Resilience · Adapting to change
Resilience isn't enduring more. It's recovering faster.
Andrea Cardona's keynote for teams going through a bad quarter, a big change or a loss, with what she learned at 8,849 meters.
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What the mountain teaches about starting again
Andrea grew up with asthma and a fear of heights. Even so, in 2010 she reached the summit of Everest and in 2012 completed the Explorers Grand Slam: the highest mountain on every continent and both Poles. On the mountain, the weather, the body and the circumstances change every day, and the goal has to hold anyway.
That is what she brings to companies. Resilience isn't enduring more or pretending nothing happened. It's recovering faster: after a bad quarter, a restructuring or a loss, and continuing to climb as a team.
The keynote blends Andrea's story with tools the team can use the following Monday. If the company wants to measure the change, Cumbre 360 trains and measures the team's resilience all year.
8,849 m
the summit of Everest, which Andrea reached in 2010 as the first Central American woman.
1 hour
of keynote, in person or virtual, in English or Spanish.
TEDx
Andrea gave the talk «La C.U.M.B.R.E. que todas las mujeres debemos alcanzar» at TEDx Guatemala City Women.
Topics
What the keynote covers
Every keynote is designed with your team around what the company is going through.
01
Recovering faster
What a resilient team does differently after a blow, and how that capacity is trained.
02
Adapting to change
The mental training Andrea built in constantly changing environments, for a year that won't go as planned.
03
Radical change
Mergers, restructurings or a new strategy: how you keep the team together when the ground shifts.
04
Moving forward afraid
How you keep going one step at a time without waiting for the fear to leave, from a girl with asthma to the top of the world.
05
A goal that holds
Milestones, camps and rest: how not to let go of a years-long goal when circumstances don't help.
06
No one climbs alone
The rope team: how a team that looks after and pushes each other handles hard times better.
Formats
In-person keynote
For conventions, leadership meetings and hard moments for the company, from small groups to rooms with thousands of people.
Virtual, TEDx style
Live from a professional studio, for remote teams or several countries at once.
Keynote plus activity
A 15 to 30 minute experiential activity is added so the team puts the message into practice at the same event.
All year with Cumbre 360
Keynotes, resilience workshops and coaching for leaders, with resilience measured at the start and close (BRS scale).
What companies say
“It was motivating to see and hear how you can achieve your goals and even if there are difficult times, if you set your mind to it you can achieve it. It was very meaningful!”
Leonardo Menegazzo Grindley, Esq.
HR Manager, Ingenio Santa Ana
“Andrea's conferences have made an important change in the mentality of our employees, since there is no better example than hers to show that when you set a goal, no matter how many obstacles there are, you can always reach it.”
Jesús González
General Manager, Real Intercontinental
“Andrea is a great example of effort and motivates us not to give up.”
C. Choujo
TEC Coordinator, Canella Guatemala
To keep going after the keynote
Cumbre 360
The year-round program that trains and measures the team's resilience for twelve months.
See Cumbre 360Volcano team building
The Everest Experience: the team lives resilience on a Guatemalan volcano.
See team buildingWorkplace health all year
Un Paso Más for companies, Andrea's app, with its 2027 Resilience Report.
See the programFrequently asked questions
What is a resilience keynote?
A talk that helps a team learn to recover faster from setbacks: a bad quarter, a big change or a loss. Andrea's uses her Everest and polar expeditions as the example, with tools the team can apply at work.
When does a resilience keynote make sense?
After a hard year, before or during a restructuring or merger, when the year's goal looks very high or when the team is tired and needs to get its rhythm back.
How long is it?
One hour, usually. If an experiential activity or a Q&A is added, the block grows to fit the event's schedule.
In person or virtual?
Both. In person across Central America, Mexico, South America (Brazil, Peru and Paraguay), the United States and Greece; the virtual one streams live from a professional studio.
Can the effect on the team be measured?
A keynote on its own inspires, but isn't measured. With Cumbre 360, the team's resilience is measured on the BRS scale at the start, mid-year and close, and leadership receives a report with the difference.
How do I book it?
Fill in the quote form with the date, country and size of the event. Andrea's team will reply with a proposal.
Give your team the keynote for the hard moment
Tell us what the company is going through, the date and the country. We'll reply with a proposal.
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