OWN THE CLIMB®
Keep going, whatever comes.
Cycling up 124 mountain passes or leading a team through changing times – the challenges are the same:
The conditions are never perfect. The pressure is always real. The path is rarely what you planned.
The leaders who consistently reach their goals don’t wait for stability.
They build the capacity to perform without it – clear on direction, decisive in execution, and committed no matter what comes.
That is what it means to OWN THE CLIMB®.
OWN THE CLIMB is the commitment to reach your summit – whatever challenges arise on the path.
Commitment changes everything: it shifts perspective, builds trust, creates accountability, and turns individual effort into collective direction.
But commitment needs structure to lead to results.
That structure is literally built right in OWN THE CLIMB. It is called CLIMB.
It stands for Clarity, Leadership, Infrastructure, Milestones, Balance.
For leadership teams, CLIMB works as a:
-foundation for consistent delivery.
-diagnostic for performance bottlenecks.
-common language across the organization.
Monika works with leadership teams that are expected to deliver – regardless of what changes around them.
She studied international security with focus on nuclear weapons and began her career at the IMF and World Bank before moving into management consulting.
Then she traded strategy decks for mountain passes and set two cycling records – including all 124 Swiss mountain passes in 26 days. No rest day. No stable conditions. No plan B.
Today she brings her CLIMB structure to leadership teams at organizations including Roche, AXA, SBB, Deloitte and Morgan Stanley.
How organizations work with Monika
Most engagements start with a keynote. Many go further.
Keynote
Learn how to keep your team performing – no matter the conditions.. 20–90 minutes. In person or virtual.
Performance Diagnostic
See clearly where your team’s performance can go further. 90 min session.
Performance Program
Put the conditions in place for sustained performance. 12 month engagement.
Leadership Summits
Apply CLIMB across your leadership team – outdoors, under new conditions.
Keynote
Monika`s next challenge in Summer 2026
30 Swiss Summit Challenge
30 summits. 30 days. 40’000 elevation gain.
See CLIMB in Action.
What leadership teams say
What leadership teams say
Christian Baumann
CEO, House of HR Germany
You are immediately drawn into her story.
At the end, you leave the keynote inspired and with concrete tips.
We highly recommend Monika as a speaker.
Madeleine Wolf
Chief Marketing Officer, Open Systems
Monika leaves a lasting impression.
She combines business acumen, an academic background and her path as an extreme sportswoman with great passion.
Petra Rohner
President of Stiftung SWONET
Monika ignites a palpable energy.
Many participants still talk about their impulses today – a real added value.
