Silken Laumann

Topics

Presentations

The Courage to Shine: Releasing Your Inner Excellence
Building on her own remarkable experiences and those of other champions in art, music, and business, Silken shares with her audiences key strategies that lead to great performance.

Live Well: Three Keys to a Healthy Life
The equation to living well encompasses all aspects of excellence. Excellence in mind, body and spirit. We can't be at our full potential in our jobs, in our relationships and in our communities, without commitment to live well. Silken inspires her audience to explore their own potential and have the courage to dream big, challenge their limiting beliefs, and chart their own course to a life well lived.  

An Olympic Story: The Courage to Dream

Leadership - Personal Excellence: Moving from Good to Great

The Power of Play - Child's Play and Silken's Active Kids Movement

Summary Profile

Olympic Medallist Silken Laumann is one of Canada's most inspirational leaders. As the reigning world champion rower she fought back from a devastating training accident and medical predictions of never being able to row again, to win a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

In ten weeks she made the greatest comeback in Canadian Sports History, becoming a symbol of spirit and hope to all Canadians. Silken Laumann has continued to act as an inspirational force, encouraging people to dream big, live in the moment, and embrace failure as a stepping stone to future success.

Although her competitive rowing career ended in 1999 after 3 Olympic Medals, her ability to inspire continued. Silken shifted her thinking to take her story of Courage, Determination and Perseverance to Canadians and others on a personal level. Silken is graced with the gift of empathy. She reaches out and connects with people's struggles, their doubt and their pain. By sharing her own moments of doubt, times when she didn't know what the next step would be, moments where she was overwhelmed by fear and uncertainty, Silken reveals herself as a truly compassionate human being and connects deeply with her audience. Her message of courage has the potential to transform an audience's image of themselves and their possibility in the world. She demonstrates how a shift in attitude can release the energy needed to face and overcome our own obstacles.

Silken has combined her passion for sport and youth by establishing a national charity to improve the quality of life for our children, and releasing her instant bestseller, Child's Play.

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