Kirk Reynolds, OwnerWilder Retreats, a leader in nature-based company retreats, combines its team’s decades of travel, hospitality, and outdoor experience to craft experiences that employees cherish for a lifetime. A full-service corporate retreat, forum retreat, executive offsite and team-building facilitator, it creates itineraries and executes meaningful experiences that teams love, rooted in nature.
From a backcountry trip through Yellowstone National Park to a waterfall hike in Yosemite, Wilder Retreats curates opportunities for teams to build meaningful, lasting bonds. The profound, enriching memories they create at these retreats help them improve communication and increase productivity.
“It’s absolutely inspiring to watch individuals and teams grow and transform on our retreats,” says Kirk Reynolds, owner of Wilder Retreats. “I’ve seen conflicts resolved, confidence explode, and ideas hatch, because people aren’t locked in a boardroom all day.”
In addition to their corporate retreats, Wilder’s forum retreats are designed for Young Presidents’ Organization, Entrepreneur Organization and other professional groups. These retreats are carefully curated to help clients reach their full potential by combining epic adventures with expert-led discussions. The adventurous activities are incorporated brilliantly to impart lessons on different topics, such as risks, sustainability, growth, and talent acquisition.
For example, if the topic the client wants to explore is risk management, the team plans an adventure activity like rock climbing. People with no background in rock climbing find themselves navigating risk, teamwork, and decision-making, all crucial to business risk management. They also learn that what is considered a perceived risk might not be a problem at all. After the retreat, clients return to work empowered and confident, and they trust their intuitions.
Wilder takes the hassle of organizing a retreat off the shoulders of its clients. Drawing on its long-standing relationships with some of the best lodging businesses and knowledgeable guides, it makes the entire process seamless and drives cost savings for clients.
It’s absolutely inspiring to watch individuals and teams grow and transform on our retreats. I’ve seen conflicts resolved, confidence explode, and ideas hatch, because people aren’t locked in a boardroom all day
The Wilder team, which is logistically sharp and carries decades of experience in the field, merges its layers of expertise in building a creative itinerary comprising the best travel plans, lodging services and menus no other company can offer. They also work with business coaches and influencers who can attend retreats and help teams break down business problems and come up with innovative ways to solve them.
One of Wilder’s clients––a company with a remote workforce of 80 employees––was going through a rough patch between the sales and production teams, which impacted the overall culture. The sales team was overpromising, and the production team could not keep up, leading to a lack of harmony and reduced productivity. Upon identifying the problem, Wilder planned a four-day retreat to Yosemite. Sales professionals were paired with production specialists for a hike, one of the many activities they participated in on the trip, which allowed them to understand each other’s perspectives on their issues. The retreat brought the two teams together in nature, elevated trust to a new level, boosted productivity and ensured a better work environment.
Passionate about connecting people through outdoor experiences, Wilder creates long-lasting memories close to nature, in national parks, around the world, or closer to home.
