Performance & resilience for personal success Passed
Friday June 24, 2022 09:15 - 10:15 HKT Workshop
Speaker: Leisel Jones
Moderator: Mignonne Chen
Imagine being in the Olympics and the whole nation expecting you to win a gold medal, yet struggling personally inside.
Leisel Jones will draw on her inspiring experiences an Australian swimmer who went to four Olympic games, overcame her personal mental health struggles, to deliver a message to our employees on resilience, overcoming and achieving goals on any level.
Leisel’s swimming career was not without controversy and personal challenges that led to depression. Leisel draws on all of these experiences, and her research to regain her mental health, to share principles of truth, integrity, and authenticity in life and business. She shares a very personal journey of what it is to be an Olympian – the joys, as well as the pain – where lessons from the pool are seamlessly transformed into lessons of life.
Leadership lessons that you’ll learn from this session:
Learn about winning mindset and spirit in career and in life.
Learn about how to overcome depression and mental health issues
Learn about how to apply these mindsets and skills at the workplace
Speakers
Leisel Jones Speaker
Australian Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer
Leisel Jones is an outstanding Olympic swimmer who participated in 4 Olympic games for Australia and was one of the youngest to make the team at age 14. During an undeniably successful professional swimming career she achieved 14 individual world records, and won nine Olympic medals – three Gold, five Silver and one Bronze. Additionally, she achieved seven World Championship titles, 10 Commonwealth Games Gold medals and 23 National titles.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leiseljones/
Mignonne Chen Moderator
Head of Wellness
Jardine Matheson