A UK school recently welcomed Faculty member Kym Hamer to speak with Year 6 students about her journey to Antarctica. As part of their English curriculum, the students of Stormont School in Potter’s Bar, have been reading about Ernest Shackleton and were eager to...
Homeward Bound partners with Intrepid Travel and secures three scholarships
Homeward Bound, a global transformational leadership initiative, has announced an exciting partnership agreement with Intrepid Travel.
The new partnership sees Intrepid supporting its immersive experience to its new destination, Tanzania while sponsoring three scholarships for talented leaders on its tenth program (HB10).
Where the Blue Sea Ends: A poem by Kristina Burrack
Amongst the awe-inspiring landscape of Antartica, Kristina Burrack explores the vastness of nature and the daunting fears it can bring up. Nature knows best and inspires her to take the courageous step to follow it's lead, despite the fears that precedes. Based on...
The Futility of Normality: A poem by Thea Gessler
Amid the vast landscapes and reflective moments during the first stages of the Homeward Bound expedition, inspiration often strikes in unexpected ways. For participant Thea Gessler, the journey (and penguins) sparked a deep exploration of purpose and identity. The...
World’s largest initiative to elevate the visibility of women heading to Antarctica
“Antarctica is the inspiration for collaboration for these leaders, a place to be inspired to work together,” Homeward Bound CEO Pamela Sutton-Legaud says. “Seeing first-hand this dramatic landscape under attack from the climate cements the intention for the women to collaborate as leaders.”
Homeward Bound is thrilled to announce that almost 180 women who are leaders from 25 countries will voyage on two ships to Antarctica with Homeward Bound in November to ensure the sustainability of the planet.
“A safe space to reflect”: the importance of coaching at Homeward Bound
In the Homeward Bound program, participants will have one-on-one coaching sessions delivered by one of Homeward Bound’s 60+ global community of coaches who are accredited to use Human Synergistics’ Life Styles Inventory (LSI), a powerful assessment tool. In this interview, Homeward Bound’s Lead Coach Simon Osborne, and coach Natacha Wilson, describe the LSI and what participants can expect to gain from working with coaches in the program.
Curiosity, challenge and impact: an insight into Homeward Bound’s Leadership program
The Homeward Bound global leadership initiative is structured around four core program streams, each led by facilitators who have expert knowledge in those areas. Here, the facilitators of the Leadership stream in the current Homeward Bound 7 program, Jo Porter (left) and Christine Seddon, describe what participants learn about leadership in the Homeward Bound program.
‘Shifting the Culture’: HB alumna reflects on impactful program
Karin Verspoor was a computational linguist who worked at the intersection of technology, science, and medicine when she joined Homeward Bound’s third cohort, or TeamHB3, in 2018. In this interview, Professor Verspoor describes the impact of the Homeward Bound program on her leadership and career.
Questions on leadership for #TeamHB5
This week marks the end of the virtual development journey for the 5th cohort of Homeward Bound, #TeamHB5. For the past 18 months, 80 incredible women in STEMM , from all over the world, have come together every month to strengthen their connections as a community and to evolve their leadership practice.
Why women’s visibility is a central pillar of Homeward Bound
“You can give women leaders the best training in leadership, strategy and science, but if they don’t know how to make themselves seen and their real capability remains invisible, then all that potential might go to waste. And we simply don’t have time for that to happen.” So say the directors of Visibility Co, the team behind Homeward Bound’s visibility stream.