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Overview
Abroad is a Human Transformation Platform™ designed to help leaders and organizations unlock their greatest purpose and potential. For the past five years, Abroad’s team of coaches, psychologists, and scientists have been conducting original research on more than 1,300 global leaders to discover how their wellbeing challenges affect individual and organizational performance. Through a seamless integration of people analytics, coaching, cohort-based learning, and personalized content, Abroad’s digital platform with a human touch is scientifically-evidenced to unlock human and organizational flourishing.

Our Purpose & Vision
Abroad’s vision is to actualize human potential and co-create the wellbeing economy -- a purposeful economy in service of human and ecological flourishing. To achieve our vision, we balance science and ancient wisdom to address limiting mindsets and outdated definitions of success that are preventing humans and organizations from creating a society that works for everyone.

Our History
The vision for Abroad was born November 2015 in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, a nation best known for its Gross National Happiness initiative that measures the collective happiness of its people. During a soul-searching quest, a group of coaches, emotion psychologists, and wisdom keepers serendipitously connected with a group of business leaders from one of the top business schools at the Gross National Happiness conference. At a dinner that evening at the COMO Uma Paro Hotel, the groups explored how psychology, emotions, and ancient philosophy could be applied to high-performance entrepreneurship and business. The group later discovered this fateful dinner was a catalyst for lifelong friendships and evolutionary collaborations.
Testimonials

Jennifer Sepull
CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER, AIR NEW ZEALAND
Abroad’s holistic executive coaching and awe-inspiring quests have helped me to gain deep insights about myself and challenged me to live a more balanced life. These breakthroughs have made me a better leader.
Marty Chuck
FORMER CIO, ELECTRONIC ARTS
In my 30 years as an executive, Abroad's leadership development programs are among the best I've seen.


Katrina Uychaco
CO-FOUNDER AND EMERITUS LEADER OF GITHUB'S EMPLOYEE RESOURCE FOR MARGINALIZED GENDERS
I had multiple colleagues from across the organization remark about breakthroughs and epiphanies that they’ve been experiencing thanks to Abroad.
Our Clients
These are some of the forward-thinking organizations we have worked with to develop their leaders and teams.














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