A Closer Look Radio – Olympic gold medalist Jim Craig: May 26th, 2011

Gold Medal Strategies: Business Lessons from America’s Miracle Team

It’s been called the greatest upset of all time, the “Miracle on Ice”. No one can deny the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team’s defeat of the mighty Red Machine from the USSR in the medal round of the Lake Placid, NY Olympic Games.  This win represented a symbolic moment of the Cold War struggle between two super-powers and a step forward in the domestic game. Following hockey, US goalie Jim Craig built a highly successful and award-winning career in sales and marketing.  He took his experience in athletics and business into his present role as one of the most in-demand motivational speakers and teamwork/sales coaches in America.

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Craig’s book Gold Medal Strategies offers unique lessons on team dynamics, leadership, motivation, and management topics. He dissects and analyzes the elements of a successful team, how to assemble one, and what philosophies keep a team’s shared goal a reality. Gold Medal Strategies outlines the specific techniques needed to maximize any business readiness, hone competitive cooperation, gather strategies, and attack challenges.

You can find more about Jim Craig on his site - http://www.jimcraig.net/