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Vince Poscente

Business Strategist, Olympian, Author

An authority on speed and focus, Vince Poscente knows the mindset needed to meet peak performance demands. During the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France, Vince raced to a Canadian national record of 135 miles per hour (216.7 km/hr) on skis. Even more astonishing, at the age of 26, Vince had never ski raced before. He went from a recreational skier to the Olympic finals in just 4 years! Audiences laugh, cry, and most importantly, relate to Vince's journey of trials and tribulations. They walk away inspired and motivated to be a valued contributor to their organization's goals!

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Vince Poscente knows a little something about focus, commitment, and defying the odds. At age 26, he decided to take up speed skiing and pursue it competitively. Only 4 short years later, he was vying for Gold in the Winter Olympics.

Combining lessons from his remarkable Olympic experience with leadership insights from his highly successful business career, Vince Poscente has developed a series of proven strategies for attaining and sustaining peak performance, on both an individual and corporate level.

To round out his remarkable insights on peak performance and corporate alignment, Poscente's book, The Ant and the Elephant - Leadership for the Self is well on its way to being a business classic. This quick and fun parable contains a 5-step action plan to transform workplace performance. His new book, The Age of Speed, was released in the Fall of 2007.

Now an internationally sought-after speaker and consultant, Poscente is the founder of Be Invinceable Group. He works closely with companies worldwide to help them achieve peak performance and top-to-bottom alignment. With his infectious energy, warmth, and humour, Poscente's presentations provide time-tested techniques to ignite the vision, execute strategies, and eclipse the competition. Click here to view Vince's book trailer

5. BIG GOALS in Short Order

It used to be, a few short years ago, Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) were the ultimate stretch target. Now we want to accelerate those BIG GOALS in SHORT ORDER. This is the expertise you'll take away from Olympic competitor and New York Times Bestselling author, Vince Poscente. Vince uses his signature wit and wisdom in his unforgettable "recreational skier to Olympics in four years" story. Each keynote is tailored to the specific needs of the audience. (Content has been updated to reflect the unique challenges of today.)
4. Down to BUSINESS - Up to SPEED

Think of the ideal keynote at your conference. You want your people excited about where they work and the organization they belong to. You want them to experience a blend of entertaining stories, ROI content and inspiration to take on the challenges faced in a fast paced world. More than anything you want your audience to feel like they are armed with the right tools to take on the world.

Vince Poscente delivers a fun, high energy and practical message that will have your audience buzzing for months if not years.

ROI / Value
·    Impact peak performance tools.
·    Align everyone with leadership goals.
·    Instant ways to be agile at speed.
·    Eliminate drag and inefficiency.
·    An unforgettable and fun experience.

Deliverables
·    Tools for less busyness & more balance.
·    Poscente’s signature wit and wisdom.
·    Tailored content for meeting objectives.
·    Techniques to hit big goals - fast.
Audience will know they’re in the right place with the right organization.
2. The Age of Speed

At the core of Poscente's message about embracing speed is the claim that the continued acceleration of business and life is inevitable. If we cannot stop it, perhaps we should consider putting it to work for us. On a mass scale, we have developed a peculiar love-hate relationship with speed: though we want more, faster, now, we have adopted a mindset that speed is corrosive. In effect, we have decided that though we want speed, we do not like it. Poscente turns that perspective upside down and challenges audiences not to resist acceleration, but instead to turn the momentum of its inevitable rush to their advantage.

Vince shares the research he did for his New York Times best-selling book about how companies and individuals are responding in different ways to the speed of business today.

·Jets - very agile companies that harness the speed of business and turn it to their advantage
·Bottle Rockets - companies that embrace speed, are going fast but are not smart about it
·Zeppelins - companies that resist the speed of business
·Balloons - companies that have chosen to live outside the age of speed – they don't seek it and they don't need to

Unraveling the notion that in today's world we need to slow down, Poscente illustrates why harnessing the power of speed is the ultimate solution for those seeking less stress, less busyness, and more balance.

Who Benefits: Organizations and individuals that are going through major change at a rapid-fire pace will especially benefit from Vince's message.
3. Eclipse the Competition (Same Day Seminar)

Vince's high-octane keynote, Life in the Fast Lane, sets the stage for increased learning. This seminar provides an in-depth look at his innovative performance strategies. Vince takes your attendees to a whole new level of understanding on these strategies and still entertains. The result - the attainment of your organization's objectives is accelerated.

