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About Adam Kreek - Olympic Gold Medal Winner and Motivational Speaker:

Adam Kreek is an Olympic Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur, sport in Society Commentator and Community Advocate. He is a loving husband and proud father who lives in Victoria, BC and Ottawa, ON.

A self-described positive realist, Adam has spoken to over 100,000 people across North America on topics of leadership, teambuilding and change management. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, and his upcoming book explores key techniques to maximize personal potential, thrive in team settings and constructively deal with uncertainty. Adam believes that the secret to living is giving and he shares this idea, along with his passion for life, with audiences across Canada.

Adam is an elected member of the Canadian Olympic Committee Board of Directors and Athletes Commission, where he promotes the benefits of sport across a broader Canadian society. He is an Ambassador for Right to Play, an international non-profit organization that uses play to rehabilitate youth in disadvantaged regions of the world. Adam is a board member of Clean Air Champions and speaks to groups across Canada about the benefits of taking care of human and environmental health. He is a Big Brother, with Big Brothers and Big Sisters, a Team Power Smart Leader with BC Hydro and a representative of Act Now BC. Adam is also a spokesperson for Whitehall Spirit rowing boats and clubs. Adam recently acted as the Honorary Co-chair of the Elk Lake Boathouse Renewal, raising $1.3 million to renovate the community facility that houses high school, university and masters athletes, as well as Canada’s Olympic Rowing Team.

Adam has studied human performance, achievement, and wellbeing for the past ten years. After a disappointing loss at the Athens Olympic Games of 2004, he powered his way to a gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. During his 13 year rowing career, Adam won over 60 medals, 27 in international competitions, with 43 of these being gold medal or first place performances. Adam was named Athlete Leader of the year at the 2010 Canadian Sports Awards, a lifetime achievement award presented to an individual who has provided outstanding contributions to sport as a leader advocate, change agent and builder.

Always eager to take on new challenges, Adam will row across the Atlantic Ocean from Liberia to Venezuela in December 2012 to deepen connections in our global community and to raise funds for Right To Play. In spare time, Adam enjoys crab fishing in his Whitehall rowing boat, cycling with the Victoria-based team Triple Shot, and hiking with his family. You will also find him playing the mandolin and guitar, and gardening.

What Adam Kreek Talks About:

Kreek’s Key to Succeed – Live Beyond Success
Four-time World Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist and High Performance Coach Adam Kreek challenges audiences to attain success and fulfillment simultaneously. In this thought-provoking keynote, Adam describes key tools and techniques used by Olympians to achieve. In his hallmark down-to-earth manner, Adam illustrates how we can each harness the lessons of high performance sport and apply them across contexts of workforce performance, team dynamics, and day-to-day tasks. Integral to success is finding fulfillment; Adam presents why this is essential to sustain long-term achievement and wellbeing. Organizations filled with team members living beyond success are sustainable. Fulfilled individuals do not burn out - they burn brighter.

Lessons in Teamwork and Shared Leadership
Successful teams are filled with leaders. Two-time Olympian and Entrepreneur Adam Kreek shares valuable insights on fostering impactful leadership in competitive team environments.

From 2001 to 2008, Adam’s team lost and won publicly on the world stage, learning powerful lessons in the process. Adam shares with audiences a spectrum of tools and techniques gained from personal experience and his studies of high performance. His dynamic presentation and on-stage energy inspires crowds to commit to change.

Learn how to identify and sustain focus on a clear vision and ensure engagement from all team members. Capitalize on personal strengths and identify distinct talents within your team; apply these to maximize team output and effective collaboration. Recognize how leadership and teamwork are synergistic: great leaders find personal achievement in group success, while superior team players choose to apply their potential in group leadership roles. Realize the power of resilient team cohesion through shared success.

A Healthier You is Within - Strategies and Tools to Achieve Optimum Health
From a childhood plagued with ADHD, to Stanford University and the Olympic Gold Medal podium, Adam’s journey to success required a learned understanding of the integral relationship between nutrition, physical health, mental wellness and human potential. A Healthier You offers science based, gold medal strategies for sustained health and wellness. Adam shares his intimate understanding of what it takes to reach optimum health and the advantage once attained.

Using a concept he calls Habitual Momentum, Adam describes step-by-step techniques to manage stress, overload and non-productivity and provides strategies to circumvent bouts of inactivity. Audiences are left armed with the tools and motivation to transform their health and potential. Adam’s true story of excellence is inspirational and a testament