Ben Ryan
Fiji Rugby Sevens Olympic Gold Winning Coach, Author of Sevens Heaven & Performance Authority
Ben Ryan brings the kind of A-game and stage presence event organizers crave..
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Ben Ryan brings the kind of A-game and stage presence event organizers crave. His insights into the mindful development of people, open communication, and how to create positive cultures are truly legendary. He shares with companies world-wide the most effective ways to channel motivation and unlock peak performance within teams.
Ben’s extraordinary experience coaching the Fiji Rugby 7s team to their gold medal at the Rio Olympics provides rich learnings and the kind of insights and messages that are applicable to any organization or team. In his keynotes, Ben highlights essential factors for establishing and sustaining the right environments that cultivate success and true engagement, including the critical need to collaboratively align values and vision with courageous conversations.
He discusses the importance of adaptive leadership, agile responsiveness to tap into the deepest areas of personal potential, as well as effective ways to build trust. In order to thrive in today’s competitive world, leaders must be able to mobilize all their resources and utilize the techniques that bring out the very best from every team member.
As author of the best-selling book Sevens Heaven: The beautiful chaos of Fiji’s Olympic Dream, Ben shares the amazing journey from Pacific island sand dunes to gold medal history, revealing the authentic lessons required for developing empowered teams and champions. Ben’s methods help companies and audiences to maximize performance both personally and in business, resulting in even more meaningful outcomes – and a great big dose of passion along the way.
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Ernie was perfect for our Elders Conference at Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Michigan. We will definitely be using PDA again!
LITTLE RIVER BAND OF OTTAWA INDIANS
Our speaker was great and the crowd enjoyed her! She was very engaging. Thank you again PDA for the great list of suggestions!
MEDTRONIC
Everything went great! and our speaker was wonderful! Thank you so much for all your help PDA! Looking forward to the next one.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – KANSAS CITY
I hope that this message finds you well. We had a phenomenal time with Atsuko this past Thursday. We wanted to just let you know how amazing she was. All those that were in attendance thoroughly enjoyed her and had nothing but amazing things to say about her. Thank you for working with us to make sure this happened!
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
We had a fantastic day with Inge! She was very engaging with all those that attended. Her personal stories about the holocaust were very special and we were moved that she was willing to share them with everyone. Thank you again, PDA for all your hard work and dedication to make this program such a success!
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Dear PDA Group, Thank you so much for your hard work in scheduling our speaker! From the moment we reached out to you the first time, you worked with us on all details and logistics and kept us up-to-date on the progress. Thank you for all your hard work on making our event such a success! We couldn't have done it without you and your team!
SAP COMPANY
Thank you again, Dr. Kimbrough, for a great presentation, our attendees are still talking about it!
CAMPUS LABS
Dr. Henry Lee's presentation was entertaining, insightful and wise. I, and everyone at Pfizer, especially appreciate the remarks you directed about following your passion and preparing yourself to excel. Thank you, everyone, at PDA for helping to make this happen!
PFIZER
The event was successful! I received many messages expressing how awesome, outstanding and inspiring Ms. Webb-Christburg's speech was."
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL BREAKFAST, BOSTON, MLK SPEAKER
Everything went well. Atsuko was very easy to work with and the students enjoyed her performance! Thank you again for your recommendation and I hope to work with you again in the future!
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Novello left this morning after a very successful event on our campus! Thank you PDA Group for your help from the first phone to the last you were with us every step of the way.
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Jordan Carlos was very very entertaining! A majority of students who answered the event survey indicated they really enjoyed Jordan and definitely will bring him back!
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
On behalf of myself and my organization Entertainment Unlimited the Campus Programming Board of Ferris State University, we thank you PDA and Dan for a successful event!! Dan was magnificent! Students really enjoyed the presentation. I know I did. Can't wait to bring in more programs with PDA Group.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
It was a great pleasure to work with PDA Group! The communication was always prompt, friendly and helpful. We loved the speakers and events we booked through Mr. Peter Walker (PDA Group).
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Thank you, Peter, for all your help, you'll be happy to know that the event went incredibly well! Aneesa Ferreira was by far one of the best speakers we've ever had!
FURMAN UNIVERSITY
Topics
The A-Game: Adaptive Leadership, Engagement & Cultivating Sustained Success
Sevens Heaven
Videos
Fiji Rugby Coach Ben Ryan | Think Out Loud With Jay Shetty
The incredible story of Ben Ryan's journey to Olympic glory with Fiji | House of Rugby Best Bits #2
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