Outdoor Team Coaching For Professionals
Develop staff leadership and well-being in nature.
We Understand You
We understand the pressures faced by the professionals and the service industry.
We recognise that organisations invest heavily in their staff and expectations are legitimately high. Clients deserve and expect an exceptional service. A high performance from their trusted adviser is expected, billings need to be achieved and the organisation needs to develop its client base.
That competitive edge needs to be maintained but ultimately being in the professional services sector is about “people” who act and behave as human beings.
These everyday pressures often have a significant impact on the health and well being of the very thing that needs to be in tip top condition - your people.
We read and hear about this more and more in headlines in the press and sector publications.
There’s a fine balance between productive and destructive stress and it’s well known that the impact of stress can result in mental health issues, toxic work environments and ultimately an unsettled work place where people “check out” and close down, become unproductive and ultimately leave. The impact of this then ripples through teams and more widely undermining the very fabric of the culture the organisation is striving to create.
Navigating the challenges of a modern professional services firm requires strong resilient leadership, a skill that needs cultivating.
“In every walk with nature, one receives far greater than he seeks”
John Muir
We Understand You
Our Solution
“Lace up your boots, put your out of office on and let’s go!”
Custom Outdoor Team Days offer a refreshing approach to developing essential skills and boosting wellbeing, addressing the potential mental health issues that can arise from prolonged stress found in legal environments. By changing surroundings, we help professionals unlock fresh perspectives, ignite innovative thinking and cultivate a thriving culture. Outdoor experiences benefit both the individual and the whole legal firm, fostering open communication, trust building and resilient leadership in a natural setting.
“Come forth into the light things; let nature be your teacher.”
William Wordsworth
Our Coached Activities
Whether you’d like a coached event, one on one coaching or a team walking challenge we’ve got it covered.
We’re able to independently plan your team day based on your specification or work with your People or HR function to customise your bespoke experience.
A coaching day would be guided by qualified leadership coaches these days mix walking with solution focussed coaching.
Coaching topics can include;
- managing overwhelm and burn out
- negotiating challenging conversations
- dealing with the multiple demands of the professional services sector.
Guided hikes and outdoor team coaching can include:
⛰The Cheshire 3 Peaks, Peak District
⛰Edale Skyline, Peak District
⛰The Great Ridge & Mam Tor, Peak District
⛰Snowdon Horseshoe, Eryri/Snowdonia
⛰Yorkshire 3 Peaks, Yorkshire Dales
Spending time outside is an opportunity to forge relationships in a neutral environment without the distractions of work.
The Coaching Team
Dan Stowers has been practicing law since 1997 and has been a partner for 15 years. He currently leads a specialist team and is recognised in legal directories as a specialist in his field. In law Dan operates at board and director level and and during his time as a lawyer has led teams of lawyers in some of the largest and most complex fraud cases prosecuted in the UK. Dan understands people and knows well what “good” looks like - whether in a leader, manager or colleague. As a qualified Mountain Leader he established Seven Hills Outdoors as he passionately believes that time spent outdoors, and the skills required to do so, not only provide an antidote to the pressures of a busy professional life but can also help identify good (and poor!) leadership and management skills.
Suzie Richards is a former professional athlete with a world championship title to her name, she understands high performance and is an ICF PCC qualified Leadership Coach. She has spoken on BBC Leeds regarding Mindset of Olympians and worked with a wide range of companies including Microsoft, Teach First, Welsh Judo, Teach For All in developing leadership and dynamic team cultures. Suzie comes from a background in teaching secondary school geography, training teachers in the Teach First graduate programme and outdoor event management. She combines her skills of Mountain Leadership with Leadership Coaching helping individuals and teams to develop personally and professionally. She is a passionate outoor enthusiast, personal development in the outdoors is a dream job.
What You Receive
- Prior to your guided day you will receive detailed joining instructions with a kit list, route gpx file, coaching workbook.
- All guides are appropriately qualified, holding Mountain Leaders or Hill and Moorland Leaders qualification and members of the Mountain Training Association.
- Those working with you in a Leadership Coaching capacity on outdoor coaching activities are ICF accredited and qualified leadership coaches.
- All guides are Outdoor Wilderness First Aid Incident Management trained and qualified.
- All guides are DBS checked.
- All guides carry professional liability insurance.
- A dynamic Hill & Mountain Risk assessment is carried out prior to and during the booking, with route plans for relevant contingencies.
Design Your Outdoor Team Day
Guided Walks
starting from £750
Guided Walk + Outdoor Leadership Coaching
starting from £1250
We cater for up to 100 persons
Please email suzie@outsidetheoffice.co.uk to discuss and fix your price.
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