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Sue Stockdale

Sue Stockdale (born 16 August 1966) is a British polar adventurer who was the first British woman to Ski to the Magnetic North Pole in 1996, on an expedition led by David Hempleman Adams.

Background Sue was born in Edinburgh and attended Firrhill High School. She became interested in sport after being inspired by her PE teacher Margot Wells whose husband Allan Wells won the Olympic 100m title in Moscow in 1980.

She was a member of Edinburgh Southern Harriers, and represented the club in many competitions including the European Clubs Cross Country Championships in Clusone, Italy in 1987. Sue went on to represent Scotland in 3000m indoors, and cross Country events in 1989 and 1991.

Sue finished runner-up in Channel 4’s Superhuman (2004) which put her through some of the toughest scientific tests ever shown on TV. In 2013 Sue became a patron for Ski 4 Cancer – a cancer respite charity based in UK.

Expeditions Sue’s interest in adventure began when she took part in an Operation Raleigh expedition to Kenya in 1998. Having spent three months carrying out scientific, community and adventure projects Sue realised that she was capable of achieving more than she had previously imagined was possible.

In 1995, she responded to an advert looking for “10 novice Arctic explorers” and having made it through the tough selection process, she was selected for the team, led by David Hempleman-Adams which was skiing to the Magnetic North Pole in 1996. The team was successful, and this led to a number of other expeditions for Sue.

In October 1996, Sue went back on another 3 month expedition with Raleigh International and was Deputy Expedition Leader in Chile. From there, she joined Robert Swan as a mentor on his UNESCO One Step Beyond Expedition to Antarctica. 35 young people from 25 countries sailed down to Antarctica onboard the Professor Khromov.

Sue then joined an International expedition to the Geographical North Pole in 1998, led by Victor Boyarsky which covered the last degree from 89 degrees to the North Pole from Ice Camp Barneo on the Russian side of the Arctic.

In 1999, she was a member of the International Trans-Greenland expedition which skied across the Greenland Ice Cap in 28 days.

Sue received the Presidents Shield for Highest Personal Achievement from Royal Society of St George in 1996 and was recognised as a Pioneer to the Life of the Nation by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2003.

Business In business Sue had a corporate career in British Gas and then founded the training company, Mission Possible in 1997 which was sold in 2009. She now is a motivational speaker, executive coach and leadership consultant. Her professional speaking career has included FTSE 250 companies, leading Academic Institutions including Said Business School, Oxford; and Cambridge Judge Business School as well as charities and International Conferences.

She is an Accredited Professional Executive Coach and Assessor for the Association for Coaching - a leading independent, and not-for-profit professional body dedicated to promoting best practice and raising the awareness and standards of coaching, worldwide.

Sue is author, or co-author, of a number of business books and writes regularly for a number of international publications including Entrepreneur Country and Enterprising Women magazine.

Bibliography

Motivating People, Sue Stockdale and Clive Steeper (Teach Yourself) 2014 The Personality Workbook, Sue Stockdale and Clive Steeper (Teach Yourself) 2013 Cope with Change at Work, Sue Stockdale and Clive Steeper (Teach Yourself) 2013 The Growth Story, Sue Stockdale (Bookshaker) 2013 Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs, Sue Stockdale (Bookshaker) 2013 Kickstart your Motivation, Sue Stockdale (Wiley) 2002 Achieving high levels of performance as a training instructor by modelling motor sport driving instructors (Industrial and Commercial Training Journal) September 2013 How to Thrive in Change and Uncertainty (Industrial and Commercial Training Journal) June 2013 Leading a rugby club? No, it’s a small business (Industrial and Commercial Training Journal) January 2007 We must have courage, faith and chocolate biscuits (Industrial and Commercial Training Journal) February 2004

External Links

Sue Stockdale's Website Lean In http://leanin.org/stories/sue-stockdale/ Said Business School Ski 4 Cancer