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...Cathy returned and on 29 May she was once more on the summit.
Cathy, who grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, has climbed ever since leaving school. In late 1995, she was completing a Masters degree in Media Studies when she saw an advert in a local newspaper for a place on the 1st South African Everest Expedition. She was one of 200 women who applied and was the only one finally selected.
Her presentations weave together the literal adventure of climbing Everest and the metaphorical challenge of reaching for the peak of achievement. Cathy draws on her extraordinary experiences and shares her story of challenge, of adventure, of passion for life and the reality of death. Her inspirational keynotes focus on self-motivation, team dynamics, risk-assessment and tackling seemingly overwhelming challenges one step at a time. Cathy is a superb storyteller and all presentations are illustrated throughout by spectacular images of the climbs.
Cathy is an author as well as a speaker and has written two books about her Everest experiences. In May 2000 she became the fourth woman in the world to climb Lhotse, the world’s fourth highest mountain.
Cathy is a natural story-teller and her passionate delivery produces an inspirational tale - dramatic, memorable and packed with metaphors pertinent to business. All presentations are generously illustrated with dramatic photographs from the mountain.
Previous clients include
Amslico AIG Life ▫ Anglo American ▫ BT ▫ Buhrmann ▫ Clifford Chance ▫ Coöperatie Cehave ▫ Credit Suisse ▫ Deloitte ▫ EMC ▫ Ericsson ▫ Excellence Finland ▫ Fortum ▫ Gallo Records ▫ Gate Gourmet ▫ GCHQ ▫ Gillette ▫ GlaxoSmithKline ▫ Goldman Sachs ▫ First Data ▫ Hewlett Packard ▫ Hitachi ▫ IBM ▫ JP Morgan ▫ Julius Baer ▫ KPMG ▫ Kyphon ▫ London Business School ▫ MainFirst ▫ Mees Pierson ▫ Microsoft ▫ Morgan Stanley ▫ NatWest ▫ Nedcor ▫ Nestle ▫ NetIQ ▫ NFU Mutual ▫ Nokia ▫ Novartis ▫ PeopleSoft ▫ Pfizer ▫ Philips Medical ▫ Robert Horne Group ▫ Roche ▫ Rogers Corp ▫ Royal Bank of Scotland ▫ RSA Security ▫ Siemans Dematic ▫ Six Continents ▫ SSA Global ▫ Stryker Nordic ▫ Sun Microsystems ▫ Swiss Re ▫ Telindus ▫ Toyota ▫ Trend Micro ▫ UBS ▫ Unicredit ▫ Wild ▫ Wolters Kluwer ▫ Zurich Financial
Topics
• Leadership
• Creating effective teams & team dynamics
• Everest: in Search of Peak Performance
• Dealing with Adversity
• The Power of Enjoying your Journey as a Tool to Reaching your Goal
• Personal Achievement
• Overcoming the Greatest Challenge in Life - the Fear Within you
• Anticipating Team Conflict and Making it Work to Your Advantage
• Understanding the Growth Cycle of your Team
Testimonials
“Thank you not only for great delivery of a great story but more importantly for interpreting my brief so well and aligning your message to our conference theme.” - Royal Bank of Scotland Group
“Although the adventures you experienced are of a total different nature than our business, you managed to turn it in such a way that every single person present was able to take out the points to his/her interest and could apply it to his/her job, attitude, way of thinking…. And it fitted in the Kyphon spirit perfectly.” - Kyphon Europe
“The content was perfect and exactly what I expected ... You had many symbols we were able to use afterwards in the workshop or even in the future.” - IMG AG
“It was a real honour to listen to this amazing story. Just hearing her epic story and seeing those breathtaking slides will remain in my memory for a long, long time. I will continue to draw inspiration from your account of moving ever onward and upward.” - Ernst & Young
“...thanks again for your marvellous speech. We asked the participants to complete a feedback form and .... you reached the highest scores of all.” Philips Medical Systems
“feedback was excellent. The audience was in between delighted and enthusiastic.” - Credit Suisse
“Cathy’s speech on teamwork and determination was overwhelming. Her thrilling and motivating story, emotionally presented and backed up by an excellent slide-show, succeeded in creating a ‘goose bumps atmosphere’!” - Gauss Interprise AG
“Cathy was a sell-out! The whole audience was literally speechless and awe struck, and an indication how well it all went...a number of the senior MDs all quoted her speech throughout the rest of the evening. All in all, Cathy made a very common topic -teamwork- very real and vivid. Even those behind the control panel were enthralled.” - Leading US Investment Bank
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- Everest: in Search of Peak Performance
- Leadership
- The Power of Enjoying your Journey as a Tool
- Personal Achievement
- Overcoming the Greatest Challenge in Life
- Anticipating Team Conflict and Making it Work
- Understanding the Growth Cycle of your Team
- Everest: the Teamwork Cycle
- Dealing with Adversity
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