From the Death Zone to the Boardroom What Business Leaders and Decision Makers Can Learn From Extreme Mountaineering

This book explores experiences and reflections of an extreme sports athlete within the context of business, the latest scholarly works and research on topics that are relevant and timely for today?s managers and business leaders, and the daily challenges they face.

Conviction, discipline, managing fear in high stakes situations, leading, working with teams and making decisions in extreme conditions - what will help you in extreme sports can also get you to your goals in business. In From the Death Zone to the Boardroom, speed ski mountaineer Benedikt Boehm tells gripping and inspirational stories about his fears, pain, suffering and facing death during his expeditions to some of the world's highest mountains. Throughout, his co-author and professor of leadership and management, Stefan Gröschl integrates scholarly ideas and works beyond traditional business boundaries providing you with unusual insights and thought-provoking alternatives for managing your business.

The combination of extreme athlete, company leader, and business school scholar is unique, and ensures the relevance and timeliness of the selected themes, and the pellucidity of the conceptual context to a readership beyond academic boundaries. The result is advice that is both highly personal and empirically tested; a combination that makes for an absorbing read and unparalleled advice for you and your career.

Chapter 1: About the book and the authors, Chapter 2: About the unthinkable, Chapter 3: About uncertainty, Chapter 4: About fear, Chapter 5: About failure, Chapter 6: About death and mortality, Chapter 7: About suffering, Chapter 8: About leading teams and making decisions in extreme conditions, Chapter 9: About speed and lightness, Chapter 10: About managing my many lives, Index

Benedikt Boehm is CEO of the leading ski touring equipment brand Dynafit and a well-known speed ski mountaineer. Ben has shared his experiences to leading multinational companies and on German national television. He has been featured in national and international journals, newspapers, and television ads.

Stefan Gröschl is professor in management at ESSEC Business School. His award-winning writings have been published in numerous books, chapters, and articles in the international trade and academic press. Aside his scholarly works Stefan has a strong interest in long-distance triathlons and apnea diving.