Corporate keynote
Hate Got Me to the Olympics. Love Brought Me Back.
What sustains performance after proving people wrong stops working.
Shayna returned to the Australian team driven by the urge to prove her critics wrong, and won Olympic gold doing it. This keynote is about what that cost, and what actually held when the anger ran out: a small circle of people who stayed, and a reason to swim that was hers rather than a response to someone else.
Two-time Olympic gold medallist
- Keynote speaker
- Brand ambassador
- Media personality
What this talk puts in the room
Anger will carry you a long way. It will not carry you back.
- Where pressure-driven motivation stops producing results, and how to spot the line.
- The role a small group of trusted people plays in sustaining performance through a long setback.
- What it takes to reconnect performance with purpose rather than proof.
Best fit
Leadership events, performance cultures, sales conferences and all-company meetings.
Duration
45–60 minutes, with optional moderated Q&A
Delivery
In person or virtual, nationally and internationally
Questions this talk helps explore
- What happens to a team when the motivation is proving someone wrong?
- How do you tell the difference between drive and depletion?
- What keeps performance sustainable once the external pressure lifts?
What event organisers say
It is rare that a room of over 200 guests are silent for more than 30 continuous minutes, but from the moment Shayna started sharing her story, you could hear a pin drop! No one moved for the entirety of Shayna’s keynote address.
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