Keynote speaking:
Sporting stories + Leadership skills.
Standards, feedback, courage. In elite sport we develop these leadership skills - and test them in front of thousands of fans and an opposing team trying to annihilate you. The same skills will work for your team.
"The best athletes in the world still have coaches. The best leaders do too." — Christie Jenkins
setting standards.
Seeking feedback.
Showing courage.
My Story
That’s a question I’ve obsessed over.
From trampolining, turning triple somersaults 10 meters high in the air, knowing a tiny mistake can ruin 20 years of training.
To CrossFit, where your results are determined by your ability to suffer through a workout and still find breath to encourage your teammates.
To beach volleyball, where it’s all sun, sand, and celebrations until you have to make a serve on match point with thousands of people chanting for the other team.
As every athlete will tell you: The mental game is the real game.
In elite sport you develop that mental game faster. Winning and losing are more obvious, and happen more often, than in business.
Setting standards.
Seeking feedback.
Showing courage.
They are all visible in real time, in front of watching fans, in sport.
But they matter just as much, when no one is watching, for leaders.
Which is where I spend my time today.
Taking what I learned becoming top 10 in the world in 3 sports. Putting it into practice with the teams I lead myself. And sharing it with leaders like you through speaking.
Founder & General Partner of Ampere
A new Australian Accelerator writing the first investment checks into the top 1% of founders in the country.
"Set impossible goals, dedicate decades of your life to them, inspire the world... founders and athletes have identical mindsets." — Christie Jenkins
Lessons for leaders. Learnt from sport.
From audiences of 30 to 3000, from students to billionaires, and from a small team offsite to a stadium… your audience will be taking notes, retelling stories, and making changes before they’ve left the room.
"The antidote to doubt is action. Want to know if you have what it takes? Start." — Christie Jenkins
