🥇Olympic Gold Medalist/Award-winning Motivational Speaker/Best-Selling Author
NIKKI STONE
TOPICS - • Adaptability • Adversity • Determination
• High Performance • Inspirational • Leadership
• Mindset • Olympics • Peak Performance
• Resilience • Sports • Success • Teamwork
NIKKI STONE - PROGRAMS
- WORLD-CLASS LEADERSHIP
- The Strategies and Tools for Everyone to Be a Champion
- WORLD-CLASS FOCUS
- The Secrets to Increasing Productivity and the Bottom Line
- WORLD-CLASS INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION
- The Difference Between Showing Up and Winning the Gold Medal
- WORLD-CLASS TEAMWORK
- How To Create a Results-Driven Team With Purpose, Focus and Balanced Leadership
“I truly think your speech was the first I’ve heard that kept my attention the WHOLE time and completely captivated me. It was the perfect combination of a moving story, shared motivation, and compelling success-building activities. Thank you for breaking the mold of the typical motivational speaker.”
~ Gretchen Haller, Meeting and Event Planner at Procter & Gamble
“Of all the athletes I’ve interviewed, you were one of the most impressive. You make a powerful & relevant connection between being a champion on the slopes and in the workplace.”
~ Lester Holt, Anchor of “NBC Nightly News” & ”Dateline” NBC
“If you want to book a sports figure for a speaking event, Nikki Stone is it! No, scratch that: if you want to book anybody for a speaking event, Nikki Stone is it! I was so into Nikki‘s presentation. I actually forgot that I was at a conference. I was laughing one minute and in tears of joy the next. I took away memorable lessons that will truly benefit me and my family in every aspect of life. Nikki deserved every bit of that standing ovation she received! She gets a 15 out of 10 as she so greatly exceeded my expectations!”
~ Michael Anderson, Sr. VP, Merrill Lynch
“My mind is blown! There are good speakers and then there are phenomenal speakers. Nikki is about 5 steps above the latter. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but this was way beyond anything I could’ve hoped for in a speaker. I could listen to her all day. Such great advice. Such energy. What a story. And so creatively told. Just the perfect package wrapped up in a very genuine and deserving woman!”
~ Jana Schuster, VP of Data Analysis
“You motivate me still, today. Your inspiration will last a lifetime…I took your advice and surmounted the obstacles by focusing on my strengths--even when I wasn't sure if my strengths were still there. And now, I'm celebrating my victories as I move forward. And each victory reminds me that even in the face of adversity, my strengths were still there. This allows me to put risk--and fear--in perspective.”
~ Amy Landon, Sr. VP, Proctor and Gamble
“Wow, wow, WOW! That presentation was POWERFUL!! We all felt like we were right there with you…. You could feel the energy flying from that conference room as we walked out after you spoke.”
~ Thomas Holden, Head of Google Research, Google
NIKKI STONE - BIOGRAPHY
At the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, Nikki Stone became America’s first-ever Olympic Champion in the popular and electrifying sport of aerial skiing. What made this performance so unbelievable, was the fact that less than two years earlier, a chronic spinal injury prevented her from standing, much less skiing off a 12-foot tall snow jump that launches aerialists 50 feet into the air.
Nikki’s accomplishments span far beyond the sports world as she is also a Magna Cum
Laude graduate of Union College and a Suma Cum Laude masters graduate—and Masters Student of the Year in Health Science—at the University of Utah, she trains other Olympic athletes in speaking skills and she has authored the best-selling book, "When Turtles Fly: Secrets of Successful People Who Know How to Stick Their Necks Out". Because of her indpeth experience, the United States Olympic Committee invited Nikki to work with all of the winter Olympic athletes on their mental strength as they arrived at the Olympic Games.
With a successful competitive, educational and professional background, Nikki has learned to verbalize the tools needed for success and she takes guests on a dynamic, entertaining, and emotional journey with exclusive, interactive, hands-on and relatable sport and performance psychology skills. Nikki shares the important life lessons on leadership, resilience in the face of adversity, believing in ourselves, finding focus, taking risks, adapting to change, commitment to meeting and surpassing competition and using teamwork and support. Some of her clients include John Hancock, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, American Express, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Procter and Gamble, Morgan Stanley, AT&T, Visa, 3M, New York Life, Johnson and Johnson, Hilton Hotels, Anheuser Busch, 3M, and many more. All of Nikki’s attendees walk away with a number of specific empowerment action steps to help them reach their pinnacle performance. Through surveys following her presentations, 100% of her attendees have found value in her speech and 100% would like to hear her speak again. Audiences love hearing this award-winning inspirational speaker and learning how they, too, can stick their necks out to reach outstanding accomplishments.
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NIKKI STONE - MEDIA
When Turtles Fly
Secrets of Successful People Who Know How to Stick Their Necks Out
By Olympic Gold Medalist, Nikki Stone
Did you know you have better odds at winning the lottery than an Olympic medal? To bring home one of those coveted medals—or achieve any great personal goal in life—you need a lot more than luck. You need a game plan.
What if you could learn the secrets of success from an Olympian? A Nobel Prize winner? A Fortune 500 CEO? Along with anecdotes from her own dramatic journey, Olympic gold medalist Nikki Stone has compiled a treasure trove of compelling stories to illustrate each step on the path to success. She’s gathered humorous, heartwarming and hugely inspirational tales from some of today’s most brilliant business leaders, scientists, soldiers, inventors, philanthropists, musicians, athletes and entrepreneurs…a host of people whose very names epitomize achievement.
Winners such as:
- Designer Tommy Hilfiger
- Prince Albert of Monaco
- X-Games/Olympic Champ Shaun White
- Best-selling author Stephen Covey
- Jazz musician Branford Marsalis
- Olympic skiing Star Lindsey Vonn
- Special Olympic Chair Timothy Shriver
- Top venture capitalist Vinod Khosla
- NFL quarterback SteveYoung
- Celebrity chef Todd English
- Perfect ‘10’ gymnast Nadia Comaneci
...And many more…
“Even after my many successful years in business and politics, I was still able to gain a great deal of inspiration and helpful advice from Nikki Stone and her incredible contributors. Nikki’s work demonstrates why I was so thrilled to develop such a strong relationship with the Olympic movement.”
- Mitt Romney, Business Executive, Presidential Candidate, Massachusetts Governor, and President of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee
“These inspirational stories and lessons will challenge readers to overcome their personal obstacles to success and encourage them to achieve their potential. When Turtles Fly is a great read and one that I would recommend to old and young alike.”
- Dick Marriott, Chairman, Host Hotels and Resorts