The Athlete’s Edge: Building a Winning Corporate Culture
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Speaker : PAULA NAEFF
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When : Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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Time : 01 : 00 PM EST
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Paula Naeff is a High Performance and Business Coach, specialized in Athlete Mental Strength for all sports. She is a guide, sounding board and facilitator for transformation and high performance to her clients.
She is an international best selling author and a professional speaker, who makes her audiences smile and walk away with elevated energy. Anything she does, she sprinkles with joy.
Paula is originally from Finland and now based in Switzerland. She has lived on three continents and is serving clients worldwide.
Paula serves powerfully using her superpower, which is listening. She is a mother, entrepreneur, certified Business Coach and Consultant and a Pilates instructor. She has a BA in Business and visual Arts, trained in classical ballet, and a former Credit Manager and Clown. Life is her biggest training ground. Paula serves openly and authentically with passion. Her purpose is to help others and her mission is to bring clarity, joy and a healthy balance to leaders and organizations worldwide, which will create positive change in workplaces. Her ultimate goal is to eradicate burnout and depression due to excessive workplace stress and to help dancers and athletes become mentally strong.
The word TEAM is synonymous with sports, where the bond between team members is unbreakable, and success is seen as a collective effort. In sports, each player knows that winning or losing hinges on the strength of their teamwork. This workshop, "Athlete’s Edge: Building a Winning Corporate Culture," explores how the principles that make sports teams successful can be applied to create thriving, cohesive corporate teams.
- The Power of a Shared Vision
Successful sports teams are driven by a clear and compelling vision that every member supports. This vision provides direction and motivation, ensuring that everyone is working toward a common goal. In the corporate world, aligning a team around a shared vision is equally crucial. - Building Trust and Communication
Trust and communication are essential to any team's success. In sports, trust is built through shared experiences and a deep belief in each other’s capabilities, reinforced by clear and open communication. Similarly, corporate teams thrive when there is trust among members and when communication is transparent and consistent. - Embracing Roles and Accountability
In sports, every player has a defined role, and the team’s success depends on each player fulfilling their role to the best of their ability. This clarity of roles, combined with a strong sense of accountability, ensures that the team functions smoothly. In the corporate setting, role clarity and accountability are just as important. - Building Resilience
Sports teams often face setbacks, whether it’s a loss or an injury, but what sets winning teams apart is their ability to bounce back stronger. Resilience is a key trait that can be cultivated within corporate teams as well. This workshop will focus on strategies to build resilience, both individually and collectively. - Celebrating Wins and Learning from Losses
In sports, every victory, no matter how small, is celebrated because it contributes to the team’s momentum. Likewise, defeats are analyzed to identify areas for improvement. In the corporate world, recognizing and celebrating wins, as well as learning from losses, is essential for maintaining morale and driving continuous improvement. - Cultivating a Culture of Continuous Improvement
The best sports teams are always looking for ways to improve, understanding that success is a journey, not a destination. In the corporate world, fostering a culture of continuous improvement is key to sustaining long-term success.
By drawing lessons from the world of sports, "Athlete’s Edge: Building a Winning Corporate Culture" equips participants with the tools and insights needed to transform their teams into high-performing, resilient, and united entities. Just as in sports, where teamwork leads to victory, corporate teams can achieve extraordinary results when they operate with the same unity, purpose, and determination.
Areas Covered
- Definition of Team
- Examples from sports
- Similarities with the corporate world
- Shared vision
- Trust and Communication
- Resilience
- Culture of learning and joy
Who Should Attend
CEO, Team Leaders, Leaders, Mangers
Why Should You Attend
It seems like everyone has experienced or continues to experience a non-functioning team. A team that seems to be struggling with internal interpersonal issues that might have nothing to do with the actual mission of the team. There’s fear of competition, fear of being rejected or ridiculed. Sometimes a team leader is so focused on micromanaging that nobody can actually do their jobs. A general lack of trust is present.
This is not ‘normal’. A team can function and thrive. Trust can be built and maintained. A winning team is absolutely possible to achieve, when the right tools are in place.
Topic Background
The word TEAM is very strongly associated with sports teams, where the bond between team members is at its absolute highest and strongest. Each member knows that winning or losing is a team effort. There’s a lot we can learn from the world of sports and implement it into the corporate team world, creating healthy winning teams.
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$160.00
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