Speaking

Unlock Full Potential

How to bring your best when it matters most

Have you ever wondered what separates the best from the rest?

As a little girl, Dr. Karen MacNeill asked herself this question as she sat glued to the TV watching countless Olympic performers and World Cup soccer legends. Their ability to perform under pressure fascinated her, and that fascination has become her passion and life’s work.

For over two decades, Dr. Karen has had the privilege of supporting athletes and teams at 5 Olympic Games (and counting!), giving her a front row seat as some of the best athletes in the world perform their craft in high-pressure situations. This incredible learning lab has allowed Dr. Karen to formulate a practice her clients can use to unlock their full potential … over and over again.

You see, as a leader, coach, or top performer, you possess a container of capacity – the skills and abilities that allow you to shine in the moments that matter. However, under intense demands and pressure, this container can close up and prevent you from accessing your full potential.

In this talk, Dr. Karen will give you a glimpse inside her Olympics learning lab and teach you the C.A.R.E. practice you can use to unlock your full potential so you can rise to any occasion.

Presentation takeaways:

  • Get clear about who you are at your best
  • Be aware of the worries and fears that hold you back
  • Develop tools to increase your readiness to withstand the pressure
  • Identify key factors that contribute to your peak performance
  • Discover the strategies that will keep your mind from being a thief of your big moment

This presentation is for performance-minded individuals who are looking to unleash their full potential in demanding, ever-changing environments.

If you want to learn how to cultivate a high-performance mentality and bring your best on a consistent basis, this presentation is for you.

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Identify the factors that contribute to cultivating a high performance mentality – vital to peak performance.

 

 

When you face turbulence, do you know how to bolster resilience, drive results and protect your well-being?

The Resilient Leader

How to excel and be well in turbulent times 

Increasing complexity, rate of change, and unpredictability in the workplace are placing more demands on you and your employees than ever before. You are expected to deliver on high volumes of work, while also figuring out how to grow the business, retain staff and take care of yourself no less.

And then you’re blindsided by a challenge beyond anything you could have imagined.

As a leader, you know that these moments come in all shapes and sizes. You have an excellent team, but you can see that they’re starting to fray at the edges. They’re worn down by the constant pivots and unpredictable demands they face both inside and outside of the workplace.

When you face this kind of turbulence, do you know how to bolster resilience, drive results and protect your well-being?

In this interactive presentation, Dr. Karen MacNeill will demonstrate how to arm yourself with the tools you need to keep burning bright instead of burning out.

Presentation takeaways:

  • Gain clarity on the attributes of a resilient leader and map it out for yourself
  • Increase awareness of how you react to pressure and how this can impact your effectiveness as a leader
  • Develop tools to bolster your resilience when demands are high
  • Optimize your recovery with tangible energy management strategies
  • Enhance your ability to operate as a high-performing leader on a consistent basis

This presentation is for leaders and key contributors who operate in a demanding, fast-paced environment and want to show up at their best for every single challenge.

If you want to excel and be well, this presentation is for you.

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Create your competitive advantage by cultivating a collaborative culture

Every organization wants a vibrant corporate culture. The kind of culture where high performance is the norm and everyone is working together towards a common goal.

The reality is that leading humans is hard. Your team wants to focus on their work. They feel strapped – like they have too much on their plate already. “Team-building activities” are the last thing they want to see pop up on their calendars.

And yet, you know how vital it is that you intentionally invest in your culture. You know the high costs if you don’t – low trust, energy-draining conflict, inefficient work, and exhausted leadership.

In this interactive keynote, Dr. Karen offers a lifeline of hope to organizations that want to cultivate collaborative climates. As she outlines the pillars of a high-performance team culture, she will equip you with the emotional agility and resilience you need to inspire new possibilities and transform what “was” into what “could be.”

Presentation takeaways:

  • Discover the key building blocks of a high-performance team culture
  • Develop tools to create safe spaces for and build connection with your people
  • Educate your team so they can overcome common barriers to collaboration
  • Engage your entire organization with an abundance mindset that inspires countless possibilities

This presentation is for organizations and leaders who are ready to turn “what could be” into a thriving new reality.

If you’re ready to unleash your organization’s full potential, this presentation is for you.

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Get equipped with the emotional agility and resilience you need to inspire new possibilities.

