Signature keynote · Teamwork and candour
Teams that don't crack
Oxford 2022 and the America's Cup: two elite environments, the same ambition, different outcomes. How the best teams say the hard thing, and hear it without taking it personally.
Keynote speaker
How high-performing teams and individuals think, talk, and act to achieve excellence.
Keynotes, workshops and team days on the water, from a two-time Olympian, Boat Race winner and America's Cup sailor.
- 2× OlympianRio 2016, Tokyo 2021
- World Championship silver2018
- 2× U23 World Champion2013, 2014
- Boat Race winnerOxford, 2022
- America's CupCaptain of the cyclors, Alinghi Red Bull Racing
- Swiss ergometer record holderSince 2020 · 2,000m, 5:40.0
- Oxford MBASaïd Business School
What the room leaves with
Five principles from teams that held together.
- 1Values chosen from within, not imposedValues a team writes itself hold under pressure.
- 2Radical transparency about pressureSay what is at stake before race day.
- 3Productive conflictName the elephant in the room. Aim criticism at the work, never at the person.
- 4One system, over individual optimisationBuy-in first, refinement second.
- 5A controlled narrativeUnderdog on the outside, absolute certainty on the inside.
One thread runs through all five: say the hard thing, and hear it without taking it personally.
Ways to work together
Three formats, in order of depth.
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Keynote
Any of the talks above, shaped to your event.
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Workshop
The ideas from the keynote, applied to your team's own situation. Designed with you, no fixed programme.
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On the water
Your team in a boat on Lake Geneva, or indoors on rowing machines, all year round. Sized to your group, from one crew to a full department.
The offsite day
Keynote in the morning. On the water in the afternoon.
One booking, and a team that has put the ideas to work together before it goes back to the office.
Plan an offsite dayIn English or French, with Q&A and team conversations also in German · In person or online · 20 to 2,000 people · Based in Lausanne and Barcelona, travels internationally
Some engagements continue as one-to-one work.
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Booking
Check availability.
Tell me about the event. I reply personally within two working days.
Fee on request, adapted to format and audience.
Prefer email? barnabe@barnabedelarze.com