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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Wilderness thinking: a Novel Approach to leadership development
AU - Watson, S E
AU - Vasileva, Elena
PY - 2007/1/12
Y1 - 2007/1/12
N2 - 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 developmentFindings – 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
AB - 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 developmentFindings – 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
KW - Leadership development
KW - Learning
KW - Reflection
KW - Sustainable development
U2 - 10.1108/14777280710727325
DO - 10.1108/14777280710727325
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 10
EP - 13
JO - Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal
JF - Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal
SN - 1477-7282
IS - 2
ER -