Team & Leadership Development Programs

Accelerate Your Team’s Performance

Our tailor-made programs are designed to accelerate your team’s performance. We uniquely combine two levels of development – team and individual – and use adventure and nature as the vehicle to growth.

Program Options

We offer bespoke proposals and pricing based on your team size and your team’s development needs.

Below is an indication of some options available - please get in touch if you’d like us to create a proposal for your team.

  • New Team / New Leader

    Designed for new leaders, or newly formed teams who are looking to establish their ways of working, get on the same page as to how they want to show up as a team, and create a high performing culture.

  • Established Teams

    Ideal for teams who are looking to continuously improve the way they work together. Development areas will be tailored to your team’s needs with the ultimate aim to accelerate performance.

  • High Potential Leaders

    Designed to develop, engage and retain high potential talent, this program helps early career leaders develop critical leadership skills. Option for bespoke or integration into existing programs.

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How It Works

  • You tell us about your team - we work with you to identify the priority development need.

  • Our proposal includes:

    • The program outcomes (based on your needs)

    • Development focus for the We (team) and the Me (individual)

    • The recommended adventure activity as the vehicle to reach the desired outcomes

    • The follow-up plan to embed the learnings

    • Pricing and a timeline based on your team size and needs

    • Each program includes a combination of adventure and development activities facilitated by a coach

    • Our focus for our experiences is to deliver on the outcomes identified in the proposal

    • We wrap up by identifying the individual and team actions to put into practice following the experience

  • We hold a follow-up session with the team (individual and/or team coaching based on your needs) to support the team in putting their actions into practice

  • We recommend an ongoing program of development for your team, usually 3 experiences per year, and offer bundle packages.

    After the follow-up session, we reassess the team’s needs, and design the next experience based on this.

  • "I built relationships with my team on a level that we never get the chance to in the office"

    Sylvia, Manager, Strategic Accounting Advisors

  • "Out of Bounds took our leadership team to a place of real raw, open vulnerability."

    Ros, Senior Director, Fortune 50 company

Our Program Design Principles

Each Out of Bounds experience includes a combination of the below principles from our Model.

  • The Eek

    Step into the growth zone

    Hands-on adventure experience, stepping outside the comfort zone and into the growth zone to create memorable learning that sticks

  • The Awe

    Get an energy boost in nature

    Awe-inspiring experience in nature to step off the hamster wheel, reflect, and get a boost of individual and team 'zing'

  • The We

    Bring your team together

    Shared team experience leading to deep connection, collaboration and trust

  • The Me

    Develop critical skills

    Facilitated development program, grounded in psychology, to grow as an individual

Example Development Focuses

Building Emotional Intelligence
Building Collaboration & Trust
Developing a Growth Mindset
Challenging the status quo
Creating a Team Charter

Example
Adventure Activities

Sailing
Canyoning
Freediving
Breathwork & Ice Baths
Bushwalk & Workshop

Your Team’s Annual Development Program

Each program is tailor-made to your needs. Below is an example program to bring to life what a 12 month Out of Bounds program could look like for your team.

Program Objectives: (Example)

  1. Build the team’s individual and collective Emotional Intelligence

  2. Re-energise the team and increase engagement

Team sailing yacht

Experience #1 (months 1 & 2)

  • Using the strengths survey tool as our starting point, we will explore the team’s individual and collective strengths

  • The team will set sail around stunning Sydney Harbour, getting stuck in from the get go and working together to sail the racing yacht.

  • 1-to-1 coaching sessions with each team member to support with embedding the learnings from the Out of Bounds experience into the ‘day job’

Experience #2 (months 5 & 6)

  • We will introduce the concept of the fast and slow brain and explore how this influences the team’s behaviours, and the impact this has on others.

