Increased complexity and rapid technological change require us to collaborate better. Collaboration is done in teams but team work is an individual skill. Those skills are a must-have in our complex world where responsibility, resilience and rapid learning are everything. In this highly personal talk former Olympian Sandy Mamoli dives deeply into the Olympic mindset and contrasts the perspectives and attitudes of professional sports with modern work life. She demonstrates guidelines and tools from the sports arena that we all can immediately apply. I share my insights that unlock the secrets behind becoming a future-fit employee and leader and describes skills that will make you a successful and appreciated member of any team and organisation. From critical feedback skills to learning from failure and high-performance teams, come along and learn practical ways for how to apply ideas from Olympic sports to your professional career!

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Olympic Tips to Be the Best You Can Be
Bring a piece of
paper and a pen!

2. I’m a recovered Olympian

3. Agile coach: creating great teams

4. My previous office

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRmVypktZ0s

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Sprint training with resistance

7. The importance of stretching

8. Sports geek

9. The joy of achievement: winning rocks!

10. Professional

12. Pain management

13. Barca ‘92
No pain, no Spain…

15. “I regret not getting a tattoo when I was young”
—no one, ever, except me

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6 tips to live life like an
Olympian

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1. Pick your team wisely

18. Be the worst player on the best
team that will still accept you

19. Normalise high performance!

20. Choose your team wisely!

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22. Learn from people who are better than you!

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Be the worst player on the best
team that will still accept you
• Am I the worst player?
• Which team(s) do I want to be part of?
• What will get me closer?

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• Am I the worst player?
• Which team(s) do I want to be part of?
• What will get me closer?

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2. Know when to go

26. Have you stopped learning? Leave!

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3. Play well with others

28. Greatness is never achieved alone

29. Collaboration is really hard!

30. Draw from the biggest talent pool

31. Workplace diversity

32. You don’t need to be friends to succeed!

33. Dreams are the glue of cohesion…

34. The no Asshole Rule

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Play well with others
• Am I working with people who are not like
me?
• Do we share the same dreams?
• Can I play with people I don’t like?

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• Am I working with people who are not like me?
• Do we share the same dreams?
• Can I play with people I don’t like?

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4. Be good at feedback

38. Feedback on the field

39. Feedback off the field

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41. Radical candour
Manipulative insincerity Obnoxious aggression
When you go out
and don’t get enough
sleep it has an impact on all
of us. You’re hurting the
team!
I didn’t want to tell her but
she really needs to change
her accent!
You are way better off on
your own!
Congratulations on getting
your podcast out. I really
didn’t like it.
Challenge directly
Care
personally
Ruinous empathy
Don’tcare
Don’t challenge
Care
personally
Don’tcare
Challenge directlyDon’t challenge

42. Consider the source: Don’t listen to everyone!

43. Consider the source: Don’t listen to everyone!Be coachable: Listen to someone!

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Be good at feedback
• Does my feedback come from a place of
radical candour?
• Am I able to discard feedback that’s not
from a valid source?
• Am I coachable? Do I listen to the right
people?

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• Does my feedback come from a place of radical candour?
• Am I able to discard feedback that’s not from a valid
source?
• Am I coachable? Do I listen to the right people?

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5. Never stop learning

47. Don’t waste energy and
focus by trying to look good!

48. Outgrow your idols

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Fail often - but give a shit!
Fail early, fail often
- but give a shit!

50. Make failure your fuel!

51. You need to succeed at least some
of the time.
If you always fail, you’re just a loser :-)

52. Rock the boat, don’t sink the ship!

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Never stop learning
• Am I wasting time trying to look good?
• When is the last time I failed?
• Which of my failures fuels me?

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• Am I wasting time trying to look good?
• When is the last time I failed?
• Which of my failures fuels me?

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6. Be deliberate about
your career

56. When you feel fear and excitement
you’re in the right place!

57. F*#ck-off money…
buying you the freedom to keep learning

58. You’ll end up getting the good gigs

59. Sports has made me who I am

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