David Lim
David is author of the best-seller “Mountain to Climb” and “Against Giants” and is also an accredited coach, and workshop leader.
Why you should book David Lim for your next event
- David’s presentation style is breezy, humourous, and yet with an edge to make audiences consider embracing specific changes in their beliefs.
- David is the first Singaporean to receive the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, the highest accreditation for professional speakers, and only held by 11% of professional speakers in the 6000-member Global Speakers Federation.
- David and his team have delivered programmes and presentations in over 30 countries and 75 cities worldwide.
He was educated in Singapore, and Britain, and graduated with a law degree from Cambridge University. David is author of the best-seller “Mountain to Climb” and “Against Giants” and is also an accredited coach, and workshop leader.
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Keynotes
Keynote by David Lim : Lessons from Everest
David shares timeless lessons from over 25 years of mountaineering and leading Mt Everest expeditions. Together with what research in neuroscience and the corporate world is discovering, Lessons from Everest shares key lessons on: how to rediscover your purpose, lead change, create a winning team culture, and bounce back from setbacks.
A media rich presentation that has educated, entertained and enthralled audiences in five continents and over 30 countries, Lessons from Everest is an ideal keynote for kickoffs, conferences, sales rallies and similar events. In changed times, David has pivoted his content to appeal to audience fatigued by the ‘usual’ virtual meetings.
A media rich presentation that has educated, entertained and enthralled audiences in five continents and over 30 countries, Lessons from Everest is an ideal keynote for kickoffs, conferences, sales rallies and similar events. In changed times, David has pivoted his content to appeal to audience fatigued by the ‘usual’ virtual meetings.
Keynote by David Lim : Fail, to Win
Lessons from failure are often more intense and more severe than any lessons we can glean from success. In Fail, To Win, David highlights how we can use setbacks and failure to learn how to devise comebacks, as well as prepare ourselves for bigger successes. In fact, David proposes that we should plan to fail in small ways, quickly and often – so we can learn faster, and develop better outcomes for our organisations and teams. You will learn the 1% Rule, and a three- step way to manage change that results from setbacks.
David Lim
Leadership and Teamskills
David Lim, is best known in Singapore for leading the 1st Singapore Mt Everest Expedition in 1998 which succeeded in placing two members on the summit. The climb captured the imagination of the entire country and helped reset the parameters of what could be achieved by the small, flat, tropical island nation. A week after his return from Everest, he was totally paralysed by the rare nerve disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Artificially ventilated for 42 days, he spent six months in hospital before returning home.
Permanently disabled in both legs from the illness, he made a dramatic comeback to climbing the world’s great mountains, and returned once more to Everest in 2001. David’s climbing resume
includes leadership in over 70 alpine ascents including two expeditions to Mt Everest and many Southeast Asian first ascents. In 2005, he made the 3rd solo climb of the world’s highest volcano,
and three virgin peak ascents in Central Asia. In 2007, he and his partner made a rare, unsupported crossing, on foot, of the Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt desert. After climbing his 7th virgin peak, this time in Qinghai, China, The Sunday Times described him as “unstoppable”.
David’s company helps organisations build teams and grow leaders through consulting, speaking, and programmes. In the corporate world, he spent nearly a decade in the media industry with
positions in marketing, journalism management and multimedia. His other positions include being and adjunct lecturer at INSEAD Business School (since 2000)
Permanently disabled in both legs from the illness, he made a dramatic comeback to climbing the world’s great mountains, and returned once more to Everest in 2001. David’s climbing resume
includes leadership in over 70 alpine ascents including two expeditions to Mt Everest and many Southeast Asian first ascents. In 2005, he made the 3rd solo climb of the world’s highest volcano,
and three virgin peak ascents in Central Asia. In 2007, he and his partner made a rare, unsupported crossing, on foot, of the Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt desert. After climbing his 7th virgin peak, this time in Qinghai, China, The Sunday Times described him as “unstoppable”.
David’s company helps organisations build teams and grow leaders through consulting, speaking, and programmes. In the corporate world, he spent nearly a decade in the media industry with
positions in marketing, journalism management and multimedia. His other positions include being and adjunct lecturer at INSEAD Business School (since 2000)
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