Dr. Peter Jensen

An authority on leadership and a renowned innovator, Dr. Peter Jensen is a pioneer in bringing the concepts of coaching and personal high performance to corporations worldwide. Peter has worked with the best and brightest in Fortune 500 companies in eight countries applying his extensive understanding and realistic practices to the art of leadership. Peter knows firsthand what it takes to get the best out of people.

Peter has attended seven Olympic games as a member of the Canadian team assisting athletes and coaches in winning over 50 Olympic medals. He is currently working with Hockey Canada including the Jr. Men's team and the Canadian Women's Hockey Team. He is also working with several individual athletes who will be going to the London Olympics. His work with athletes provides an amazing laboratory in which to both observe and practice how to support and develop people who truly are striving to reach their potential while learning to manage intense pressure and the roller coaster ride of elite sport.

He is a top rated instructor in seven programs at Queen's School of Business, including the Queen's Executive Leadership Program. And he loves all of it.

Jensen is the author of the bestselling book The Inside Edge, a powerful roadmap for using the mental preparation techniques of elite athletes to improve personal performance. His latest book, Ignite the Third Factor, offers managers solutions from exceptional Olympic coaches on motivating, engaging and developing their employees. His work has been featured on ABC, CBS, CBC, CTV and in a wide array of print media in North America and Europe.

• 1. Ignite the Third Factor

  How do you get someone else committed to reaching their full potential?
  
  It's a question that challenges new managers and seasoned executives alike, echoes through coaches' heads as they watch a gifted athlete underachieve, and keeps parents up at night. It's a question that you need to be able to answer to move your work team to high performance and enable your children to achieve self-reliance and success.
  
  It's also a question Peter Jensen has spent a lifetime investigating. In Igniting the Third Factor, Peter synthesizes his life's work into the five core practices exceptional leaders use to ignite the third Factor – whether it's in the locker room before a gold medal Olympic hockey game or at a routine performance review.
  
  Peter works through an easy-to-understand model, providing a clear view of 5 actions that separate 'igniters' from ''extinguishers' and a wealth of strategies you can put to use immediately in your world.
  
  Peter's keynotes combine visionary ideas, with 30 years of unique experience to deliver an experience that entertains, educates, and motivates. It's a speech only Peter could give – delivered the way only he can.

• 3. The Inside Edge: Mental Fitness Skills for High Performance

  The Inside Edge is about achieving personal high performance. It will teach participants the versatile skill set used by high achievers, in sports and in the boardroom, to generate exceptional results on a daily basis in high pressure situations. Attendees will learn how to apply that knowledge in their personal and professional lives to achieve success. Based on Peter's wealth of experience with elite Olympic athletes and senior corporate executives, this presentation teaches the practical techniques to achieve results. The concepts presented are reinforced with memorable anecdotes from both the corporate and athletic areas, and peppered with humour.

• 2. Coaching For High Performance

  To achieve organizational success, sustained individual high performance is essential. And, high performers consistently exhibit commitment; they focus on doing everything to the best of their abilities. Coaching builds this commitment. Leaders who are coaches manage the environment to maximize the potential of their people. They concentrate on developing their employees; it shows they care and helps maximize commitment. Learning coaching skills is the best way to dramatically increase the commitment level, and performance, of your employees and team members.
  
  As Peter paints a detailed picture of what good coaches do, and what they achieve, audience members see first-hand the potential impact coaching can have in both their business and personal lives. Participants are guided through Peter's comprehensive coaching model with tangible examples of effective coaching strategies and outcomes. Attendees leave revitalized. They are inspired with an awareness of techniques to apply in everyday management and leadership situations.

• Peter's presence by itself draws one's attention, and with his deep understanding of what motivates and supports optimal performance, he is successful in giving a 'gift' to each person who attends. I've never known anyone to leave a session not totally inspired.
  Nancy Erickson, BP Houston
• The most critical aspect of my Olympic success was my work with Peter.
  Tracy Wilson, Olympic medalist, T.V. commentator
• Peter is a unique presenter, able to entertain, teach and inspire simultaneously. His quick wit and keen sense of humour complement an amazing wealth of practical knowledge that he uses to create a memorable session for our participants every time.
  Tom Anger, Director of Executive Education, Queen's University
• Our Olympic athletes were not the only ones to benefit from Peter's considerable knowledge and expertise. He also led a dynamic training session for our mission staff and medical team to help them understand and cope with the 24/7 rigours of supporting our 2004 Olympic team.
  Dave Bedford, Chef de Mission, Canadian Team, 2004 Athens Olympics
• I can say with complete conviction that Peter made an invaluable contribution to the overwhelming success of this conference on organizational and societal leadership. His teachings – and his manner of teaching – created a deep impression on the participants, all of whom are leaders within their own organizations. In fact, Peter was invited back to speak for a second day.
  Ian Anderson, Executive Director, 2004 Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference
• Peter captivates his audience with his blend of humour and personable approach. He shares his expertise on optimizing performance with memorable anecdotes that entertain while driving home his message. The day flew by and I came away energized and motivated!
  Frances Furmankiewicz, Director of Business Development, Ottawa Hospital
• My work with Peter as an athlete helped me to win four national championships and an Olympic silver medal. Now, speaking as an Olympic coach in 2004, Peter's experience and the work he did with our team and the coaching staff was invaluable.
  Lisa Alexander, Olympic medalist, Olympic coach

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  November 2008

  Ignite the Third Factor

  In Igniting the Third Factor, Dr. Peter Jensen distills 20 years of work with one foot in the boardroom and the other in the locker room. Over 90 minutes, managers learn how to use the five core practices of exceptional Olympic coaches to motivate, engage and develop their employees. As Peter moves from the dressing room to the corner office and back again, he discovers leadership lessons in some unique places - but always reinforces them with examples that everyone can relate to in their day-to-day.

  
  
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  January 1993

  The Inside Edge: High Performance Through Mental Fitness

  In this Canadian bestseller, Peter Jensen presents a comprehensive, common sense package of techniques, skills, and mental preparation exercises used by elite athletes to manage themselves under pressure.  Based on Peter’s research in sport psychology, and work with Olympic medalists, you’ll learn five skills crucial to your ability to execute when the pressure is on.