Relevant. Engaging. Impactful.
Segun combines over 13 years of high-performance Olympic experience, with real life examples, and engaging storytelling.
Watch Segun's TEDx talk below for a sneak peak!
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Deliver A Memorable And Impactful Experience For Your Event, Gathering, Or Group.
Dynamic and engaging presentations that captivate, inspire, and motivate.
Presentations designed to resonate deeply with your audience
- Inspire, audiences to make positive changes
- Captivate audience attention with engaging storeis .
- Motivate to take action.
- Deliver a dynamic and engaging manner.
- Challenge a lasting impression on your audience
Discover the difference a great speaker can make
- Relevant
- Engaging
- Insightful
Whether you're organizing a corporate event, conference, or team-building retreat, your audience will leave inspired to take action and eager to embark on their next chapter of growth and success.
"Segun is a fantastic speaker. His ability to connect with the audience in a relatable, and funny way is incredible. By sharing real life experiences and stories, he was able to clearly demonstrate some tangible strategies and lessons that each person in the audience will be able to use in their life in and out of sport. Segun put together such an engaging presentation and made it easy and fun to ask questions and discuss ideas at the end."
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Martha McCabe
2X Olympian / Olympienne
Founder and President / Fondatrice et Présidente, Head to Head
Signature Talks Include...
Gold Medal Resilience: How to Develop Your Inner Resilience When Things Get Tough
The reality is that life will knock us down at some point. The real question is, will we decide to get up and keep going regardless. In this talk, Segun Makinde will share strategies to help you develop your inner resilience for greater confidence, impact, and success. Participants will learn how to:
- Build resilience in the face of unexpected, unforeseen, or unwanted, problems or obstacles.
- Bounce back from tough setbacks and challenging experiences
Ideal for corporate / professional events & employee gatherings
Cultivating a Gold Medal Mindset: How To Optimize For Positive Outcomes In A Negative World
In this talk 2x Olympian Segun Makinde will share his gold medal mindset framework that helped him attend 2 olympic Games and will help audiences combat negative thinking, escape downward spirals, and take positive action. You’ll learn how to:
- Optimize your thoughts towards positive outcomes
- Shift into a positive frame of mind to overcome negative thoughts
- Develop a bias for positive strategic action
- Achieve a gold medal mindset
Ideal for corporate events, employee events, and leadership gatherings
Gold Medal Leadership: How To Inspire And Develop Leaders In The Workplace
Employees and leaders who feel empowered in the workplace are more effective and feel a greater sense of autonomy, value, and confidence in their work. In this talk, Segun Makinde breaks down how anyone can be a leader and generate positive outcomes. Participants will learn:
- The four tenets of Gold Medal Leadership
- How to truly lead as a leader
- What every leader needs to be effective
- Three things to do when faced with a crisis as a leader
Ideal for corporate strategy retreats and leadership gatherings, “Career Week” or
“Career Month” events, and employee professional development gatherings
It Starts In Your Mind: Three Mental Mindsets For Inner Wellness & Success
In this talk 2x Olympian Segun Makinde shares 3 mental mindsets learned over the course of 12+ years and more than 13,000 hours of olympic training that audience members can adopt and apply to overcome obstacles and achieve success in a more balanced, well-rounded, and holistic way. Participants will learn:
- How to apply each mindset to their situation/ circumstance
- How to create something good from the seemingly “bad”
- Greater mental awareness
- How to endure hard things
- How to “improvise” like a jazz musician
Ideal for corporate wellness events, employee retreats, and leadership gatherings
Go beyond surface-level engagement...
- Inspiring and insightful perspectives weaved into every presentation
- Unique experiences used to leave a lasting impact on every attendee
- Captivating keynotes that keep audiences engaged and entertained
- Presentations that inspire action and drive results
- Seamless and stress-free event experience, from planning to execution
MEET YOUR SPEAKER
Segun Makinde
Segun Makinde is a 2x Olympian, TED Speaker, Council Member, Community Ambassador, Podcaster, and 3x International medalist. Segun believes that being an Olympian is more than just going to the Olympic Games, and uses his unique perspective combined with over 13 years of Olympic high-performance experience to positively impact and inspire individuals and organizations to do what they think is impossible by tapping into their own, "Inner Olympian".
"I just wanted to reach out and say thank you for speaking at TEDxMcMaster and inspiring us with your powerful story.
- Ivan
"Your TEDxMcMaster presentation was inspiring. I'm so grateful to have been in the (virtual) audience listening to your story.
- Theresa L
"REALLY inspirational, and exactly the words I needed to hear this week. I am headed to Tokyo this summer, to my 2nd Olympic Games. My "impossible". Thank you!
- Lynda