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"I just had to tell you what an incredible job Jim did yesterday. He was amazing! People were so excited and inspired by him. Many people remarked that his message was so well delivered it didn?t matter if you were a hockey fan or not ?his message resonated with everyone in the audience in different ways. I?m not in the office today, but I keep getting messages from people telling me how awesome it was to listen to him speak .... But I just couldn?t let the weekend go by without telling you how fantastic he was ? please pass this on to him."

Laura H. Strong, Senior Channel Marketing Manager Bose Corporation

[excerpt from letter Jim Craig received following his participation in a Sutherland Capital Management business round] "To say that you contributed to their 'education' would not properly state the case. I feel that you got through to them on a level which I will never be able to reach. They hung on your every word. I must say that I loved the way you challenged them ? I really understand the quote from Herb Brooks at the end of the movie when he talks about his proudest moment being as he watched the 20 men who were willing to give so much of themselves receive their gold medals."

Ira Riklis, CEO Sutherland Capital Management

"You were a huge hit and stole the show. Look at the ratings and the comments section. Nice work. You should feel proud. You nailed it!"

Jack Laurendeau, President Acosta Sales & Marketing

Speech Topics

Team Motivation/Corporate Picture

- How do I embrace the team concept - the team image?

- How do I win when people around me win?

- How do I help create contagious enthusiasm within the team?

Self Motivation

- How do I strive for and achieve personal excellence?

- How do I stay committed to my personal goals?

- How do I condition myself to be professionally tough – better than my competitor?

Team Building

Team Building

- Recruiting and selecting the right players

- Inspiring, guiding, and motivating team members to put "team" in front of individual interests

- Managing and coaching team members to work efficiently and in synchronicity

- Identifying "diamonds in the rough"

Creating Great Groups

- Instilling in people a sense of destiny and desire to accomplish greatness

- Maintaining a competitive edge and a view that the team is an underappreciated underdog that will win, shock, and inspire

Identifying the Right People for the Right Position

- As Coach Herb Brooks said when building the U.S. 1980 Olympic hockey team: "I'm not looking for the best players - I'm looking for the right ones."

- Selecting the type of players so that the whole (team) is greater sum of the parts (employees, players)

- Being on guard against prima donnas and disruptive influences

- Finding your captain and team leader

Innovation and Strategic Change

- Always be on the look out and the hunt for better ways to do things

- What tools and resources are available to help your team win?

- How Coach Brooks, a supreme innovater and strategist, taught and mentored us to play a revolutionary type of hockey that would enable us to beat the mighty Soviet machine: a hybrid of the bruising and physical Canadian form of play and the speed, fluidity, and finess of the Eastern European and Soviet game

- When needed, abandoning the old, unsuccessful, yet comfortable, for the new and uncomfortable, yet what will eventually enable success

Making a Difference -- Build Your Legacy

- Make it matter that you lived!

- Are you optimizing your God-given talents?

- Set the right example for your children, for all young people

- Improve the lives of others

The Keys to Peak Performance:

- Hard Work

- Sacrifice

- Humility: A Willingness to Ask for Advice and Seek Out the Counsel of Others

- Persistence

The Keys to Peak Performance:

- Hard Work

- Sacrifice

- Humility: A Willingness to Ask for Advice and Seek Out the Counsel of Others

- Persistence