Adventures in Creating an Outdoor Leadership Challenge Course for an Emba Program

Abstract

This article documents the evolution of an outdoor-based experiential leadership training event within an Executive MBA (EMBA) program. The purpose of this article is to encourage other EMBA faculty and directors to consider adding a similar event to their leadership development initiatives and to learn from our experiences. After 3 years of experience with this approach, we improved continuously each year and now offer a potentially transformative capstone personal growth experience that focuses on Kouzes and Posner’s (1995) leadership practices inventory.