Leadership Takes A Hike
This Insurance video (currently on TV) shows the lighter, brighter side of hiking. An opportunity to grow in appreciation of nature, others and yourself as we DREAM BIG. This video speaks of trust. Trust is a value which appears when there is true leadership. True North Adventures Outdoors Education’s leadership development program uses hiking in the mountains of Montana and experiential learning to develop the character of those who willingly follow. Leadership, and four core values of . . .
- Living for the greater good / others
- Dreaming big
- Ownership
- Teamwork
are surprisingly well integrated by Keith MacMurdie into every aspect of this unique outdoor, real-time education:
- how to use a compass
- understanding map scale
- how to transfer a compass to a map
- how to orient a map
- taking a field bearing
- boxing a compass
- orienteering ( How about this Chinese orienteering wedding ! )
Just over six years ago Keith created True North Adventures Outdoor Education from a dream to a functioning, healthy reality. His desire was to demonstrate what can result when employees are introduced to the four core values, through TNAOE in the the most impartial, automatic feedback classroom of all . . . NATURE . . . 
. Successful graduates can go on to lead well, creating a healthy, expanding business culture.
True World Group / True World Foods has recognized the quality and usefulness of True North’s Outdoor Education’s experiential training program and has been sending several teams from their nationwide operation. They believe this will result in benefits for the individual, those whom they lead and serve, the company’s business culture and ultimately . . . society’s well being.
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Quotes from the Chairman, Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, who believes passionately in the need to educate leaders in character and that nature is the best place to do just that. . . and . . .
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It would have been neat to try out the HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier ) when climbing 10,500ft. HollowTop Mountain. http://bloom.bg/rdaVNr Take a look at the video.