<p>Drawing parallels between the world of sports and the world of business, Ross Bernstein inspires audiences with insights that help them think and act like the ultimate champion and team player.</p><p>Ross is an award-winning speaker sought after by business audiences for his unique perspective on peak performance and the best-selling author of nearly 50 sports books, including <i>The Code</i>, <i>I Love Brett Favre/I Hate Brett Favre</i>, and <i>Raising Stanley</i>. With almost 25 years of study on the DNA of championship teams, Ross illustrates what it takes to become the best of the best and explores the fine line between cheating and gamesmanship in sports as it relates to values and integrity in the workplace. </p><p>As an on-air analyst for NBC Sports, a sought-after guest by the national media, and well-known sports writer in his home state of Minnesota, Ross has gained a unique perspective on leadership and teamwork, as well as a deep understanding of the unwritten and unspoken rules of sports and hallmarks of winning.</p><p>With an engaging and visually entertaining style designed to heighten productivity, morale, and bottom-line profitability, Ross explains why certain teams win consistently, whereas others come up short. Based on interviews with more than 1,000 athletes and coaches throughout his career, he sheds light on the characteristics of true winners and distills key takeaways that inspire companies to adopt the champion mentality and raise their level of play on and off the field.</p>
Inspirational speaker and best-selling sports author
<ul><li><Strong>The Champion’s Code: Building Relationships Through Life Lessons of Integrity and Accountability from The Sports World to the Business World </strong></li><li>The best-selling author of nearly 50 sports books, Ross Bernstein is an award-winning business speaker who helps companies and organizations think and act more like CHAMPIONS. Ross and his books have been featured on thousands of television and radio programs over the past 20 years, including CNN, MSNBC, <i>CBS This Morning</i>, FOX News, ESPN, NPR, and the CBC, as well as in the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>New York Times</i>, <i>L.A. Times</i>, <i>USA Today</i>, and <i>Maxim Magazine</i>.</li><li> Ross’ signature program, <i>The Champion’s Code: Building Relationships Through Life Lessons of Integrity and Accountability from the Sports World to the Business World</i>, is based on more than six years of research that resulted in two critically acclaimed series of sports-business books. The first examines how and why certain teams win world championships; while the other chronicles the unwritten and unspoken rules in the world of sports, or “codes” as they are known, which explores the fine line between cheating and gamesmanship — and the consequences involved when that line is crossed.</li></ul>