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Build your leadership & teamwork skills under theguide of an Astronaut in the Lake District

AstronautLeadershipExperience

Astronauts are exceptionally able, amazingly well trained, have accomplished countless complex tasks and have worked with many diverse groups from vastly differing cultures.

They are practised at improving teams of talented, high performing individuals, enabling them to focus and work together.

Where obstacles appear insurmountable, the astronauts bring a belief and certainty that any problems can be solved through teamwork and partnership

Actions that would transform our lives are often put into a box labelled, “too hard”, you and your team can reset these assumptions.

Jay Honeycutt,Former Director of Kennedy Space Centre,President of Space Operations, Lockheed MartinJay has received awards from 5 different presidents,including the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his role in saving Apollo 13.

What NASA has to offer

Michael J. McCulleyFormer NASA Astronaut

By far, the most comprehensive, interesting, and educational endeavour I have been involved with.

NASA is obviously well known for space exploration and at the cutting edge of human experience. NASA is also involved in multi-million/billion dollar contracts, international partnerships, public open access and is an employer of tens of thousands of people.

NASA is ranked by its workforce as the top federal organisation in the world, from surveys that include leadership, empowerment, supervision, strategic management, innovation and training and development.

Astronauts know that the difference between top teams being successful and unsuccessful, winning rather than losing is how those teams work together when under pressure.

The astronauts understand the power of empathetic data gathering and listening. Understanding this power enables them to inspire team members ‘heads and hearts’.

Guy BatesDirector of XMA

Astronaut Leadership has led us to increase our abilities to work together and harness our individual skills with the result that XMA are now the UK leaders in our field.

Leadership

Astronaut & Space Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly, addressing students in Svalbard on the ALEC Arctic programme.

Programme LeadersDr Michael Foale, CBE and Chris Barber

Michael and Chris have worked together on a range of leadership, team building and educational programmes since first meeting in 1998.

Michael Foale was born in rural Lincolnshire and was the first British-born NASA Astronaut. He has flown in space on six NASA missions. His experience includes; being Commander of the International Space Station (ISS), bringing the Hubble Space Telescope back to life and having played the major role in saving the Russian ‘Mir’ Space Station as it tumbled out of control around the Earth, following the only collision in outer-space.

He is a Queens College, Cambridge PhD and has been awarded the CBE. Michael held a range of senior roles in NASA that include having been the Deputy Administrator at NASA Headquarters, Chief of the Astronaut Expedition Corps and Assistant Director of the Johnson Space Centre.

Michael can relate his experiences of being a leader in NASA - the world’s most highly rated Federal employer. This includes huge scale contract management, working and liaising with organisations and individuals from different cultures (especially the Russians), recognising and developing talent, sustaining performance, implementing change, ensuring the continuous need for quality and turning around poor performance.

He has significiant understanding of risk management, particularly in confronting the most hostile environment encountered by humanity and preparing teams for operations that involve high stress and pressure.

Chris Barber's experience includes being in finance with a major oil company, working in the City and being an educational leader taking a below average school to be England and Wales top A-Level school. He is the founder of the International Space School Educational Trust, Mission Discovery, the Astronaut Leadership Experience Course and Message to the Moon. He has placed numerous scientific experiments on the International Space Station and has been an organisational leadership consultant. Chris's BSc and Master's degrees are in mathematics.

Programme * Subject to change

The programme consists of three components. The first covers leadership roles and attributes. The second is a number of outdoor challenges that are a context for teambuilding and leadership development. The third centres on major themes for each day. These themes are selected in consultation prior to the commencement of the programme and determined by the needs of the oganisation for their people.

Designated Leadership: taking responsibility for the group and its goals Active Membership: supporting the designated leader and participating in group decision

Collegiate Leadership: the team works together, supports each other and is proactive in achieving group goals

Personal Leadership: explorers take care of themselves and show initiative

1) During the programme the explorers will take on a range of leadership roles:

Astronaut Michael Foale training with crewmates in Star City

General Behaviour: cooperation, conflict resolution, teamwork, motivation, making the most of diverse people and their skills

Communication: empathy, timing, clear feedback, active listening and expressing what you think and need, choosing the best communication media for the job in hand, including best use of digital communication technologies

Decision-Making: utilising the strengths and skills of the group, organisation, management and developing good judgement

Dealing with Challenge: adapting to changes and unknowns, taking on hard work and challenges, seeing challenges as opportunities, humour, keeping perspective, thinking clearly under pressure

Self-Awareness: know your strengths and weaknesses, benefit from experience, understand your own leadership style and how it influences

Great leaders have certain skills and attributes which are the same whether you are outdoors, at work or at home:

Astronaut Michael Foale repairing the Hubble Space Telescope.

Zip wire - Team works together to zoom across a 100ft deep ravineConstructing a bridge over a gorgeRock Climbing & AbseilingVia Ferrata - A high level (approx. 1000ft) challenge on rungs, wires & ladders way above England’s highest passOrienteering Challenge over remote terrainCanoeing & Water Challenge

2) Outdoor Challenges

The Via Ferrata: a high level challenge that Astronaut Michael Foale says “is just like space walk training in Russia, except that it is more exciting”, and that Astronaut Ron Garan says is “the closest thing to performing a space walk here on Earth.

Via Ferrata - Hooked on high above Honsiter Pass

Bridge Building

During the program it was clear that all members of the group grew as individuals and team members while working their way through the program’s challenges. Even better, everyone had fun and made new friends, while building the skills which are critical to the success of individuals and teams...

Via Ferrata - Hooked on high above Honsiter Pass Ghyll Scrambling

Bridge Building Zip Wire

...My favourite memory is of the Ghyll scramble - cold water and rock climbing mixed together were a new challenge for everyone to support each other; great for building a team. Ken BowersoxNASA Astronaut, Space Shuttle & ISS Commander

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3) Major themes

Amongst the most common themes that are required by organisations are:

Setting objectivesEvaluation and sense of achievementDecision making (especially in difficult situations)Being aware of biasOpportunities, costs and the big pictureTeambuilding - confidence in your own abilities and trust in your other team members abilitiesLeadership and followershipBelieving in yourself, confidence generation and doing the right thing Managing people, resources and systemsManaging riskEnsuring qualityRecognising and nurturing talentListening to everyone and thinking for yourselfContinuous, honest self-assessment and recognising our own strengths and weaknessesChange management and stepping in when things may be going wrongLearning from failures and sustaining performanceBeing your own mentor and role modelCreativity and innovationHow to improve team cohesion and identity - the success of a team ishow well it sticks together in stressful conditions

With International Space Station Commander Michael Foale in the Lake District, UK

With Space Shuttle Commander Ken Ham, inthe Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Chris and Astronaut Trainer Michelle Ham lead the Dandeli Wildlife Programme in India

With NASA Astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly on the Polar Ice

Cap during our Arctic Programme

Past ProgrammesI found the programme brilliant both professionally and personally, consequently, I have made some very big and bold decisions, which have produced really positive outcomes.

Gillian O’NeilCEO and Founder of 29 Studios

Programme Leader: Astronaut & International Space Station Commander Dr. Michael Foale CBE

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