning.
Program Primer: Management Training
Led by The Management Center, this six-hour training provides participants with essential people management tools and skills to support them in leading teams equitably, sustainably, and with a drive toward results.
CliftonStrengths
A foundational piece of our curriculum, the CliftonStrengths/StrengthsFinder Assessment and a cohort debrief, led by a Certified Strengths Coach support participants in developing critical self-awareness.
Bi-Monthly Management Workouts
The cohort gathers virtually twice per month with the first session focused on introducing a new toolset and planning how to deploy it in their in day-to-day work. The
second session focuses on debriefing and thinking about broader organization-wide uses for the toolset
Questions?
Contact Kristen Freaney, National Talent Development Manager and PLP Program Manager at kfreaney@outwardbound.org.