New lecture
by Rebecca Stephens MBE
‘The Seven Summits of Success’
The Seven Summits are the highest mountains on each of the world’s seven
continents – including, of course, Mount Everest – and to climb them takes
leadership and teamwork skills that define individuals capable of achieving
extraordinary things in their lives.
Rebecca Stephens is the first British woman to have climbed Everest. She
is also the first English-speaking woman in the world to have climbed the
Seven Summits.
In a new book, The Seven Summits of Success, published by Capstone
Publishing Ltd, Rebecca teams up with management guru Robert Heller to
explore the practical, mental and psychological skills that enabled her to
achieve her dream – and, more important, how these same skills can
enable other people to succeed in achieving their dreams in the
increasingly challenging environment of the workplace.
A new lecture, The Seven Summits of Success, presented as a keynote, or
as a workshop tailored to your organisation, allows you and your company
to hear Rebecca’s inspirational message in person.
Through experiences in wild, at times dangerous environments,
Rebecca reveals how individuals and teams can realise their own
potential and excel by learning to apply seven ‘summit’ principles:
The Kilimanjaro principle – The First Step
The Denali principle – Acquiring the Skills
The Everest principle - Effective teamwork
The Elbrus principle - Coaching
The Carstensz principle – Recruiting the best available talent
The Aconcagua principle - Positive Thinking
The Vinson principle – Tenacity to the Last
Insightful, practical and life-affirming, the Seven Summits of
Success is about harnessing the desire and the courage to
pursue your own chosen path - to climb your own Everest.
And it is more than mere metaphor. It provides a step-bystep
framework for companies and individuals to achieve
ultimate success.
Rebecca Stephens, MBE
1 Ringmer Avenue, London SW6 5LP Tel: 020 7736 1483 Mob: 0771 00 98937
email: enquiries@rebeccastephens.com www.rebeccastephens.com
First British woman to climb Everest & The Seven Summits | Motivational Speaker | Leadership & Team
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Rebecca is the first British woman to have climbed Everest - an achievement recognised around the world. Rebecca then went on
to become the first English-speaking woman in the world to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven
continents.
Her achievements might suggest she has always known exactly what she wanted to do, but this is far from the truth. At school,
she followed no particular path. 'I went to university and then into journalism, still not knowing what I wanted to do.'
It wasn't until the age of 27 that she discovered a passion that was to change her life. As a journalist, she accompanied an
Anglo-American expedition on Everest's North East Ridge and got bitten by the mountaineering bug. She decided she wanted to
climb. Not only that, she wanted to climb the highest mountain in the world. Four years on she fulfilled this ambition and has
subsequently continued to break records and barriers. But how did she do it?
'Simple,' she says, with the benefit of hindsight. 'I wanted to climb these mountains more than anything else in the world,
and that was half the battle won. A burning desire meant I just pushed that much harder to acquire the requisite skills and make
sure it happened.' Rebecca believes that everyone has 'their Everest', something they badly want to do. The secret is to have the
self-awareness to listen to your inner voice and follow a path that is true for you.
With a passionate belief that every individual can achieve goals far beyond their wildest dreams, Rebecca lectures to
corporate audiences and schools around the world. She also contributes articles to a number of national newspapers and has
regularly appeared on television, most notably on Tomorrow's World. She has written a compelling account of her ascent of
Everest, 'On Top of the World', a Dorling Kindersley book on mountains, entitled 'Everest', and most recently 'The
Seven Summits of Success', co-written with management guru Robert Heller. She's also been a judge on the Man
Booker award for contemporary literature.
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Not surprisingly, Rebecca continues to adventure at every opportunity. She has sailed the Southern Seas to the South Magnetic
Pole and Antarctica, competed in an eight-day Eco-Challenge with polar explorers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Mike Stroud, running,
biking and canoeing across the Canadian Rockies. Most recently, she has crossed the island of South Georgia in the footsteps of
Sir Ernest Shackleton.
She is a trustee for the Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, member of the
Alpine Club, and has been closely involved with The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and the Outward Bound Trust.
She lives in London with her partner and young daughter, Anna.
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