LEGACY : Sir Ed Hillary - Legacy to management ; Sir Ed Hillary has been credited with many things yet few have realised what a great CEO he was. Having climbed Mount Everest as a team member he subsequently achieved everything else as the CEO. I have been fortunate enough to read View from the Summit, by Sir Ed Hillary and Hell-bent for the Pole by Geoffrey Lee Martin. There are lessons there for business.

New Zealand Management | February 1, 2008| | Copyright

Lesson 1

If you want to be picked for the 'summit' team, ensure you don't just rely on reputation. Sir Ed Hillary knew there were at least three pairs of climbers capable of making the summit in Sir John Hunt's successful expedition. He wanted to make sure that Sir John would not overlook the new team of himself and Tenzing, so he devised a test of stamina that would, without any shadow of doubt, show they were the fittest team.

They succeeded in ascending from base camp to advanced base camp and back in one day, a task previously carried out in two days. The test had, I understand, little ...

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