You Will Learn:

·How the mind works
·Why you get the results you get
·How to 'get out of your own way'
·Leadership for the self

Vince Focuses on 5 Key Areas:

1. How to crystallize and clarify your personal and professional vision.
a. Vince gives examples in the corporate landscape where a vision with the "emotional quotient" creates more traction.
b. Each audience member then experiences an interactive exercise in visioning.

2. What it takes to get 100% commitment from you and your people.
a. Your audience and corporate culture will take their commitment to a new level.
b. Vince uses a powerful experience that exposes each person to better and more lasting commitment.

3. The competitive strategies necessary to "win" in today's world.
a. Designing a compelling vision can be the single greatest take home from Vince's speech.
b. Focused on the gold dot concept, each member participates and buys into this module.

4. Techniques to build confidence.
a. Vince has each audience member engage in a powerful tool to perform at one's best, every time.

5. The importance of and design ideas for peak performance processes.
a. Vince ends the presentation with insights on leadership for the self.
b. Leading by example is the learning point.
1. Full Speed Ahead

Now is the time to thrive in a world of rapid and unnerving change. Using concepts from his bestselling books, The Age of Speed and The Ant & the Elephant, Vince shares his Olympic experience and the 'speed' model that took him from recreational skier to vying for the Gold in speed skiing in four short years. Give your audience an invigorating perspective that reveals:

·Leadership strategies for aligning employees with a common mission
·Competitive agility by "doing what the competition is not willing to do"
·Eliminating drag on the micro (individual) and macro (team) scales
·Hands-on-tools to accelerate results in a slowing economy
·Practical motivation with an against the odds story of "recreational skier to Olympics in four years"
·Energized fun with Vince's infectious energy, warmth and humor.

Vince delivers an experience that translates into an empowered audience. Renowned business strategist on accelerating change and New York Times bestselling author, Vince Poscente is a master communicator. He knows how to get an audience's attention with practical information made sustainable with his unforgettable story.

I really enjoyed every minute of Vince Poscente's speech.

Nestlé Canada Inc.
I wish I could clone Vince. That way he could motivate my team to excellence every day!

Sprint
The audience feedback we received concerning Vince's presentation was tremendous. They were both inspired and entertained, and will remember his message for a long time to come.

Merrill Lynch
In my capacity as President of MAACO, I have coordinated hundreds of motivational meetings and literally have heard hundreds of speakers. Vince's message highlighting how the positive power vision and focus can have on one's success truly reflects what I have seen in real life. The beauty of his message and his story impressed me more for its down to earth quality than any I have heard in many years. His approach was really a breath of fresh air.

MAACO
Vince Poscente hit the mark with what our people needed to hear. We were particularly impressed with the "take-home" value of focusing on success. His message and tools to achieve clarity of vision and focus for success is very usable and easily remembered. The entire event was and will be talked about and reflected upon for years. His style and image depicts the kind of excellence that we strive for here at FedEx.

FedEx
If asked to describe Vince in one word I would choose Phenomenal.

Dupont

September 2007
The Age Of Speed: Learning to thrive in a more-faster-now world
Is our 24/7, CrackBerry, more-faster-now culture eating us alive or setting us free? For everyone feeling trampled by the speed of life and business, author Vince Poscente reveals why harnessing the power of speed is the ultimate solution for our time-starved era.With smart personal revelations, addictively clever pop science, practical case studies, and a fresh voice, The Age of Speed is a fast, fun read.
August 2004
The Ant and the Elephant
A renowned speaker, business consultant, record-setting speed skier and Olympian, Vince Poscente believes in the enormous potential of the unconscious mind. Poscente likens the dynamic between the conscious and subconscious minds to an ant and an elephant: Our minds are separated into two distinct functions - the conscious and subconscious elements. Our ant is the intentional part of the brain, but our elephant is the instinctual, impulsive part of the brain that houses emotions and memories and even guides the body to perform vital functions. While we tend to know our conscious minds - our ants - rather well, we often overlook the power of our elephantine subconscious minds. When we do, unfortunately, we squander a wellspring of human potential.
September 1999
InVinceable Principles: Essential Tools for Life Mastery
Vince outlines how to discover your personal potential and realize your opportunities.

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5. BIG GOALS in Short Order

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1. Full Speed Ahead

The Age Of Speed: Learning to thrive in a more-faster-now world

The Ant and the Elephant