Rona C.

Only a few short years ago, before embarking upon her epic rite of passage to become the renowned world traveller, adventurer, and inspirational communicator she is today, Rona was the epitome of "ordinary" - an unexceptional, middle-aged, single parent.

As an alarmingly novice sailor, she joined a Round the World Yacht Race in 2000. Her triumphant achievement was followed soon after by numerous other adventures, including trekking the notorious West Coast Trail, where a combination of bears, cougars, and injury made the demanding trek even more treacherous.

She tackled the challenge of the Arctic, dog-sledding across the frozen wilderness in temperatures as low as -30C. A mere three weeks later, she went on to win the inaugural Round Britain Challenge on the same boat in which she sailed round the world. Hardly pausing for breath, 2004 saw her tackling the journey they said couldn’t be done - dog-sledding 600 kilometres to the northernmost tip of Europe on the Nordkapp Expedition.

Aware of the powerful parallels which can be drawn between human behaviour in the workplace and, at the other extreme, people facing the rigours of an Arctic expedition or a round-the-world yacht race, she launched her business development consultancy to help organisations and individuals introduce and implement effective behavioural change.

Client comments about Rona include:

• "Highly motivational and inspiring. She is able to make the impossible, possible and in the telling of her adventures encourages others to try to make changes that they want to happen in their lives too. Thank you for bringing your spirit of adventure to our workplace and for your help in motivating us to introduce something new or different into our work and personal lives" - Lloyds TSB
• "She is a great story teller, who is able to demonstrate the value of teamwork and a positive attitude. Whilst being entertaining, she clearly highlights lessons learned regarding planning and organisation skills, as well as the value of delegation and recognising the strengths within a team. This message will always be of value to any Company or organisation" - International Shipping Federation
• "A remarkable woman and as such it was an inspiration to hear her speak. - I take on the gems of leadership and managerial courage from this. Superb! Leadership, teambuilding, focus, dedication, strength, courage, success, failure - although I'd heard this before, in this format it was extremely powerful" - Save the Children Conference 2004
• "You had us spellbound with your adventure and the management and leadership lessons evident in the experience" - HSBC Bank PLC
• "Fantastic speaker, inspiring", "Interesting, amazing story", "Brave lady", "Very good way of looking at leadership skills and the way a team should work together" - IIR Finance Ltd