Monika Sattler collaborates with leadership teams that must maintain consistent performance regardless of circumstances. Her method for achieving this is CLIMB, a system inspired by two cycling records and implemented in top companies globally.
She pursued studies in International Security with a focus on nuclear weapons and started her professional journey at the IMF and the World Bank before transitioning into management consulting. Later, she exchanged strategy meetings for mountain cycling challenges, setting two records, including conquering all 124 Swiss Alpine passes in 26 days without rest, stable conditions, or a backup plan.
Currently, she applies this expertise to leadership teams around the world, delivering her keynote speeches in both German and English.
Monika Sattler lecture topics
- OWN THE CLIMB – How teams sustain performance regardless of challenges.
What links completing 124 Swiss Alpine passes in 26 days with leadership teams? Constantly changing priorities, ongoing challenges, and obstacles, yet the demand to deliver remains. Monika explains how performance stays steady amid fluctuating conditions by using CLIMB, a practical system teams can implement right away.
- TEAM PERFORMANCE – United and resilient, no matter the circumstances
Completing 124 passes in 26 days without rest or a Plan B demands authentic team performance. This is achieved when all members align and collaborate under pressure. Monika illustrates how teams share responsibility for decisions, execution, and outcomes, regardless of changes.
- PERFORMANCE IN TRANSFORMATION – Systems over motivation
When structures, priorities, and expectations shift simultaneously, motivation alone falls short. What proves effective is a system. Monika reveals how leadership teams can sustain effectiveness amid ongoing pressure and change.
Key takeaways for participants:
- Understanding why structure outweighs motivation
- Identifying common traits of strong teams under pressure
- Applying CLIMB as a practical system immediately
- Gaining clarity on personal performance drivers and embedding them within the organization
The ‘CLIMB’ framework: She highlights that motivation alone is insufficient for delivering results under pressure. True performance depends on structure, which she encapsulates in her CLIMB approach:
- Clarity (clear purpose)
- Leadership (direction throughout the process)
- Infrastructure
- Motivation
- Behaviour
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