Antarctic speaker Rachael Robertson relives the terror, tragedy and triumph of a real-life Antarctic Expedition Leader!
Corporate speaker Rachael Robertson was the leader of an incredible expedition to Antarctica. She speaks of REAL LEADERSHIP, honed to a fine edge as she led a year long expedition to the darkest, windiest, coldest and scariest place on earth: Antarctica.
Her experiences are sometimes unbelievable and filled with incredible ups and downs, lows and highs.
It was frantic in summer where the focus was on acheiving the science goals of the expedition.
It was dead Boring in winter where her main job was to keep 18 strangers from killing each other.
Hear how Rachael managed herself and her team of up to 120 people on this astonishing expedition. Hear how it created a leadership "crucible" for Rachael where she emerged changed forever, with deep insight into both management and leadership issues and the skills required to lead effectively in the harshest, most extreme environments.