New NOLS Book: Risk Management for Outdoor Leaders
October 23, 2005 - OutdoorEd.com
Risk Management for Outdoor Leaders:
A Practical Guide for Managing Risk Through Leadership
by Drew Leemon & Tod Schimelpfenig
“Risk Management for Outdoor Leaders represents decades of experiences by two thoughtful and dedicated professionals who have made risk management in the out-of-doors one of their most important responsibilities.”
- Dan Garvey, President, Prescott College September 2005
What causes accidents in the backcountry? It’s people, both individuals and groups, who contribute to most accidents, according to a new book released by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).
In Risk Management for Outdoor Leaders, long-time wilderness educators and risk management experts Drew Leemon and Tod Schimelpfenig explore how people’s actions in the backcountry can have fatal consequences. The authors cite numerous incidents in fields ranging from aviation to mountaineering and medicine that reveal this “human factor.” They illustrate how poor teamwork, miss-communication, complacency, lack of situational awareness and poor decisions contribute and cause risk management incidents. Their conclusion is that the same behaviors and habits – failures in leadership, teamwork and communication — are involved in every incident in outdoor education.
In this book, you’ll learn from the experts. Leemon is NOLS’ risk management director and Schimelpfenig is curriculum director for the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS (WMI). Topics cover how to plan for an expedition, build effective teams, sharpen your attitude, behaviors and habits, avoid decision-making traps, and apply risk-management procedures in the field. The appendices include case studies illustrating the book’s concepts. If you work with groups in the outdoors, you can’t afford not to read this book.
Published by the National Outdoor Leadership School Cost: $39.95
Available online at www.nols.edu
National Outdoor Leadership School 284 Lincoln St. • Lander, WY 82520 • 800-710-NOLS • www.nols.edu
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