Susan Ershler tours the world speaking about her life journey and sharing with others her secrets for success, determination, and achieving seemingly impossible goals. Susan’s record would be remarkable enough if it only detailed her business achievements. During her 23-year corporate career, she has held a series of increasingly responsible executive positions in the sales divisions of Fortune 500 companies. She led teams to sales records, beating quotas from $1 million to $600 million. Ending as a vice president of sales for a multinational telecommunications corporation, she was responsible for their fast-growing Internet division. She also worked at US WEST, United Technologies, FedEx-Kinko’s, and GTE (Verizon). During her business career, she earned 11 annual President’s Club sales awards – the top honors awarded to the sales people in these companies. But as Ershler was marking these achievements, she and her husband Phil, a professional mountain guide, were climbing the Seven Summits – the highest mountain on each of the world’s the seven continents. That remarkable journey culminated at the top of Mount Everest on May 16, 2002. With that climb, she and Phil became the first couple in history to climb the Seven Summits together. That feat earned them worldwide media attention, including Good Morning America, CNN, the Today Show, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times and many others. Their new book, "Together On Top Of The World: The Remarkable Story of the First couple to climb the Fabled Seven Summits," was published by Warner Books. Not a professional mountain climber, Susan trained by climbing the 35 stories in her high-rise office building on her lunch hour for a year - with a 40-pound pack on her back. Susan tells her electrifying story to audiences with clarity and passion. She lifts her audience's ambitions by showing them how hard work, dedication, perseverance and a total commitment to excellence can pay off in reaching seemingly impossible goals. Her leadership message begins with visualizing a goal, no matter how difficult or out of reach. She continues with techniques to improve focus and discipline and shows how essential teamwork is to achievement. And she concludes with a passionate affirmation of the value of life and the thrill of celebrating your success from the top of the world. Susan Ershler's message stands apart for its credibility and power. Having climbed the mountain - in work, and in the world, Susan Ershler is the real deal. Titles Reaching New Heights - Everest and Beyond: How to achieve the impossible and realize your dreams From Manager to Mountaineer: How to overcome obstacles and achieve the impossible Project, Prepare and Preserve: What climbing to the pinnacle of the world can teach us about achievement Topics Adventure, Performance, Goal-setting, Team Building, Risk, Motivation, Women Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $10,000 - $14,999 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State WA Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.

TESTIMONIALS: “You made a HUGE difference for 2500 folks and we will be forever indebted.” - FedEX Kinko’s "Sue's presentation was an outstanding story where we share the excitement of her journey to the summit and how this experience is related with our business, specifically in terms of setting goals and teamwork. Sue performed flawlessly and the team was pleased and really motivated by this absolutely great keynote. She is truly an inspiration for all of us!" - Microsoft "Susan has the highest recommendation from us and would be expected to deliver an excellent presentation for future events." - Westinghouse Electric Company "Susan did a great job in her presentation of drawing the parallels of what it took for her to be successful in her climbing and relating it back to the successes in her business life. Her presentation was extremely well received by our management team and my entire staff." - Safeco