The Sweeney Agency

About Ryan Walter - Former NHL Player and Motivational Speaker:

Ryan Walter retired from Professional Hockey in 1993 after playing 15 seasons and over 1000 games in the National Hockey League. Drafted second overall by the Washington Capitals in 1978, Ryan was named the youngest NHL captain in his second of 4 seasons, went on to play 9 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, winning a Stanley Cup in 1986, and finally returned to his home town to play his last 2 years for the Vancouver Canucks. He was named Team Canada Captain in the World Junior Tournament, was selected to play in the NHL All-Star game in 1983 and for Team Canada in 4 World Championships, became a Vice-President of the National Hockey League Players Association, and was honored as NHL Man of the Year in 1992.

Ryan is both an inspiring motivational speaker and interactive leadership coach, translating his personal experience into practical applications that will help build and develop Leaders and Teams. With an emphasis on performance, leadership, team enhancement and personal empowerment, Ryan offers practical applications that are easily understood and used. His style leads from humorous dressing room banter to direct action as he charts a winning course for high performance, leadership and team achievement.

Ryan has a Master of Arts Degree in Leadership/Business and is the author of 3 books, Off the Bench and Into the Game, which has sold over 20,000 copies worldwide, mPower Forward -Leading Strategies for Winning Teams, and Simply the Best:Insights and Strategies from Great Hockey Coaches, and the creator of the board game Trade Deadline Hockey.

Ryan has been the co-founder and President of two start-up companies, a TV hockey analyst for Rogers Sportsnet, and a hockey adviser and actor for both television and movies. Ryan’s enthusiasm from the screen, the page, or the podium is contagious as he fulfills his mission to inspire the hungry spirit!

What Ryan Walter Talks About:

7 Essential Qualities for Inspiring your team’s HUNGRY SPIRIT!
The difference between winning and losing is not just talent or coaching, but the team or organization's collective HUNGRY SPIRIT. To combat a collective Ambivalent Spirit, leaders must be intentional in growing and enhancing the Hungry Spirit. The Hungry Spirit is the foundation for engagement and empowerment because at the end of the day your people have to want to do it.

The ability of your leaders to engage and empower your players determines the performance of your organization. But how do you ensure you’re getting the most from your group? Ryan shows audiences how to focus on 7 actionable qualities that enhance team atmosphere and engage your organization’s players.

Coaching HUNGRY Teams - Wisdom from 12 NHL Coaches
Increasingly, the ability of Leadership to engage and empower your players determines the performance of your organization. But how do you ensure you’re getting the most from your individual players and your team? Ryan shows managers and coach’s techniques that NHL coaches utilize to create their HIGH PERFORMANCE CULTURE.

Playing in the Zone
We have all been there… how do we consistently stay there? Ryan reaches back into his 15 season NHL career to extrapolate the principles he used as a professional athlete for consistently driving high performance, and transfers these into practical steps that work in your environment. Your people will gain insight into personal strengths and their impact on team performance, and how the team’s level of synergy sucks or supplies energy to individuals. Ryan will contour his presentation to hit home specifically to your needs.

Other Topics Include:

• Leading Performance
• Leading Success
• Safety is a Team Game
• Creating Hungry Customers