Table of Contents

1. Foundations of Leadership 2. Awareness 3. Decision Making 4. Leadership 5. Field Safety 6. Crisis 7. Leading Youth: get the kids outside! 8. Participants 9. Expedition Behavior 10. Group [DYNAMICS?] 11. Effective Communication 12. Teaching & Facilitation 13. Trip Planning 14. Organizational Risk Management 15. Environmental Stewardship 16. Learning to Lead 17. Don't Forget to Have Fun Appendix A. Training Resources B. Selected References Index

About the Author

ALEX KOSSEFF is director of the Outdoor Safety Institute, where he advises outdoor education and recreation organizations on risk management, staff training, and volunteer-based programs. He has twenty years of outdoor leadership experience, having worked as an Outward Bound chief instructor and staff trainer, backpacking and canoeing trip leader, environmental educator, and wilderness medicine instructor. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.