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Ryan Walter retired from Professional Hockey in 1993 after playing 15 seasons and over 1000 games in the National Hockey League. Drafted second overall by the Washington Capitals in 1978, Ryan was named the youngest NHL captain in his second of 4 seasons, went on to play 9 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, winning a Stanley Cup in 1986, and finally returned to his home town to play his last 2 years for the Vancouver Canucks. He was named Team Canada Captain in the World Junior Tournament, was selected to play in the NHL All-Star game in 1983 and for Team Canada in 4 World Championships, became a Vice-President of the National Hockey League Players Association, and was honoured as NHL Man of the Year in 1992.

Ryan is both an inspiring motivational speaker and interactive leadership coach, translating his personal experience into practical applications that will help build and develop Leaders and Teams. With an emphasis on performance, leadership, team enhancement and personal empowerment, Ryan offers practical applications that are easily understood and used. His style leads from humorous dressing room banter to direct action as he charts a winning course for high performance, leadership and team achievement.

Ryan has a Master of Arts Degree in Leadership/Business and is the author of 4 books: Off the Bench and Into the Game, which has sold over 20,000 copies worldwide, Simply the Best: Insights and Strategies from Great Hockey Coaches, Simply the Best: Players on Performance, and Hockey Plays and Strategies, and is the creator of the board game Trade Deadline Hockey. Ryan is a regular contributor to Hockey Now magazine.

Presently an Assistant Coach of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks, Ryan has been the co-founder and President of two start-up companies, a TV hockey analyst, and a hockey adviser and actor for both television and movies.  Ryan's enthusiasm from the page, the screen, the bench, and the podium is contagious as he fulfills his mission to "inspire the hungry spirit!"

Presentations Include:

7 ESSENTIAL QUALITIES TO INSPIRE THE HUNGRY SPIRIT
Ryan shows audiences how to focus on 7 actionable qualities that enhance team atmosphere and engage your organization’s players. The quality of: Visioning; Believing; Framing; Deflecting; Honouring; Connecting; Resilience.

COACHING HUNRY TEAMS - WISDOM FROM 12 NHL COACHES
We have constructed a fabulous coaching program as a result of interviewing 12 top National Hockey League coaches for Simply the Best: Insights and Strategies from Great Hockey Coaches.

PLAYING THE ZONE
Ryan reaches back into his 15 season NHL career to extrapolate the principles he used as a professional athlete for consistently driving high performance, and transfers these into practical steps that work in your environment. Your people will gain insight into personal strengths and their impact on team performance, and how the team’s level of synergy sucks or supplies energy to individuals.

LEADING PERFORMANCE - THE POWER TRIANGLE - CREATING HIGH PEFORMANCE CULTURE
As Ryan demonstrates, great Leaders understand their players’ strengths and work hard to create environments where Team and Personal High Performance percolate. Whether you are trying to sell products or services or win the Stanley Cup, it is essential that your leaders understand and develop an inspiring atmosphere.

LEADING SUCCESS: EVERYTHING RISES AND FALLS ON LEADERSHIP
The pace of change has increased exponentially over these past 5 to 10 years, and simply put Leadership-is-about-CHANGE. Growing our people in this area of leadership is no longer an option. Ryan Walter will lead your people through a powerful, synergistic process on how to grow yourself as a Leader and how to enhance Leadership throughout your organization.
 

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