Jim Craig

<p>Leadership expert Jim Craig is best remembered for his outstanding goaltending in the "Miracle on Ice" during the 1980 winter Olympics. In what has been labeled the greatest sports moment of the 20th century, the United States hockey team beat the heavily favored Russians and went on to win the Olympic gold medal. The legendary tale of the team led by Jim Craig was immortalized in the Disney feature film "Miracle".</p><p>Today, Craig is the owner and president of Gold Medal Strategies, a motivational speaking and leadership training company and the author of two business books, "<em>Gold Medal Strategies: Business Lessons from America's Miracle Team"</em> and <em>“We Win! Lessons on Life, Business, and Building Your Own Miracle Team.”</em> The books outline the necessary skills and detail the specific techniques you need to maximize your business readiness, hone competitive cooperation, gather your strategies, and attack your challengers.</p><p>An in-demand motivational speaker, corporate consultant, spokesperson, marketing and sales strategist, and master storyteller, Craig has inspired, instructed, and provided strategic and winning direction for employees and associates from more than 500 organizations and some of the world's most recognized brands, including Coca-Cola, Coors, Walt Disney, Fidelity, Dunkin' Donuts, John Hancock, KPMG, NBC, Ocean Spray, Raymond James, Kellogg’s, Sun Life Financial, and more.</p><p>Drawing upon his experiences as both a world-class athlete and as an accomplished businessman, Olympian and leadership speaker Jim Craig reveals how commitment, preparation, purpose, and effort melded 20 individuals into a winning Olympic team.</p>