Many businesspeople feel overwhelmed by global changes, resource challenges, and market uncertainties. All of these, combined with high client expectations, can create fatigue, stress, or burnout. To keep climbing these mountains of change, professionals need to elevate their resilience.

From his 42 years of high-altitude climbing experiences (including Everest), expedition leader Jim Davidson shares field-tested tips for building a resilient mindset. He shares practical tips and techniques on how your team can:

• Accept uncertainty
• Adapt to changes
• Endure the inevitable storms
• Stay summit-driven while avoiding dangerous “summit fever”

In this compelling keynote, Jim reveals resilient teamwork and leadership techniques for:

• Being trustworthy
• Amplifying resilience in others
• Preparing for false summits
• Nurturing Post-Traumatic Growth for the opportunities ahead

NOTE: This keynote connects especially well with fiscal services organizations and high-level sales teams. Since 2006, Jim has spoken to hundreds of such teams, both nationally and internationally, because the traits that make great high-altitude climbers also make excellent sales professionals.

Keynote is 30 to 60 minutes. Offered live or virtual.

High-performing organizations face change, challenge, and uncertainty every day. This forces team members and leaders to adapt, adjust, and innovate at an ever-increasing pace. Uncertainty can grow and team dynamics can become strained. To endure and succeed you, your team, and your leaders must all build resilience for the challenges and opportunities ahead.

As an expedition leader and climber for 42 years, Jim Davidson has encountered many intense teamwork and leadership challenges. From the high-altitude rescues that Jim has led, he has distilled many hard-won lessons about resilient teamwork and resilient leadership.

By examining real-world mountain rescues that he has conducted, Jim facilitates an invigorating, interactive workshop that has your team working together to resolve complex leadership and teamwork challenges. In this hands-on session, Jim uses engaging storytelling and powerful visuals to bring these amazing experiences to life for your attendees. Then, he guides the participants to analyze the situation and distill crucial resilience lessons that they can use to be better team members and leaders. Your team will:

• Debate what traits make a team member resilient.
• Identify characteristics that a resilient leader should embody.
• Examine their own resilience strengths and weaknesses.

This engaging workshop includes interactive modules with small-group discussion, large-group facilitation, and individual self-reflection. Jim’s well-refined process enhances mutual understanding and relationship-building among work colleagues. Each person walks away with an individual written self-analysis and specific ways that they can enhance their resilience at work and at home.

Attendees vigorously engage with the process because these are real challenges (not board games or simulations). Jim regularly facilitates this energizing program for top-quality organizations like Marriott, Credit Suisse, US Army, Kia Motors, and many more.

Notes: This Interactive workshop can fit time slots of 2 to 4 hours. It works very well when combined with an opening keynote from Jim.