in-business YBL Program
Issue No. 52 - April/May 2010
CEOs’ Path to Vision
There were no short cuts taken when in-business YBL participants Samantha Badcock and Samone Wear and South Australian mountaineer and adventurer, Duncan Chessell, took prominent SA business leaders on an extraordinary fundraising initiative, the Path to Vision trek.
The Trek took participants on a 50km, three-day trek along the Heysen Trial to raise funds for the Royal Society for the Blind under Samantha and Samone’s Community Involvement Project.
Trekkers swapped their corporate gear for hiking attire and home comforts for tents, sleeping bags and swags as Duncan led them over challenging terrain in difficult wintry weather.
“From the beginning of the in-business YBL program it’s been evident what you gain from the course is completely dependant on the scope you set yourself,” says Samantha.
“The idea was to place myself in a position where risk needed to be taken, a vision needed to be created and shared, a strong commercial focus was required, ...