  • Freediving (aka ‘the extreme sport of relaxation’), is a masterclass in controlling the nervous system. The team will learn to control their breath and mind, whilst immersed in a magical underwater environment

  • 1-to-1 coaching sessions with each team member to support with embedding the learnings from the Out of Bounds experience into the ‘day job’

Abseiling Blue Mountains

Experience #3 (months 9 & 10)

  • Through a series of active-listening exercises, we will build the team’s individual empathy skills, and explore the importance of empathy within the workplace

  • The team will traverse their way along the Blue Mountains escarpment. As they abseil down the side of the cliff they will well and truly experience that eeeek feeling, but also a whole load of ahas.

  • 1-to-1 coaching sessions with each team member to support with embedding the learnings from the Out of Bounds experience into the ‘day job’

What Our Clients Think

  • “I am so thrilled I got to go on this experience. I beamed the entire day. Out of Bounds literally tested me, as someone who had never sailed before, but also, with our entire leadership team, took us to a place through introspection, or real raw, open vulnerability. We all felt so at ease in the company of the Out of Bounds crew who challenged us but were equally empathetic. I left that experience feeling a sense of both personal accomplishment and team growth. I see my colleagues a little differently in terms of understanding their vulnerability, their experiences, as well as the role they played in supporting us through challenging conditions. There has simply not been another experience quite like it.“

    ~ Ros, Senior Director, Fortune 50 company

  • “Out of Bounds was such an amazing experience, I haven't stopped talking about it! I built relationships with my team on a level that we never get the chance to in the office. Being pushed outside my normal comfort zone in a stunning natural setting allowed me to discover and explore my strengths on a deep level.”

    ~ Sylvia, Manager, Strategic Accounting Advisors

  • “Originally I thought we’d be sailing around the harbour drinking champagne, but that’s not what Out of Bounds is about. This was so much more impactful. Overall, the team really felt like they achieved their goal and the Out of Bounds crew brought us closer together.”

    ~ Pete, Vice President, Fortune 50 company

  • “Exciting, engaging, and rewarding. A unique opportunity that allowed us to connect as individuals and as a team, and what better place than beautiful Sydney Habour! Certainly pushed us outside our comfort zones – a truly out of bounds experience!”

    ~ Sarah, HR Leader, Fortune 50 company

Team sailing Sydney Harbour

An Out of Bounds Experience Day: Sailing Example

  • The Out of Bounds Facilitator and Skipper will welcome the team onto the yacht

  • We set off from the Marina and the Skipper gives a hands-on lesson to the team on how to sail the yacht

  • We moor up and our Facilitator introduces the development theory for the day over Morning Tea

  • Group 1: Sailing the yacht

    Group 2: Strengths spotting activities

    Switch groups

    Debrief

  • 1:30pm / Session 2:

  • Group 1: Sailing the yacht

    Group 2: Strengths survey coaching

    Switch groups

    Debrief

  • We enjoy Afternoon Tea before heading back to the marina

  • We sail back to the Marina - this is a chance to relax and have some fun

  • Our Facilitator leads the team through an action planning session, to consider how the learnings from the day can be carried through to the ‘day job’

  • We wrap up an epic day, sharing the highlights

The Out of Bounds Crew

  • Katrina Symons headshot

    Katrina Symons

    CEO

    Katrina is a highly-regarded coach, combining over 20 years’ experience in HR leadership roles for multinational corporates with a passion for adventure and helping people reach their potential.

  • Louisa Thraves headshot

    Louisa Thraves

    CEO

    Louisa offers a wealth of knowledge in positive psychology, experience in commercial and change management roles for multinational companies, and a healthy disregard for the status quo.

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 FAQs

  • We can accommodate various team sizes - we’ve worked with teams as small as 4, as big as 40, and whole company programs. Please get in touch to discuss your needs.

  • Most of our experiences are accessible from Sydney, but we run experiences across Australia, so please get in touch if you're based outside of NSW or are interested in an overnight experience.

  • Our aim is to help your team step outside their comfort zone and into the growth zone, but not push them to their limits. We tailor the adventure activities based on the team's experience and comfort level.

Get in Touch

We tailor each program to your needs - we’d love to chat to see how we can help you get the best out of your team.

Book a Strategy Call with our CEO Katrina or drop us an email.