Conclusion: Putting leadership into action

D Christopher Kayes

Chapter 12 in Destructive goal pursuit: The mount everest disaster, 2006, pp 167-170 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Goals shape the future by creating a vision of what can be achieved. But when goals become the sole driver for action, destructive goal pursuit begins to take shape. The 1996 Mt Everest climbing disaster, in particular the teams led by Scott Fischer and Rob Hall, provides a compelling illustration of the process of destructive goal pursuit. As the climbers continued to put more and more effort into reaching the summit and continued to ignore pre-established turnaround times, the team of climbers pursued the summit at the cost of their own lives.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230503472_12

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