Motivational Speaker

I love engaging with an audience, understanding them, and providing the right mix of entertainment, energy and insight to not only keep them in the moment, but to also make a positive impact on their lives. This -- the art of motivational speaking -- brings me tremendous energy, which I share with the audience. Too oft business-focused presenters fail to read the room and bring their audience along on the journey. The result can be great content, but low energy and limited focus in the room. And likewise, often sports or adventure celebrity speakers share incredible stories and passion, but miss the critical link between their story and the audience/client needs. My strength is in balancing the two -- to captivate and educate in alignment with specific themes my clients wish to have covered.

My energetic, authentic and passionate style of communication has proven successful in audience engagement and the stories I share weave tightly into take-away themes directly applicable to success in business and life.

Prior to becoming a coach and author, I worked for 18 years in corporate positions, including 5 years as an expat for a large multinational financial services corporation working in global management roles in Europe and the Americas. My specialty was in achieving synergies across disparate and often culturally different divisions through developing virtual teams, challenging the status quo and balancing techniques of spearheading and consensus-building to get things done.

Today, I combine this extensive corporate experience with engaging and entertaining stories to motivate and inspire corporate groups, business associations and sports teams. These stories of adventure, sport and health transformation stem directly from my experiences in places such as Alaska, the Andes, Morocco, the Alps, Thailand, Galapagos and more. In addition, I share examples from my books and coaching, as well as research in Flow and high performance under adversity.