Survival Skills = Business Skills?

BOSS Professional Development Programs encompass a variety of survival skills that will meet the educational and business objectives of your organization. In order to help demonstrate how survival skills really can translate to business skills, we've listed just a few of the more common skills we can teach your group during our time together.

• Fire Creation = Making a fire without matches requires a creative use of natural resources. In many cases, the metaphor teaches that patience and resolve are necessary to complete time-sensitive projects to close important deals. It is also a useful bridge into the processes of employee evaluations and quality control in the business setting, as a high-quality fire set requires far less effort, manipulation and attention than an inferior set.
  
  
• Priorities of Survival = What's more important: food, water, shelter or fire? Learning how to set and keep priorities based on specific business situations is critical for success. The four basic needs of the human body are used to discuss intelligent decision-making and the consequences of improper prioritization.
  
  
• Building Natural Shelters = Most people in the wilderness do not die of hunger or dehydration; they die of exposure to the cold. This hands-on lesson in shelter construction demonstrates the importance of attention to detail and concentration in the survival of your business, including solid financial management and forecasting for the potential "cold nights" ahead.
  
  
• Navigation & Orienteering = It has been said that "A failure to plan is a plan for failure," and nothing demonstrates that like map & compass navigation in the wilderness. The direction and pace of the course brings out natural leadership styles and group dynamics. These translate well into discussions on the importance of setting short- and long-term goals for a business, establishing a clear vision, and maintaining open communication.
  
  
• Low Impact Camping Techniques = The ethics of extended wilderness travel and sustainable living are taught as they relate to plant harvesting, trail maintenance, campsite selection, and backcountry hygiene. We then translate those skills into a discussion on sustainable business practices, the costs and benefits of 'green' business models, and the place for ethics in a financially driven world.
  
  
• Water and Food Procurement = What does it take to support a family, or a village, in the wild? What are the hazards associated with food- or water-shortages? How can the bounty of summer and harvests of autumn be used to sustain the bleak winter and spring each year? An excellent parallel between the cycles of nature and the cycles of business provides insights into cash-flow management and the need to maintain morale during tough times.
  
  
• Cordage, Traps and Snares = Sometimes, the simplest tools can provide sustenance. From plants and trees, we build and set traps for small animals –– often a critical food source when larger game is absent. In today's economy, tighter budgets can mean that good "trapping skills" are necessary to win business.
  
  
• Animal Tracking = Is that a mountain lion track, a coyote track, or a bear track? While many animals are not physically visible to us during the daytime, their tracks and trail sign can tell us what they're up to. Similar to solving a detective story, we use the information available to read more into the story before us. Reading deep into a situation with limited knowledge can be a useful skill in business, as is the process of group discussion and brainstorming in resolving a problem or puzzle.

Basic Program Information
Survival Skills = Business Skills?
Sample Program: 1-Day
Sample Program: 2.5-Day
Sample Program: 4-Day