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Business is a race. Is your team lagging behind?

LEADERSHIP SPEAKER, ADVENTURER, AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR

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Learning Lessons from Eco Challenge

JEFF MACINNIS is a global explorer-turned-corporate-captain who helps organizations reach their peak. Beginning as a competitive skier with the Canadian National Ski Team, MacInnis’s exploits have ranged from participating in the Overland Challenge (a 25,000 km world spanning-race) to leading the first team to sail the deadly Northwest Passage. In talks, he applies his unique athletics-driven insights to the world of business, showing us how teamwork and perseverance are benchmarks for excellence.

An adventurer, explorer, author, and business consultant, Jeff MacInnis first made history sailing the legendary Northwest Passage—a treacherous 4,000km journey through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. His was the first attempt made to sail the passage since Sir John Franklin’s 129-man team vanished along the route in 1845, and the only successful attempt ever. The expedition survived one of the harshest environments on the planet, through an ice-choked passage that has claimed more lives than Mount Everest. In his National Geographic story-turned-book Polar Passage, MacInnis recounted the brutal environments, extreme emotion, crippling fatigue, and dangerous weather that he and his fellow journeyman Mike Beedell endured—all while aboard an 18-foot, 450-pound catamaran that could have easily fell victim to harrowing sea conditions.

Today, MacInnis is a self-described “business explorer” who uses his experiences in athletics and adventure as a bedrock for his corporate counseling. How can you build a world-class team that can withstand difficult obstacles, environmental stress, sudden change, and moments of crisis? What can teams do to better communicate, unlock new opportunities, and increase their performance? MacInnis knows that business today is a race that can be survived using the same principles of endurance, teamwork, leadership, and ambition that’s helped him cross the finish line time and time again. An exceptional motivator, he’s inspired and mobilized audiences—more than half of the Fortune 500 —in over 2,000 seminars across 22 countries.

Previously, MacInnis competed on the Canadian National Ski Team, racing in World Cup events and winning the Belgium National Downhill Championship. He went on to compete in the Overland Challenge, a grueling 25,000 km journey around the world, and The Eco Challenge, a 500 km trek through demanding terrain.

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Conquering Your IndustryHow to Finish First in the Today's Business Race

Today, business is the biggest, most competitive race of all. Start-ups have begun to disrupt and displace legacy brands at a rapid rate, and the average lifespan of a Fortune 500 company has dropped by more than half—with no signs of stopping. Every year, it seems like the amount of competitors in any given industry multiplies. So how can you stay ahead?

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Inside the Eco ChallengeLessons of Survival from the Ultimate Human Test

Inspired by the Eco-Challenge, this is a one-hour long safe, fun, and exciting world-class business challenge led by Jeff MacInnis and his team. Just like Eco-Challenge, the group is divided into teams of four, shown how to navigate with a compass, and given a passport with all the details. Teams navigate the challenging hour-long route by walking, not running, and getting their passports signe...

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Dream. Dare. Do.Achieving Impossible Outcomes

With more than 10 years of experience helping organizations build world-class teams and increase their performance, Jeff MacInnis shares the teamwork and communication skills that fuel the momentum to create new opportunities. With custom-designed exercises and practical strategies, he’ll show you how to expand your definition of what’s possible, and reach new, unprecedented heights of success....

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