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Performing Under Pressure: Lessons from Everest, the South Pole, and the World’s Most Brutal Environments

Name: Performing Under Pressure: Lessons from Everest, the South Pole, and the World’s Most Brutal Environments
Start: 2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-11T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Dallas, TBD

A Blend Masterclass with Alex Harris

Dallas, TBD

November 11, 2026

to November 11, 2026

6:00 pm

- 9:00 pm

About this event

Alex Harris has spent 30 years leading expeditions across the world’s most extreme terrain – Everest, an unassisted crossing to the South Pole, the Empty Quarter desert and 30 years building and letting go of businesses along the way.

In this session, Alex draws on lessons from both worlds to explore what it actually takes to perform, decide, and lead when the stakes are real and the plan runs out.

Expect a candid, story-driven conversation on pressure, decision-making, and resilience for leaders navigating their own uncertain terrain.

Our speakers

Alex Harris

Keynote Speaker on Resilience and High-Performance Leadership

Alex Harris is a Mental Wellness and Resilience expert, keynote speaker, and Human Potential coach with a 30-year career built on extreme adventure and human performance. Holding a degree in Sport Psychology, he draws on decades of expedition experience to deliver insight on resilience, leadership, and achievement for senior leaders navigating pressure, uncertainty, and high-stakes decisions.

In 1996 he left a career in sales to lead his first expedition to Mount Everest, going on to complete the Seven Summits and lead more than 40 expeditions across all seven continents. He led the first unsupported crossing of Arabia’s Empty Quarter and completed an unsupported expedition to the South Pole, experiences that mirror the isolation and judgment calls executives face at the top of their organizations.

He founded The Munga, one of the world’s toughest ultra-endurance cycling races, translating the same discipline into lessons on building resilient teams and sustaining performance under pressure.

Key themes & discussion topics

Making high-stakes decisions when the plan falls apart and there’s no playbook

Building resilience that holds up under sustained pressure, not just a single moment

Knowing when to walk away from a summit, a business, or a path

Leading through uncertainty when the terrain keeps shifting beneath you

Event agenda

Registration & networking

6:00-6:30 PM

Workshop & discussion

6:30-7:45 PM

Dinner

7:45 – 8:45 PM

Event wrap-up, reflection & networking

8:45– 9:00 PM

Why should you attend?

Sharpen your decision-making – learn the judgment calls Alex made high on a mountain with no room for error.

Build resilience that holds – take away practical ways to stay steady under sustained pressure.

Know when to push through and when to step back – walk away with a clearer read on your own high-pressure calls, and when persistence stops being the right answer.

Apply pressure-tested thinking – leave with concrete actions drawn from Everest and apply to your own leadership.

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