Alison Levine

Alison Levine

Morrison, Colorado, United States
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I am a keynote speaker focusing on the topic of leading teams in extreme environments…

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  • IMPOSTER SYNDROME: If You Can't Beat It...Stuart Smalley It!
    Apr 12, 2022

    IMPOSTER SYNDROME: If You Can't Beat It...Stuart Smalley It!

    The year was 2002, and I was the team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition. I was living my dream…

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  • BE LIKE MIKE.
    May 25, 2020

    BE LIKE MIKE.

    10 years ago today, I reached the summit of Mt Everest. It was my second attempt, after having turned back at the South…

    34 Comments
  • We Are All Influencers
    Mar 15, 2019

    We Are All Influencers

    Last week was surreal. One day I was on Celine Dion's stage at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace talking to 5000 people…

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  • On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Mt. Everest and Other Extreme Environments

    Hachette Book Group/Grand Central Publishing

    On the Edge provides engaging, concrete insights garnered from various extreme environments ranging from Mt Everest to the South Pole. By reflecting on the lessons learned from her various expeditions, author Alison Levine makes the case that the leadership principles that apply in extreme adventure sport also apply to today's extreme business environments. Both settings require you to be able to make crucial decisions on the spot when the conditions around you are far from perfect. Your…

    On the Edge provides engaging, concrete insights garnered from various extreme environments ranging from Mt Everest to the South Pole. By reflecting on the lessons learned from her various expeditions, author Alison Levine makes the case that the leadership principles that apply in extreme adventure sport also apply to today's extreme business environments. Both settings require you to be able to make crucial decisions on the spot when the conditions around you are far from perfect. Your survival -and the survival of your team-depend on it. On the Edge provides a framework to help people scale whatever big peaks they aspire to climb-be they literal or figurative-by offering practical, humorous, and often unorthodox advice about how to grow as a leader. Foreword by legendary Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski.

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  • Leadership in Dangerous Situations: A Handbook for the Armed Forces, Emergency Services and First Responders

    Naval Institute Press

    Levine is a contributing author to this book which offers the wisdom of practitioners from the military, law enforcement, adventurers, fire and rescue, as well as prominent scholars. This guide integrates theory and research with practical experience to help the reader prepare for the unique psychological, social, and physical challenges of leading in dangerous contexts. Whether a young soldier preparing for war, seasoned combat commander, SWAT team leader, EMT supervisor, law enforcement…

    Levine is a contributing author to this book which offers the wisdom of practitioners from the military, law enforcement, adventurers, fire and rescue, as well as prominent scholars. This guide integrates theory and research with practical experience to help the reader prepare for the unique psychological, social, and physical challenges of leading in dangerous contexts. Whether a young soldier preparing for war, seasoned combat commander, SWAT team leader, EMT supervisor, law enforcement patrol unit leader, or fire department lieutenant, those involved in life-and-death situations face common challenges, and the authors draw on their own experiences and that of others to help first responders effectively function in dangerous environments.

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  • ON THE EDGE: The Art of High Impact Leadership

    Grand Central Publishing (Jan 7, 2014)

    A history-making adventurer, Levine has conquered the highest peak on each continent, served as team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, and skied to both the North and South Poles. In On the Edge, she chronicles the ups and downs of her expeditions and makes a compelling case that the leadership principles that apply in the world of extreme adventure also apply to today's rigorously competitive business environments. Both settings require you to make critical decisions…

    A history-making adventurer, Levine has conquered the highest peak on each continent, served as team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, and skied to both the North and South Poles. In On the Edge, she chronicles the ups and downs of her expeditions and makes a compelling case that the leadership principles that apply in the world of extreme adventure also apply to today's rigorously competitive business environments. Both settings require you to make critical decisions when the conditions around you are far from perfect. Your survival—and the survival of your team—depend on it.

    Levine currently serves as an adjunct instructor at West Point and on the board of the Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics at Duke University. The advice she offers throughout the book comes not only from her own experiences in life or death situations, but also from lessons she learned from decorated military officers, successful business leaders, and legendary sports heroes. Much of it is flat-out contrarian and flies in the face of what you’ve been told by well-known management gurus and highly-paid executive coaches: encourage big egos, go backward – away from your goal, ignore the rules, ditch the plan, deprive yourself of sleep, and reward failure. But it worked for her. And it can work for you too. Levine’s approach is candid, direct, and perhaps even politically incorrect, because that’s how people tend to talk when there’s no one from human resources around.

    On the Edge provides a roadmap to help you scale whatever big peaks you aspire to climb—be they literal or figurative—by offering practical, humorous, and often unorthodox advice about how to reach your potential as a leader.

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Honors & Awards

  • 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor

    Ellis Island Honors Society

    The Medal recognizes individuals who have made it their mission to share with those less fortunate, their wealth of knowledge, indomitable courage, boundless compassion, unique talents and selfless generosity.
    Past medalists include seven U.S. presidents, world leaders, Nobel Prize winners, and other leaders of industry, education, the arts, sports and government, along with everyday Americans. Both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate have officially…

    The Medal recognizes individuals who have made it their mission to share with those less fortunate, their wealth of knowledge, indomitable courage, boundless compassion, unique talents and selfless generosity.
    Past medalists include seven U.S. presidents, world leaders, Nobel Prize winners, and other leaders of industry, education, the arts, sports and government, along with everyday Americans. Both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate have officially recognized the Ellis Island Medals of Honor, and each year's recipients are read into the Congressional Record.

  • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame Inductee

    Office of the Governor

    The Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame was initiated in 1981 by the Office of the Governor and the Arizona Women’s Commission to pay tribute to the remarkable women who have played a significant role in the history of this state.

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