My standard speech is designed to engage the audience in the 2012 Olympic Games and also share the lessons learnt throughout my career that resulted in me achieving my dream of standing on the Olympic rostrum in Atlanta in 1996. During the session I use a mixture of Olympic images and race footage (1991 World Championship Relay Gold).
There are many similarities between high performance in the worlds of sport and business. Topics I address include:
• Change management
• Overcoming adversity
• Talent is not enough
• Need to achieve v Fear of failure
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Ownership/accountability
• Synergy - surrounding yourself with talent
• Pro-active v Re-active
My particular areas of interest are:
• The space between talent and performance, the attitude and behaviours of
world class performers
• The balance between individual and team success.