Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small

CSP

ON, CANADA

Learn from a successful Olympian (2 golds&1 silver) and leader, how the success of the team can be taught through uplifting each individual to want to perform their role to the best of their ability. 

Sami Jo Small has led teams to success through adversity for 3 decades both as an athlete and in management roles. She is a 3 time Olympian as a goaltender in the sport of Ice Hockey. (2 gold, 1 silver) as well as a 5 time World Champion.


A Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and a graduate of Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering, Sami Jo has travelled the world as a professional speaker for more than 25 years.


She uses storytelling to exemplify many aspects of developing more successful teams and leave the audience with concrete ways to support the people and the teams around them through her message that, "In life, we don’t always get to choose the role we play, but we always get to choose how we play it.


Sami Jo is a published author of her best-selling memoir, The Role I Played – Canada’s Greatest Olympic Hockey Team (Published 2020), works in television as a sports analyst,  owns a hockey school that has run for more that 25 years, and was recently the President of a women’s professional hockey team in Toronto leading them to Championship this past season.

Sami Jo Small has led teams to success through adversity for 3 decades both as an athlete and in management roles. She is a 3 time Olympian as a goaltender in the sport of Ice Hockey. (2 gold, 1 silver) as well as a 5 time World Champion.


A Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and a graduate of Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering, Sami Jo has travelled the world as a professional speaker for more than 25 years.


She uses storytelling to exemplify many aspects of developing more successful teams and leave the audience with concrete ways to support the people and the teams around them through her message that, "In life, we don’t always get to choose the role we play, but we always get to choose how we play it.


Sami Jo is a published author of her best-selling memoir, The Role I Played – Canada’s Greatest Olympic Hockey Team (Published 2020), works in television as a sports analyst,  owns a hockey school that has run for more that 25 years, and was recently the President of a women’s professional hockey team in Toronto leading them to Championship this past season.

It's Not About the Medal

use storytelling to exemplify many aspects of developing more successful teams and leave the audience with concrete ways to support the people and the teams around them. In often changing business environments, I teach how to stay the course and how to focus on the big picture while still taking care of details. Through a unique stories of perseverance and drive, I encourage the audience members not only seek out advice from others but to also share their knowledge and expertise as...

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