Increasing your resilience is like practicing a muscle. Reading books or listening to a podcast simply won’t get you there. You need to feel the stress in order to overcome it. That’s why we have developed this unique combination of increasing your resilience while learning the basics of paragliding.
We will teach you ways to deal with stress in a safe outdoors group setting. And then we will take it to a whole other level. You will learn to apply these techniques while your feet take off the ground.

Are you ready to leave your computer screen and discover the outdoors?
Do you agree that the best learning happens while doing it?

We combine the best of both worlds in this hands-on resilience training! While you will have plenty of time to learn the basics of paragliding, you will also stretch the limits of your comfort zone.

We will use the experience of your paragliding training to increase your awareness about:

How you handle stress and discomfort
How you can adapt to any given situation
How you can use your body and breath to decrease stress

This training combines learning an exciting new skill and immediately helps you become aware of how your thinking and stress reactions limit your potential.

We will use different approaches to maximize your learning

Basics of paragliding on a training slope by professional paragliding instructors. We adjust to your level of learning (tandem flight, solo flight)
Guided self-reflection under the supervision of a leadership coach
Experiencing and managing physical, emotional and mental stress in a safe learning environment
Group dynamics: what is the impact of your stress on the group? What is the impact of the group on your stress?
Embodiment: understanding and experiencing the fight/flight/freeze action in your body. Gaining insights on how you can use your body to increase your resilience. Applying breath techniques to activate the parasympathetic nervous system.

Throughout the training we will gain insights into different themes, such as:

Resilience

How do you deal with change?
How do you deal with uncertainty?
How do you deal with failure?
How do you respond to stress?

Agility

How do you react to your context in an agile, yet authentic way?
How do you strike the right balance between wanting to control the situation and going with the flow?

Learning process

What is “a learning process”?
How does it work for you personally? Do you have a growth mindset or fixed mindset?
Where do you get stuck in your own learning process?
How can you allow yourself to learn and fail?

Learning how to fly

An initiation in paragliding, learning the basic ground handling techniques
A training tandem-flight with a professional pilot
A guided solo flight (for those who are ready and interested)

Depending on the meteorological conditions:

Wake-up, breakfast, prepare a packed lunch.
Depart for the morning activity at 7h30.
Morning activity, either tandem flight, training slope practice or a solo guided flight.
Lunch and a debriefing of the morning session.
Training / Coaching session on resilience / agility / learning.
Afternoon activity, either tandem flight, training slope practice or a solo guided flight.
Dinner and a debriefing of the afternoon session.
Training / Coaching session on resilience / agility / learning.

Debbie Baute

Your humble guide through chaos

Debbie is a certified leadership coach and change consultant with a PhD in physical chemistry and a master’s degree in chemical engineering. Quite atypical, you say? Her path may have been atypical, but it has brought her exactly where she needs to be 🙂

Her career path took some unexpected turns:

From engineer in Leuven to scientist in Israel and Switzerland,
From researcher at IMEC to HR manager at Procter & Gamble,
From HR manager to independent executive coach,
And now she is carving her path as an entrepreneur.

Her background and expertise:

Coaching leaders and leadership teams
Large-scale change initiatives
Personal experience leading in the corporate world
Scientific and evidence-based leadership

More info here:

Robin Lefebvre

I am a gardener.
A gardener of people, I listen to dreams, goals and challenges and plant the roots in the right environment.

Robin is a leadership trainer and coach, with a PhD in molecular genetics, who after a career in the corporate world, pursued his passion to help others grow towards their goals. His path towards sharing his passions led to becoming a certified paragliding instructor and … well this training.

His career path also took some unexpected turns:

From industrial engineer to PhD researcher in Antwerp,
From Sr. Scientist, Corporate Trainer and Recruiter at Procter & Gamble,
From administrative director at Scouts and Gidsen Vlaanderen,
To an independent trainer and coach,
And managing a paragliding school.

His background and expertise:

Training leaders and leadership teams
Innovation and scientific research
Personal leadership experience in various organisations
Scientific and evidence-based training design

More info here:

Contact us via email:

Debbie: Debbie@resilienceinaction.training

Robin: Robin@resilienceinaction.training

Registration is completed via paying the advance to the below account.

Price: € 1995.00 (VAT incl.)

Advance: € 650.00

This includes:

The coaching and training
1 – 2 Tandem flights
0 – 2 Guided Solo flights (pending emotional willingness and technical readiness)
Training slope practice sessions
Rental of technical gear (Wing, Harnas, Reserve, Helmet, Radio)
Paragliding insurance and flight manual
Meeting rooms and refreshments (coffee / tea)
Local transport (some carpooling might be required)

This does not include:

Hotel (more info on the different options can be found here)
Food and beverages
Transport towards, and return from the venue

Account details:

IBAN: BE33651149907846
BIC: KEYT BE BB
Account: Robin Lefebvre

Take your resilience to the next level:

Do you feel overwhelmed by the never-ending waves of change?

Do you want to change how you react to stressful situations?

Take your resilience to the next level with this Resilience in Action Training!

We will use the experience of your paragliding training to increase your awareness about:

Why should you participate?

To arm yourself against stress

To increase your resilience

To increase your potential

To understand people in your organization: what stresses them out and how can you support them?

This is not a typical training in a meeting room. Instead, you will experience first hand how you deal with stress on and off the paragliding training slope. You will learn to apply useful tricks to increase your resilience.

When should you NOT participate?

How?

What?

Resilience

Agility

Learning process

Learning how to fly

What is the plan for a typical day?

Who are we ?

Debbie Baute