Joe Battista
Does your organization or team need to be more resilient? Do they need to learn to bring their passion with them every day? Do you want more confident and courageous employees that know how to overcome adversity and will persevere? Then Coach Battista will help them to use The Power of Pragmatic Passion to use their heart and head to develop realistic options and make informed choices!
Coach Battista is a professional speaker, author, and owner of Pragmatic Passion LLC Consulting. His first book "The Power of Pragmatic Passion – 7 Common Sense Principles for Achieving Personal and Professional Success," was released in September of 2018. He is also the Vice President and an Executive Coach for the National Athletic and Professional Success Academy.
Joe has spent his entire career helping to create, build, grow, and transform organizations and teams and serving "the greater good". Joe has been a coach and mentor for over a thousand coaches, colleagues, students, athletes, and campers in professional, collegiate, and youth sports. His passion for helping others is based on his long-time mantra that "someone has to care".
In 19 seasons as the head coach of Penn State Ice Hockey, his teams won 512 games and six ACHA national championships. He helped secure the largest gift in Penn State history ($88 million) from Terry and Kim Pegula in 2010 to establish NCAA hockey teams and construct the award-winning Pegula Ice Arena. He was named Associate Athletic Director to oversee the arena design, construction, and operations and transition the teams to NCAA Status.
Joe is a former Vice President of the Buffalo Sabres and the Director of Amateur Hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was also the Executive Director of The Nittany Lion Club responsible for annual fundraising ($14 million) for Penn State Athletics. He is a member of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. The American Hockey Coaches Association named Joe the 2014 winner of the prestigious "Lou Lamoriello Award" for his career contributions to college hockey.
Joe is a 1983 graduate of Penn State's Smeal College of Business. He resides in State College, PA with his wife Heidi (PSU '81 &'83), and they have 3 children, Brianna (PSU '15), Jon (PSU '16), and Ryan (PSU Class of 2023).
Does your organization or team need to be more resilient? Do they need to learn to bring their passion with them every day? Do you want more confident and courageous employees that know how to overcome adversity and will persevere? Then Coach Battista will help them to use The Power of Pragmatic Passion to use their heart and head to develop realistic options and make informed choices!
Coach Battista is a professional speaker, author, and owner of Pragmatic Passion LLC Consulting. His first book "The Power of Pragmatic Passion – 7 Common Sense Principles for Achieving Personal and Professional Success," was released in September of 2018. He is also the Vice President and an Executive Coach for the National Athletic and Professional Success Academy.
Joe has spent his entire career helping to create, build, grow, and transform organizations and teams and serving "the greater good". Joe has been a coach and mentor for over a thousand coaches, colleagues, students, athletes, and campers in professional, collegiate, and youth sports. His passion for helping others is based on his long-time mantra that "someone has to care".
In 19 seasons as the head coach of Penn State Ice Hockey, his teams won 512 games and six ACHA national championships. He helped secure the largest gift in Penn State history ($88 million) from Terry and Kim Pegula in 2010 to establish NCAA hockey teams and construct the award-winning Pegula Ice Arena. He was named Associate Athletic Director to oversee the arena design, construction, and operations and transition the teams to NCAA Status.
Joe is a former Vice President of the Buffalo Sabres and the Director of Amateur Hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was also the Executive Director of The Nittany Lion Club responsible for annual fundraising ($14 million) for Penn State Athletics. He is a member of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. The American Hockey Coaches Association named Joe the 2014 winner of the prestigious "Lou Lamoriello Award" for his career contributions to college hockey.
Joe is a 1983 graduate of Penn State's Smeal College of Business. He resides in State College, PA with his wife Heidi (PSU '81 &'83), and they have 3 children, Brianna (PSU '15), Jon (PSU '16), and Ryan (PSU Class of 2023).
"Pragmatic Passion: Dream Big. Keep it Real. Get it Done!"
"Pragmatic Passion: Dream Big. Keep it Real. Get it Done!"
Keynote Presentation (45-60 minutes)
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"The Margin of Excellence"
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Keynote Presentation (45-60 minutes)
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Keynote Presentation (45-60 minutes)
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