Rebecca Stephens MBE

Rebecca Stephens 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.

About Rebecca

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.

Speaking

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.

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.

In a new book, The Seven Summits of Success, 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-by-step framework for companies and individuals to achieve ultimate success.

Media 

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.

Adventure

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.

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