Olympic Gold Medalist

Goalie, 1980 USA "Miracle on Ice" Hockey Team

Jim Craig is best remembered for his outstanding goaltending in the 1980 winter Olympics where the United States team beat the heavily favored Russians and went on to win the Olympic gold medal in what's has been labeled the greatest sports moment of the 20th century. The picture of Jim with the American flag on his shoulders looking for his father is one of the most iconic images of all time.

Jim is currently president of Gold Medal Strategies, a Boston-area based motivational speaking and sales training company that also manages and represents Jim and his appearance business. Over the past 30 years, Jim has inspired, instructed, and provided strategic and winning direction for employees and associates from more than 500 organizations and some of the world's most recognized brands in the country. Jim is in demand from coast to coast and internationally as a motivational speaker, spokesperson, marketing and sales strategist, and master storyteller.

Jim's unique life experiences as an All-American goalie and NCAA Champion at Boston University, Olympic gold medalist, professional athlete, Actor and highly successful business consultant enables him to provide his audience with insightful real life experiences like no other. This has assisted with him being named one of the top 5 speakers on Teamwork for two consecutive years in a row.

Jim's new business book, Gold Medal Strategies, Business Lessons from Americas Miracle Team, which focuses on his Gold Medal Strategies for Success was released in April 2011.

Jim is married to his wife Sharlene of 20 years, has two children, a son JD and daughter Taylor and lives in the Boston Area.

Self Motivation:
• How do I strive for and achieve personal excellence?
• How do I stay committed to my personal goals?
• How do I condition myself to be professionally tough - better than my competitor?

Team Motivation/Corporate Picture:
• How do I embrace the team concept - the team image?
• How do I win when people around me win?
• How do I help create contagious enthusiasm within the team?
• The concepts of commitment and change!

Speech topics related to our 9 Gold Medal Streategies are:

Power of Teamwork
Fundamentals of Winning
Commitment to Excellence
Goal Achievement
Conflict Management
Transformational (Change) Management
Accountablilty for Action
Confidence Building
Rewardsof Risk Taking
Recruiting for Results