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Kevin Cottam

Kevin is committed to the pursuit of excellence/high performance and growing people’s potential. His background as a figure skating coach, trainer and choreographer to National, World and Olympic Champions and competitors, an award winning dance filmmaker, contemporary dancer and director of Opening and Closing Ceremonies of large sporting events gives him first hand knowledge in reaching goals. He devotes his life to coaching, speaking and delivering trainings for business, government and individuals.

Expertise:

• Developing high performance as a way of life in all levels of business, government and personal life to maximize productivity, value and focus.
  
• Creating clarity of vision, purpose and legacy.
  
• Creating a powerful stress reduced lifestyle based on how you spend your energy budget, as opposed to time.
  
• Presenting powerful speeches with passion.
  
• Leadership through balancing the four intelligences - mental, physical, emotional and spiritual.
  
• Living out a dynamic life based on your values.
  
   Kevin's most recent international grand-scale workshops and speaking credits include the PECE-MPI conference in Monte Carlo and the ESNEP (SITE) conference in Amman, Jordan. He is currently conducting a variety of High Performance workshops, providing coaching for the International MBA Programme at Solvay University in Brussels, and teaching stress management for the UK Permanent Representation to the EU.
  
  In his personal coaching and training practice, he combines his formal coaching skills and the tools of an accredited Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and Hypnotherapy with his broad culture in competitive sports, the performing arts, and Eastern philosophy to motivate and inspire his clients to attain excellence in performance and attitude.
  
  A Canadian national, Kevin’s award-winning skills as a champion figure skater, skating coach/choreographer, and contemporary dancer led him to an enriching if demanding performance career in New York City, Paris, London and Melbourne as well as throughout Canada. He has coached such elite athletes as Kurt Browning and Kristin Yamaguchi, produced and directed award-winning dance films, and directed large-scale productions such as the 1988 Calgary Olympic Games Closing Ceremonies.
  
  Daily living and practicing his own motto "Action, Empowerment, Solutions, Results and Performance in this Lifetime," Kevin's personal compass is firmly fixed on integrity, responsibility, honesty and a healthy dose of risk-taking.
  
  He relates a favorite story about coaching a World Champion Figure Skater who had lost all confidence in himself, his talents and direction just prior to defending his World title. Witnessing this sudden loss of power, Kevin trained him differently, by coaching him on human and emotional levels as well as technical. Empowered, the skater successfully captured his second out of four World Titles two weeks later.
  
  Kevin holds a B.Sc. degree in biology and a coaching diploma from Achievement Specialists, England. He is a member of the International Coach Federation.
  

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