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Ms. Araceli Segarra began in mountain sports at age 15 with an spelunking course, she continued exploring the outdoors through randonee skiing, rock climbing, and ice climbing.

In 1996,  Araceli Segarra she became the first Spanish woman to climb Mount Everest. Her ascent was chronicled in the IMAX documentary EVEREST. On the same expedition, she was a member of the rescue team during the worst disaster in the history of Mount Everest, when 13 people died.

Araceli Segarra has since worked in media and communications, publishing a series of illustrated children’s books, and delivering motivational conferences around the world. In addition, she has participated in more than 30 climbing expeditions, some of them to open new routes.

Her first book “Not so high, Not so difficult” addressed to the business environment, sport environment and personal growing, has been published in Spanish, Catalan and Italian.

Su segundo libro, “Expedición al techo de cristal”, sobre la igualdad de género, ha tenido una acogida espectacular tanto en el mundo de la montaña como en el empresarial.

Contributor on “Arucitys” TV show for  8TV for the last 3 years.

Her last children’s book, “Tina in Montserrat” has been released. You can find in in English!!! The complete seies of “Tina at the 7 summits” has been traslated to Chinese.

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The Mindset of a Team to Conquer the Summit & Their Goals

Because every person is a new door to a different world, and together we can do great things, speaker Araceli Segarra shows audiences in this session how diversity of thought can help teams face new challenges and succeed.

Your audience will learn:

- How mindsets can profoundly affect learning, skill development, relationships, achievement and success.
- The mindset of a team when working with others, empathizing, responding to group needs, being flexible and finding the motivation to lead effectively.

Driving Purpose

Finding meaning and sense of purpose in our job and in our life is the closest feeling to finding happiness. Where we invest and focus our energy, especially in the workplace, increases a sense of meaningfulness and is one of the most potent and underutilized ways to increase productivity, engagement, and performance.

Your audience will learn:

- Navigating change management.
- Strengthening team leadership.
- Building a mindset that can overcome fears to reach goals.

Trust, the Core of Leadership & How to Overcome Crisis Times

In times of crisis, leadership emerges based on people who are trusted, people who have demonstrated their values ​​and principles and who are capable of leading tough situations because they can generate trust. In this talk, speaker Araceli Segarra emphasizes that trust and cooperation are not the same as instruction. It’s a feeling that cannot be bought, only earned.

Your audience will learn:

- Identifying and building upon natural leadership qualities.
- What is trust and how can you earn it?
- Tough talks and how to demonstrate values and principles.

Stress Management & Dealing with Uncertainty

Taking actions based on decision making to deal with uncertainty that can be can be stressful, exciting, unnerving and confidence building. It is the very condition that impels man to unfold his powers. Life is a journey marked by uncertainty, dealing with it instead of destiny is what often provides progress, in this journey of ups and downs, of success and failure. Once you control it, a world of infinite possibilities opens up at your fingertips.

Your audience will learn:

- How to manage stressful situations.
- Controlling fears and building on strengths.
- How to recognize see opportunities, not obstacles.

Not That High & Not That Difficult

The main question speaker Araceli Segarra received when she returned from Mount Everest was is it harder to climb a mountain being a woman. Her response? Does a mountain change when a man or a woman climbs it? Mountains don’t make a distinction and neither do life’s obstacles. In this talk, based on topics from her critically-acclaimed book “Not That High and Not That Difficult”, Araceli helps audiences approach their goals as if they are climbing a mountain.

Your audience will learn:

- How to break down paradigms.
- What to do after overcoming adversity.
- Personal and professional work-life balance, strategy and leadership.

Testimonials

Araceli helped us communicate to our team that to get through rough times the key word is teamwork. She made a superb presentation that made everybody leave the room with a completely different view of work and life
– Adolfo del Cueto A. Bulltick Capital Markets, Managing Partner (USA)
It was wonderful to hear Araceli’s experiences and, for a change, to have a speaker who spoke and answered questions from the heart!Too often we have people who tell us what we want to know in “business speak.
– David Hill SPIRENT Vice President EMEA (UK)
If you want to motivate your team to reach the summit, there is no one better to have as your Sherpa than Araceli
– John de Zulueta SANITAS General Manager (SPAIN)
Araceli has shown us that behind any successfull climb or well done work, there is a highly motivated team with a positive attitude.
– Jordi Constants DANONE General Manager (SPAIN)

Booksby Araceli Segarra

Not That High and Not That Difficult

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