Susan's client list comprises several Fortune & Global 500 corporations: Aflac, AT&T, Bellsouth, Boeing, Chevron Texaco, Cisco Systems, Danaher, FedEx, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Nike, Novartis, Northwestern Mutual, Qualcomm, Safeco, Shell, UBS, Unilever, and Wells Fargo, as well as, mid-size corporations to start ups
Susan Ershler
History-Making Mountain Climber, Business Executive, International Speaker and Bestselling Author
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Susan Ershler
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As a history-making mountain climber, business executive and bestselling author, Susan Ershler inspires audiences to challenge their perceived limitations and reach new heights of business and personal success. Susan Ershler tours the world speaking about her life journey and sharing with others hersecrets 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 including Verizon, CenturyLink, United Technologies, and FedEx. She's led teams to sales records, beating objectives from $1 million to $600 million, ultimately as a Vice President. Along the way, she earned 11 annual President's Club awards - for leading teams to top performance.During that era of corporate achievement, she, and her husband Phil, 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. That feat earned them world-wide media attention, including Good Morning America, CNN, the Today Show, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times and many others. In her first acclaimed book, Together on Top of the World; The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits, Susan shared her remarkable Everest adventure and the life lessons she learned on the mountain. Now, in her latest book, Conquering the Seven Summits of Sales: From Everest to Every Business, Achieving Peak Performance (published by HarperCollins), Susan examines the habits of success anyone can master to achieve peak performance in selling, business and leadership, using the same techniques and determination that empowered her to climb the world's highest mountains.
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Reaching New Heights
Everest & Beyond™
No matter how impossible they may seem, your dreams for personal and professional success are never truly out of reach if you Project • Prepare • Persevere®. This is the systematic approach to high achievement Susan Ershler developed while simultaneously climbing the world’s tallest mountains and leading sales organizations at some of the nation's largest corporations.
On May 16, 2002, Susan and her husband Phil made history as the first couple to stand together at the summit of Mount Everest, capping their decade-long odyssey to climb the Seven Summits; the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. In her stirring keynote, Susan tells the amazing story of their Everest experience, the setbacks they overcame along the way, and their triumphant return to reach the summit. She also shares the road-tested strategies she developed that can empower anyone to overcome their perceived limitations and achieve seemingly impossible goals.
Conquering the Seven Summits of Sales®
Is your sales organization achieving its true potential? What strategies and techniques would transform your sales team into a dynamic force for revenue growth and customer satisfaction?
For two decades, Susan Ershler rose through the ranks of sales leadership while simultaneously climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. Now, her mission is to help others secure the financial rewards and personal fulfillment that come with being a top performer.
In this presentation, Susan shares the Seven Summit principals that every sales professional must master to consistently achieve top performance year after year. She describes the Project • Prepare • Persevere® methodology that enabled her to lead her sales team to achieve a seemingly impossible $300M revenue goal. She also provides practical techniques for overcoming real-world sales challenges and blowing away the numbers. Attendees will walk away inspired to excel and ready to meet Everest-sized revenue objectives.
Conquering the Seven Summits of Peak Performance™
In today’s increasingly competitive business environment, it takes vision, planning and perseverance to reach the pinnacle of career achievement. Are you ready to see your career trajectory accelerate into the stratosphere? Then Susan Ershler’s Project • Prepare • Persevere® methodology is your key to becoming a peak performer and reaching the pinnacle of personal and professional success.
In this inspiring presentation, Susan shares the Seven Summit principles that every business professional must master to consistently achieve top performance year after year. She also describes practical techniques for overcoming real-world business challenges and securing the financial rewards and personal fulfillment that come with being a top performer. Attendees will leave confident, inspired, and equipped with the tools they need to achieve peak performance and realize their dreams.
Leading Teams to Peak Performance™
On the mountains, successful expedition leaders think like guides, not climbers. In the business world, the most successful sales leaders think like CEOs. They inspire and lead by example.
Susan is an expert practitioner in the art of sales leadership. Throughout her career, she has excelled at building and leading teams that achieve exceptional, sometimes life-changing results. In this inspiring presentation, Susan shares the Project • Prepare • Persevere® methodology that enabled her to lead her sales team to achieve a seemingly impossible $300M revenue goal while simultaneously climbing the Seven Summits; the highest mountain on each of the seven continents.
Drawing on her knowledge and experience, Susan shows why the best leaders are much more than top performers themselves. They enable every member of their team to overcome their perceived limitations by learning to commit to their team’s shared vision of success. Attendees will walk away with the leadership skills they need to help their teams win the recognition and rewards that accrue to top performers.
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From Everest to Every Business: Leadership, Teamwork and Partnership- Susan Ershler
How does a non-climber, mentally and physically prepare oneself to climb Mt Everest?
As I prepared for my Journey to the top of Mt. Everest, I had a very clear vision of...
How to Approach Event Planning Like Approaching Mount Everest [VIDEO]
Part 2 of 2
Susan's Biography:
Susan Ershler tours the world speaking about her life journey and sharing with others her secrets for success, determination, and achieving...
How Is Event Planning Is Like Climbing Mount Everest? [VIDEO]
Part 1 of 2
Susan's Biography:
Susan Ershler tours the world speaking about her life journey and sharing with others her secrets for success, determination, and achieving...
Conquering the 7 Summits of Sales [INTERVIEW]
Skype Interview with Premiere Senior Vice President, Brian Lord.
In this interview, Susan Ershler illustrates how she utilized her experience as a sales leader as...
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