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Eric Boles

Eric Boles

Eric Boles is the president of The Game Changers Inc., a training and development company dedicated to maximizing the human asset. Through assessment, consulting, coaching and corporate training, The Game Changers Inc. has set the standard for helping organizations enhance their culture and develop greater levels of commitment and performance. Eric is a highly acclaimed keynote speaker and consultant for some of the most recognized and respected organizations in the world. Eric presents his inspiring and challenging insights and strategies to thousands of men and women each year. Read more…

Mike Ditka

Mike Ditka

Legendary NFL player and coach Mike Ditka understands the mental attitude necessary for success. In his first year in the NFL, he caught 56 passes for the Chicago Bears and earned Rookie of the Year honors. Twenty years later he returned to the Bears as head coach, guiding the team to six NFC title games and a Super Bowl victory. Twice named Coach of the Year, Ditka is one of only two athletes to have won Super Bowl rings as head coach, assistant coach and player. Today, Ditka shares his team-building skills and drive to be the best with audiences across the country. Read more…

Rick Pitino

Rick Pitino

Rick Pitino has the winning touch as exemplified by his becoming the first NCAA coach to lead three different teams to the NCAA Final Four. Leading through his own example of hard work and solid execution, he transformed each of his college teams, leading Kentucky’s men’s basketball team to the Final Four three times in five years. Pitino is ranked on two of coaching’s most elite lists: both the winningest active college basketball coaches and winningist all-time college basketball coaches lists. With a talent for rebuilding and re-energizing stumbling organizations, his techniques are a proven commodity, in sports and in the business world. With his captivating personality, Pitino offers practical steps to help teams maintain focus and act with group integrity through decisiveness, flexibility and consistency. Pitino is the author of Success Is A Choice, Lead to Succeed and Rebound Rules. With the mind of a brilliant coach and the charisma of a leading man, Rick Pitino is an inspiring leader who instills his teams with the drive and the skills to succeed on the court and off. Read more…

Pat Riley

Pat Riley

Current president and former head coach of the Miami Heat, Pat Riley is the consummate competitor who knows the exhilaration that comes with winning. He guided the Heat to the playoffs in each of his first three seasons with them and led the team to win the 2006 NBA Championship, the franchise’s first title.

Riley shares his strategies for winning and outdistancing the competition on the court and off. He understands the psychology of teamwork and personal excellence and is a master at creating organizations whose achievements are greater than the sum of their parts. He shows how to recognize the cycles of team change and make the most of every opportunity.

Author of Showtime and The Winner Within, the Sporting News recently named Riley one of the 50 greatest coaches of all time. One of the most successful coaches in NBA history, Pat Riley understands the keys to gaining a competitive advantage and winning.

Riley’s philosophy is based upon winning, leadership, mastery, change, and personal growth as well as understanding and controlling the shifting dynamics of a team-any team, whether it is a small company, a giant corporation, a city, or a group of athletes. Read more…

Brian Billick

Brian Billick

From 1999-2007, Brian Billick served as the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, a new franchise with some of the youngest players in NFL history. In his first year as head coach, Billick guided the Ravens to their first non-losing season (8-8), and in 2000, he led the Ravens to a decisive 34-7 Super Bowl XXXV victory over the New York Giants. Currently an analyst for FOX TV Sports and a contributor to the NFL Network, Billick shares his methods for bringing teams together to focus on achieving common goals. Author of several books including Competitive Leadership: Twelve Principles for Success (with Dr. James A. Peterson) and More Than A Game: The Glorious Present and Uncertain Future of the NFL (with Michael MacCambridge), Billick’s engaging presentations challenge us all to strive for a “we” environment that holds everyone on a team accountable in the pursuit of victory. An expert motivator, NFL coach and strategist, for over 30 years Brian Billick has demonstrated an exceptional ability to take individual players to their highest potential, while keeping his teams unified and focused. Read more…

Joe Torre

Joe Torre

Drawing on his years of experience in the corporate microcosm of professional baseball, Joe Torre shares his wisdom on the universal concerns of all managers: handling tough bosses, dealing with both setbacks and success, earning the trust and respect of the team and molding a diverse group of individuals into a cohesive unit willing to make the sacrifices necessary to win. Torre led one of the most fabled franchises in sports history–the New York Yankees–for 12 years, and now manages the Los Angeles Dodgers. During his tenure with the Yankees, the team won six American League Pennants and four World Series Championships. For all of his success, Torre remains down to earth, good-humored and practical in his approach to leadership and success. Torre is the author of three books including The Yankee Years (2009), which details his trials and triumphs as the manager of the Yankees. In 2009, Sports News named Torre one the 50 greatest coaches of all time. The most legendary manager in baseball today, Joe Torre shares his individual and organizational secrets of success, sacrifice, communication, trust and dealing with adversity. Read more…

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