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Who learns leadership at NOLS?
People all over the world have developed their leadership skills at NOLS—from teachers to NASA astronauts, from business entrepreneurs to conservationists. They will all tell you that NOLS is the best place to learn how to be a leader. They'll also tell you that the leadership lessons you learn on a remote NOLS expedition don't get left behind once you return home.

Meet a few.

Sebastian Junger Best-Selling Author			Tom Scott Co-founder Nantucket Nectars
	“Basically (NOLS) gives you a deep confidence that you can carry with you out of the mountains.”			"You get so much confidence in yourself that you think anything is possible."
Space Shuttle Columbia Crew NASA Astronauts			John Grunsfeld NASA Chief Scientist
	"We were out in the wilderness for about ten days and we spent a whole lot of time together as a team solving problems without any other outside influences, which is similar to the way that it will be in space.” -Laurel Clark			"Various aspects of my NOLS education were perfect for astronaut training: enjoying adversity, making decisions under stress, leadership skills, teamwork, team building…"
Tom Kiernan President, National Parks and Conservation Association			Louisa Willcox Wild Bears Project Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
	“[At NOLS] you learn how to lead in different environments, and you learn to broaden your leadership capabilities in those environments.”			“The physical experience of being immersed in wild places is, perhaps, the best way to inspire people to protect them."
Terri Watson Executive Director, LightHawk			Carlos Buhler Mountaineer
	“As soon as you start flying you see things. Some people fly to get places. I fly to see things.”			“That was a wonderful experience for me to reach the top of something."
Diane Brinkley Teacher, Newark, NJ			Chris Gergen Founder, LEAD!
	"NOLS changed my life. It was an absolutely, truly life-saving experience."			"I noticed that the high school curriculum often lacks good leadership training. After my NOLS course, I set out on a task to provide leadership training to others."
Alex Matthiessen Hudson Riverkeeper and Riverkeeper Executive Director			Tori McClure First woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean; first woman to ski to the South Pole
	“Part of learning survival skills is learning team building skills. I think it’s those same skills that are needed if you live in a community that’s being threatened.”			"After my first NOLS course I realized that I could go anywhere in the world and be comfortable."

Expedition Leadership | Leadership Roles | Leadership Skills
Leadership Style | Leadership in 30 Days | Leadership Profiles