What are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as a leader?

I think from an education perspective, there are a few pillars that allow you to grow, but for me that isn’t the most important.

What is the most important is staying engaged with the staff and listening, and in that aspect, learning from people as you go. We have all got lots to learn. I don’t think there is any certain book or course that you can go on that makes you much better but its more about how you practice these different things.

Finally tell us what is next for the “Extreme CEO”?

There are so many things I want to do, another mountain in the Himalayas, I would like to do the South Pole, I would like to finish the 7 summits. I would like to take my kids up Kilimanjaro, it depends on what the group wants to do next, but there is still lots in the pipeline.

Andy van der Velde was talking with Alan de Sousa Caires. For more about Andy’s trip visit http://www.facebook.com/northpole2011 To contact Adventure Dynamics call Sean Disney at Tel: +27 11 447 7013 Fax: +27 86 558 8723 or email: everest@adventuredynamics.co.za