A CEO’s Three Ms: Mountaineering, Mindsets, and Modernizing Leadership
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future · 2025-08-19 · 13 min
Episode notes
Guest: Aldo Boitano What does climbing K2 – the world’s second-highest and deadliest mountain – teach about leadership? Pretty much everything, according to guest Aldo Boitano. The CEO, founder, consultant, and former International Leadership Association board member reveals how his mountain climbing and Antarctic expeditions taught him the most critical skills modern leaders need. Here's what Aldo and Maureen cover: How mountaineering builds resilience, adaptability, and (increasingly rare in today’s leaders) patience; Why exposure to uncomfortable perspectives provides hidden power; and How stepping outside your comfort zone sparks your own development. TRIGGER WARNING: The topic of suicide arises in the conversation around the seven-minute point. Produced in collaboration with the International Leadership Association: . Other episodes you'll enjoy: - Leading from Within: A Former Navy SEAL on Transforming Yourself to Lead Others – with Diego Ugalde - How Great Leaders Are Made: Insights from The Economist’s “Boss Class” – with Andrew Palmer - Leading through Difference with Mike Hardy For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to