AMERICAN MOUNTAINEER ALISON LEVINE RECEIVES ELLIS ISLAND MEDAL OF HONOR

Past medalists include seven U.S. Presidents, three world leaders, several Nobel Prize winners and countless leaders of industry, education, the arts, sports and government.

15 CELEBRITIES CHANGING THE WAY WE CRUISE TODAY

As a leadership mentor and gifted storyteller with a life to rival explorers of old, Levine’s inspirational talk is a modern tale of resilience in the face of adversity.

LIFE IN THE DEATH ZONE

Alison Levine is a tenacious, tough woman of extraordinary ambition and talent … but there’s a complex personality that quietly resides behind the mirrored polar goggles and neoprene face mask.

WHAT BUSINESSES CAN LEARN FROM A MOUNTAINEER

Extreme Environments, where a decision can mean the difference between life and death, hold lessons for corporate boardrooms, battlefields and even the White House, says Levine.

TOP BUSINESS SPEAKERS TO HIRE AND SEE

Alison is one of today’s most inspiring speakers and combines her talents as a mountain climber, professor, and leadership consultant to thrill audiences wherever she goes.

LEVINE CONQUERS EVEREST AND RECORDS GRAND SLAM

Levine watched climbers head back down Mount Everest as the weather turned, contemplating the possibility that she might again come up just short of reaching the world’s highest point.

6 LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST

What does it take to stand on the top of the world? Mountaineer Alison Levine, author of new book “On the Edge: The Art of High-Impact Leadership,” knows better than most.

LEADERSHIP LESSONS LEARNED FROM ‘EVEREST’

Authenticity. It’s a word often associated with successful CEOs, high-ranking military officers, coaches of championship-winning sports teams and heads of state (well, a few of them anyway).

CLIMBING THE WORLD’S 7 HIGHEST PEAKS

Alison Levine has completed the Adventure Grand Slam, an accomplishment that includes climbing to the highest point on every continent and venturing to the North and South Poles.

FINDING ADVENTURE AND FIRST ASCENTS

Levine caught her breath at the top of Antarctica’s Hall Peak. Walter Hall may have gotten naming rights, but Levine and her expedition teammates got the view.

FROM WALL STREET TO MOUNT EVEREST

Levine has scaled the highest peak on each continent, skied to both the North and South Poles, trained West Point military cadets and lectured Fortune 500 companies about leadership.

5 INVESTING LESSONS FROM CLIMBING MT. EVEREST

Alison Levine is tougher than she looks. At 5’4”, 110 lbs, she’s not the person you’d pull out of a crowd if you were looking for someone who’s tackled the so-called Adventure Grand Slam.

WHAT ALISON KNOWS ABOUT LEADERSHIP

As a career success coach who helps women become leaders of their own lives, I’ve read hundreds of articles and books about leadership. Sadly, so much of it, in my humble opinion, is drivel.

HOW TO KEEP GOING WHEN YOU THINK YOU CAN’T

We’ve all hit the wall: that moment when carrying on feels impossible. Alison Levine—who has skied to both poles and summited Mt. Everest—explains how to find the will to continue.

WHAT MT. EVEREST TAUGHT ME ABOUT LEADERSHIP

As a high-altitude mountaineer and polar explorer, I headed the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, climbed the highest peak on every continent and skied to both the North and South Poles.

ALISON LEVINE PROVES SHE’S ALL HEART

Work for Levine often entails traveling around the country speaking at conferences or companies. Other times, it takes her to the top of the world’s tallest peaks and back down again.

HOW TO TAKE SMART RISKS

Shortly after last year’s economic crisis hit, many experts on Wall Street and in academia speculated about whether the meltdown might have been averted if more women held decision-making positions in the financial sector.

ON THE EDGE MAKES FORTUNE’S LIST OF REQUIRED READING

Alison Levine, a former Goldman-Sachs associate, packs her bestselling leadership book with lessons she learned scaling Everest and crossing the North and South Poles.

EVEREST CLIMBER ALISON LEVINE: DON’T FEAR FAILURE

Alison Levine served as team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition and has also climbed the highest peak on each continent and skied to both the North and South Poles.

3 KEY LESSONS FROM CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST

Imagine yourself atop the highest mountain in the world. Imagine you enter into an area known as the “death zone” because at 26,000 feet above sea level, your body is literally starting to die.