Olympic hockey player, legendary Hockeyroos coach and author of 'The Coach'.
Dr Ric Charlesworth is one of the most accomplished figures in Australian sport — Olympic hockey player, Sheffield Shield cricketer, federal MP, and the coach who took the Hockeyroos to back-to-back Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2000. He went on to coach India's national men's team and Australia's Kookaburras, and his books — including 'The Coach' and 'Shakespeare the Coach' — are foundational reading for sports and corporate coaches alike.
What lands on stage is the depth. Ric is a doctor, a former politician and one of the most thoughtful coaches the country has produced. He talks about team culture, the development of leaders within a squad and the long, repeated work behind sustained high performance with a rigour that very few sports speakers can match.
He's a top-tier choice for senior leadership audiences and for any event that wants its coaching speaker to be a genuine thinker.
Dr Ric Charlesworth AO is a keynote speaker based in Western Australia who speaks on education, leadership and sport. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
Ric was well prepared! Engaging and insightful. Our audience was captured.South Australian Cricket Association
Your presentation on the work that needs to be done to develop supervisors into leaders was excellent. The “team” message was well made and all the more practical and realistic as a result of your ability to draw on your own experience in the sporting world.Minerals Council of Australia
There are few certainties in life and success in our chosen field is not one of them. Richard Charlesworth knows how to turn the ‘art of the possible’ into the ‘art of the probable’ and dramatically increase the chances of getting to the top.British Airways
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