Interview with Eric Edmeades
Eric Edmeades is an entrepreneur and business speaker. He runs annual leadership programs up Kilimanjaro. We have conducted an interview with him: This is your fifth time climbing Kilimanjaro; what made you make it the central theme of your leadership program? Climbing Kilimanjaro is on many people's bucket list. It is a serious challenge but not a technical one -- the difference between success and failure is much more mental then it is physical; which is also true for business. In the week it takes to climb Kili, people will experience a variety of emotional ups and downs -- perhaps the same variety as they would normally experience in a year. This creates an interesting environment for people to get to know themselves; to try out new strategies for personal and team leadership and test them in pretty challenging circumstances. Then, when they are back at home, the ideas we learn are not theoretical -- they are practical. What do people generally say about ...