BUILD LEADERS
Custom education
We build the program. You build the team.
NOLS designs custom curricula around your organizational goals. Whether you need leadership development, team building, or resilience training, our expert curriculum designers create programs that deliver measurable outcomes in wild settings.
Curricula designed
What we offer
Programs we design
Every program is custom-built. These are the domains where NOLS has the deepest expertise.
Corporate Leadership
Team building, executive leadership development, and change management programs that build trust and resilience through shared challenge.
Higher Education
Orientation programs, semester integration, and faculty development that transform classrooms through experiential learning in the field.
Military & Government
Resilience training, leadership labs, and team cohesion programs designed for high-performance units operating in demanding environments.
Nonprofit & NGO
Board retreats, staff development, and mission alignment programs that reconnect teams with purpose through shared outdoor experience.
How it works
Four steps to your custom program
From first conversation to post-program assessment, we handle every detail so you can focus on your team.
Partners
Trusted by leading organizations
US Military
Harvard
Patagonia Inc.
REI
Results
Impact in action
Case Study: Embedded Tick while Backpacking
Photo by Eva Darron The setting You’re on day 6 of a week-long backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail in New York. The last few days have been beautiful, and you’re so glad to be enjoying this time outside. You and your friends decide it’s time for a break, so you sit down to enjoy some cool water and a snack. All of the sudden, one of your friends says, “Hey, I think there is a tick on me.” You wander over and offer to help out. SOAP Report Subjective Your patient is a 22 year old male whose chief…
Case Study: Jellyfish Sting in Paradise
Photo by Molly Hagbrand The setting You and your friend are enjoying some early morning sunshine and perfect waves while surfing on the Pacific Ocean. While waiting for the next break, you are sitting on your surfboard taking in the beautiful scenery when you hear your friend shriek. You ask what’s going on and they yell, “I think I just got stung by a jellyfish!” You both carefully paddle to the shore, and when you reach the beach, you begin your patient assessment. SOAP Report Subjective The patient is a 20 year old female whose chief complaint is pain in the…
Case Study: A Climbing Fall in Greece
While climbing in Greece with a friend, you witness another climber takes a fall. She swings hard, feet first, into the wall. The rope stops her, but she is clutching her ankle and screaming. what do you and your friend, a WFR and a WEMT respectively, do?
Client story
"The NOLS program did more for our leadership pipeline in five days than two years of classroom training. Our team came back with a shared language for decision-making and trust that has fundamentally changed how we operate."
Rachel Torres
VP of People, Meridian Technologies
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