Craig Lewis
Craig has become the keynote speaker of choice for many New Zealand companies seeking a competitive edge over their rivals, where his successful and endurable strategies form the foundation of leadership and personal development training.
More recently, he is gaining a burgeoning reputation as one of New Zealand’s leading business leadership coaches, working with high caliber business professionals from some of New Zealand’s most prolific business houses.
Craig has been Performance Coach to a large number of New Zealand athletes, including the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games team. He was the inaugural director of the New Zealand Squash Institute, and has been Performance Coach to national champions, world champions and world record holders. He was Performance Coach to the New Zealand Kiwis rugby league team. He played a critical role in assisting the team to break a forty-six year old Sydney losing streak against Australia and ultimately claim the 2005 Gillette Tri-Series in one of rugby league’s greatest ever upsets and this country’s most memorable victories.
Craig's first book, Lead to Succeed: What It Takes To Be The Best, was published in August 2007, and has received significant acclaim from both business leaders and sport coaches alike.
He was also a member of the four-man Board of Management for the Rebel Sport Auckland basketball team who achieved unparalleled success throughout the mid-to-late 1990’s, and was a contributing author to Lynn Kidman’s internationally acclaimed book, Developing Decision Makers: An Empowerment Approach to Coaching.
He is the source of leading editorial pertaining to corporate goal-setting practices and personal development strategies in The New Zealand Herald, and frequently provides comments to New Zealand's leading men's magazine, M2. He is regularly asked to provide comment in both the print and television media.
Craig’s key area for speaking is Leadership – listed below are some of Craig’s Speaking Topics:
1. KAIZEN KIWIS
2. THINK BIG – Lessons from the Coal face of sport
3. THE POWER OF OWNERSHIP
4. GOLDEN RULES OF LEADERSHIP
5. COPING MECHANISMS OF SPORT CHAMPIONS – Positive stress in the workplace
6. HARNESSING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE – Promoting positive self awareness in the workplace
7. GOING BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE POSSIBLE
8. CREATING PEAK PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTS IN THE WORKPLACE
9. THE ROLE OF INFLUENCE – Encouraging desirable responses in others
10. THE TEAM AS A DYNAMIC UNIT
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