The Mountain Within Leadership Lessons And Inspiration For Your Climb To The Top

In July 2008, international business executive Herta von Stiegel led a group of disabled people to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for charity. The story was captured in the award-winning documentary The Mountain Within—and now the expedition has inspired this remarkable work, which blends the gripping tale with powerful leadership lessons and conversations with many of the world’s most influential business leaders: Kay Unger Sung-Joo Kim Dr. Joachim Faber Baroness Scotland of Asthal Marsha Serlin Dr. Karl (Charly) and Lisa Kleissner Martha (Marty) Wikstrom Sam Chisholm Minister Mohamed Lotfi Mansour Karin Forseke President and Lt. General Seretse Khama Ian Khama Christie Hefner Abeyya Al-Qatami Hon. Al Gore and David Blood Dr. Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim Life may be full of obstacles, but it is the mountain within that most often needs to be conquered. No matter your challenges or where you are on your climb to the top, this unique work helps you become a resilient leader capable of guiding your team to achieve even the most challenging goal.

I found my greatest growth in leadership through the pursuit of climbing mountains. Climbing mountains takes focus and determination but it also demonstrates the need to remain unflappable under epic or stormy situations. The people in your company will more likely follow your leadership when you remain calm and attentive to their best interests. Early on, I learned the value of character from the influencers and mentors in my life.Influence without character is dead-end leadership. You will glean insights from the stories I share about the victories and mistakes I learned about leadership from climbing mountains.

Climb Every Mountain: Dr. Linda’s Leadership Lessons is a summary of many great Leadership Books and Quotes leaders can use in any Keynote in one convenient place. When Linda was elected into national leadership positions or trying to compete at the highest level of marathon racing, she needed inspiration. Linda was also a track and cross country coach and gathered poems and quotes she could use to motivate herself and my athletes. She has spent over 20 years compiling these leadership tools and wanted to compile them in one place to make it convenient for future leaders to have these tools to use.

Practical and accessible with workbook activities and exercises for readers to do, this book shares the eight essential elements of teamwork, using Benincasa's exciting, challenging, and life-affirming experiences as an extreme world class adventure racer.

The story of climbing a mountain has much to do with every leader's story of leadership. This book shows you the way. Courage to Lead is based on Daphna Horowitz's life-transforming journey up Africa's tallest mountain. It was a journey that posed challenges for this executive life coach. Used to a yuppie life in the corporate capital, Daphna had to adapt to the back-to-basics approach to life. Jimmy Choos and designer suits were swopped for sensible climbing boots and thermal clothing. Courage to Lead is a practical guide to leadership. This is a 'how to' of leadership development, so that you can walk away with useful tips to develop and enhance your leadership. Don't expect abstract leadership concepts, theories and frameworks. This book extends beyond the boardroom and is a relevant read for anyone who needs to take charge of their leadership and life. Like the mountain that loomed constantly ahead of Daphna Horowitz, leadership is not the domain of a select few, but for anyone who wants to rise to the challenge. - If you're a leader, an aspiring leader or if you work with leaders to enhance their leadership effectiveness, this book, with its lessons and challenges, can serve as your coach and guide. - If you're an ordinary person thinking of taking on an extraordinary challenge, like climbing Kilimanjaro, this book contains tips and tools to transform any challenge into a purposeful adventure. Courage to Lead is a book that inspires, challenges and transforms.

FOREWORD BY LEGENDARY DUKE BASKETBALL COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI On the Edge is an engaging leadership manual that provides concrete insights garnered from various extreme environments ranging from Mt Everest to the South Pole. By reflecting on the lessons learned from her various expeditions, author Alison Levine makes the case that the leadership principles that apply in extreme adventure sport also apply in today's extreme business environments. Both settings require you to be able to make crucial decisions on the spot when the conditions around you are far from perfect. Your survival -and the survival of your team-depend on it. Featuring a Foreword from legendary Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski who knows all about leadership, On the Edge provides a framework to help people scale whatever big peaks they aspire to climb-be they literal or figurative-by offering practical, humorous, and often unorthodox advice about how to grow as a leader.

Discover the leadership strengths of world-class mountain guides and see how developing and applying these principles can help you reach for the highest summits in work—and in life. This intriguing approach to business and personal success introduces six leadership strengths of world-class mountain guides: demonstrating social intelligence; adopting a flexible leadership style; empowering others; facilitating the development of trust; managing risk in an environment of uncertainty; and seeing the big picture. The premise is that these same strengths provide a valuable model in the workplace and other networks, whether one is already in a leadership position or aspiring to get there. The result of more than a decade of research combined with the author's personal experience, the book explains how mountain guides coach people to reach for their highest goals in the most challenging environments, often enabling them to far exceed what they imagined possible. The same principles can be applied in business and elsewhere. To set readers on the right path, the author explains six strengths of guides, incorporating interviews and quotes from guides and expedition participants to illustrate leadership lessons and show how they can be successfully used off the slopes. The book also provides a checklist of action steps readers can follow to foster skill development.

"When anchors fail, people die." Your climb to excellence is never easy. The human drive within calls us to what is possible. In Reaching Your Next Summit , Manley Feinberg II, world-class mountain climber, shares nine Vertical Lessons and one essential question. These principles will renew your commitment and inspire your quest for excellence. You will realize more of your potential as you sharpen your focus, act with courage, and generate momentum in reaching your next summit-and beyond.