Ben Hunt-Davis (Author) Ben Hunt-Davis: Ever since winning Olympic Gold on the waters of Sydney in 2000 in the Team GB men''s rowing eight and retiring from professional sport thereafter, Ben Hunt-Davis has realised the power of the lessons behind his story and began to share it first as a keynote speaker. Fast forward 20 years and his speech has been delivered to around 200,000 people across 50 countries. Ben is one of the leading keynote speakers in the world. In 2011 Ben co-founded Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? the leadership and performance consultancy. Will It? helps businesses define their own gold-medal-equivalent ''Crazy Goal'' and develop their leaders and teams with the tools they need to improve their performance and achieve results. Harriet Beveridge (Author) Harriet Beveridge is a sought-after keynote speaker, combining business acumen, comedy and neuroscience. She helps leaders achieve exceptional results whilst also thriving. She is a TEDx and BBC Radio 4 speaker and a regular Edinburgh Fringe performer. She''s studying for an MSc in the psychology and neuroscience of mental health at Kings College London.

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Ben Hunt-Davis won Olympic Gold on the waters of Sydney in 2000 in the Team GB men's rowing eight. Fast forward 25 years and he is a performance consultant and world-renowned keynote speaker, having delivered speeches to around 200,000 people across 50 countries. In 2012 Ben co-founded Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? a people performance and leadership consultancy. Will It? helps ambitious leaders and organisations achieve clarity, alignment and the mindset change needed to drive lasting performance transformation through tailored solutions. It helps clients galvanise their people to move together, faster, towards their own gold medal.

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Discover the simple principles that took a team from mediocrity to Olympic gold, and which you can use every day in work, life and play.

How do you go from ordinary to exceptional? This bestselling coaching classic will show you how.

Ben Hunt-Davis shares the inspiring story of how he and the British men's rowing Eight went from never winning an international race to becoming the best in the world just two years later. Performance Coach Harriet Beveridge then highlights the wealth of transferable strategies we can use to pursue our own 'gold medals' for ourselves, our workplaces and beyond.

Ben's firsthand account transports readers into the boat with him: the intensity of training, the emotional rollercoaster of setbacks, the thrill of success. Harriet distils the lessons from each gripping story into easy-to-implement strategies to apply to your everyday: from how to keep yourself motivated day-in-day out to how to bounce back from failure; from how to build resilient teams to cultivating a learning mindset.

This 15th anniversary edition of Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? Includes new examples of people from all walks of life applying these Olympic-winning strategies to their contexts to make their own boats go faster. Whether you're a business leader wanting better results, an individual with a dream, or a coach guiding your team to unlocking their potential, this book is jammed-pack with tried and tested methods to help you achieve your own gold medals.

The book is a winning mix of gripping narrative and practical performance-raising tips.