Sales Training | Motivational Speaker Jim Craig 1980 USA Olympic Hockey Team Goalie

Sales Training

Gold Medal Strategies

Inspiration-Driven Leadership & Sales Development

Inspire  -  Motivate – Win!

Gold Medal Training is the training arm for Jim Craig’s Gold Medal Strategies.  The experienced facilitators at Gold Medal Training are available for half-day and full-day training sessions.  They have the ability to build off of Jim Craig’s keynote and drill down on Jim’s highly successful Gold Medal Strategies or act as standalone sessions to fit your training needs.

Based on Jim Craig’s 25+ year career of highly successful sales, marketing and training, and the topics for his new book, Gold Medal Training customizes each presentation to address your company’s needs while weaving in Jim’s knowledge, anecdotes and direction.

Following are the training topics for sales teams, home office teams and leadership teams:

  • Recruiting for results – Great teams are the product of meticulous recruiting
  • Power of teamwork – Great teams have a shared dream
  • Confidence Building – Great teams have a chip on their shoulder – and think of themselves as winning underdogs
  • Goal Achievement – Great teams have a real or invented enemy
  • Conflict management / Transformational Change Management- Great teams manage through ego and conflict
  • Rewards of Risk-taking – Great teams make personal sacrifices
  • Accountability for action – Great teams hold each other accountable
  • Commitment to Excellence -Great teams stay young in spirit and outlook
  • Fundamentals of Winning – Great teams and great companies win!

Gold Medal Training provides companies with the opportunity to weave a consistent message, and provides sustainability  of that core message throughout your meeting.

“I wanted to take a moment on behalf of Verizon to Thank You for helping us deliver an outstanding Expect the Best management leadership program. This trip scored a perfect 5.0 from our participants and I know that your contributions played a key role in us delivering a perfect score. You did an outstanding job linking your life experiences and business focus to our participants in a way that inspired all. We asked our participants what they liked the most about this program and here are several verbatims.

  • Jim Craig gave us “miracle” speeches every step of the way.
  • Jim Craig’s talks were so inspiring
  • Teambuilding, huddles and training with Jim Craig.
  • Jim Craig’s speeches were really motivating
  • Loved the training done by Jim Craig. Right fit for the actions we need to take when we get back to the office.
  • Jim Craig’s business savvy and winning spirit illustrates what successful teams are made of
  • Jim Craig brought tears to my eyes five times
  • A once in a lifetime opportunity. The motivational speaker, Jim Craig, at the site where it happened in 1980 and hearing it from his perspective about team and everything that comes with it

If another opportunity to work together presents itself, I’d bring you back to work with our group in a heartbeat.”

Group Manager – Consumer Recognition, Incentives & Channel Marketing

Customer and Roadmap Marketing Group


To discuss your companies needs please contact Jim Craig’s office at Gold Medal Strategies or via email.