Turning Outdoor Mistakes into Leadership Wins - Online Classroom

In the outdoors, mistakes are inevitable—conditions shift, decisions have to be made quickly, and not everything goes according to plan. What matters most isn’t whether mistakes happen, but how leaders respond to them. Drawing from The Outdoor Leader, this seminar reframes mistakes as opportunities for growth, innovation, and deeper team connection. Participants will explore how to own, learn from, and leverage mistakes to strengthen both individual and group leadership.

Presenter

Jeannette Stawski is the author of, “The Outdoor Leader” released by Mountaineers in 2024 and owner of leadership development company Leading Valiantly. Jeannette currently serves as the Senior Assistant Director of Adventure Leadership Programs & Sustainability at the University of Michigan. She is transitioning out from 14 years as the Executive Director of the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE), where she worked with an international complement of outdoor professionals to develop and refine industry best practices and provide professional educational support. She is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and a Certified Executive Coach.  She was the director of Outdoor Adventures at the University of Michigan for eleven years and has worked as a professional outdoor guide, a wilderness medicine instructor, and NOLS instructor. She is currently the chair of the Coalition for Outdoor Access (COA) and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband and their two children.

6:00-7:00pm PST via Zoom Meeting
Meeting link will be sent to registered attendees the day of the session.