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What
Clients
Say…

“We were delighted to welcome Dr. Karen MacNeill to our conference in 2018. With delegates still impacted by the prolonged downturn, Dr. MacNeill’s topic of High Performance Recovery resonated and was well received. As a speaker, her enthusiasm in her delivery was excellent as was her ability to adapt as she went along due to some onsite logistical challenges out of our control. Bravo! Thank you Dr. Karen!”
Sheila McFayden, CEO, Canadian Association of Petroleum Production Accounting (CAPPA)
“Having Dr. Karen MacNeill as a guest speaker for WXN gave our community an opportunity to learn about resiliency, responding to stress, and how to build the tools we need to excel when facing the most challenging times. Her focus on mental, physical, and emotional well-being is the kind of support we all need – and wow did she deliver! Dr. MacNeill’s presentation was easy to follow, and her insight on performance, mental fitness, and self-discovery was such a valuable tool for all who attended.”
Sherri Stevens, Owner and CEO, Women’s Executive Network
“Dr. Karen was informative, focused and practical. Her virtual presentation helped to reignite belief in our own capabilities and sparked motivation to be at the top of your game.”
Aggie Mikulski, Principle TIPP Consulting
Dr. Karen has been one of the most impactful individuals throughout the course of my career. I would not have achieved the success I have without her knowledge and guidance, and I am truly grateful to have had her on my team as my mental performance coach for the past 11 years.”
Olympic and Professional Athlete, 3x Olympic Medalist
Dr. Karen’s presentation has really opened my eyes to the many considerations of what it takes to be “high performance leader.” That being said, she really humanizes the concepts and inspires confidence in me that being “high performance” is achievable. Her presentation was very engaging and very entertaining!!!”
Michael Baldwin, Senior VP, Corporate Development, Trican Well Service Ltd.
“Dr. Karen is an innovative leader in performance coaching with a great background as both an elite athlete with an impressive, educated mind. Through a vast experience in the field as a sports psychologist working with a varied range of high achievers, she knows how to understand people and circumstances, identify the challenges and provide tools to grow and ultimately become a better version of themselves.”
Head Coach, Professional Football (Soccer), Canadian Premier League
“We were thrilled with Dr. Karen as a speaker for Young Women of Influence. Her talk focused on ‘Top Performance’ and incorporated her own experiences in sport and business to illustrate the pressures everyone faces at times of high pressure. By providing a three step process for success, highlighting personal anecdotes, and engaging the audience in visualization, our audience was able to walk away truly inspired. Dr. Karen’s speech was applicable to both personal and business situations and provides immediate opportunity to improve performance. Some of our regular attendees mentioned she was the best speaker we have ever had!”
Leigh Anne Cooke, Event Coordinator, Women of Influence Inc.
“Dr. Karen MacNeill was a keynote speaker for us at our Business Execution Summit in March of 2019. Her session was engaging, relevant and from the heart. She is obviously passionate and very knowledgeable on her topic, and the feedback we collected from attendees was top rate. Thank you Dr. Karen for your contribution to BEx19!”
Andrea Kenna, Practice Director, Results
“The performance coaching experience with Dr. Karen was one of a kind and very different from previous coaching experiences I have had throughout my career. I really appreciated her insights on psychology and the tailored program that was very specific to my individual needs. Her coaching and support really helped me enhance both my mental fitness and bolster resiliency. It was an enlightening coaching journey!”
Senior Leader, Enbridge Inc.
“Karen was an ultimate pleasure to work with. She is quick in analysis and brilliant in execution. Her sheer wisdom and expertise increased the value of our event and helped to educate and inspire our attendees. I would definitely work with Karen again!”
Kenisha Williams, Event Strategist, Spark Event Collective
“Dr. Karen was the most important addition to my personal “team” in my career. Karen helped me navigate from having performance anxiety and self-doubt, to becoming the most resilient, adaptable athlete that I could be. Through mental health challenges, Dr. Karen helped guide and facilitate my mental training to become one of the best in the world, and to being an integral piece to our teams performances, and an Olympic Champion. But the most important role she played was helping me understand and become more aware of my challenges with mental health, and how I can continue to lead a happy, joyful life off the field.”
Olympic and Professional Athlete, Gold and Bronze Olympic Medalist

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