Topic: Personal Development

Christina Stielli

Christina lives in Stockholm and has two adult daughters, one in Stockholm and one in Rome. She is a runner with a passion for her friends, nature, food and she is always exploring her own limits. A Swedish author who has written two novels and seven non-fictions, a frequent guest in Swedish TV and a chronicler in the magazine Hälsa (Health). She is also a cineaste, has not ever watched “Love Actually”, but rather “Die Hard”, “Batman” and movies as such more times than she can count. Once, she was extraordinary with videogames like “Crash Bandicoot”, “Extreme Games” and of course “Spyro the dragon” … although today if she tried she would probably not get the same high scores.

In her lecturers, her performances, workshops and appearances she challenges each individual to find their potential, their motivation and their responsibility not to place problems onto someone else but instead figure out their own self-leadership in order to succeed and cope with the ups and downs of life.

Christina has a background as marketing, sales and PR manager in the travel industry where she successfully, amongst other things, developed five-star hotels and established Japanese airlines in the Scandinavian market. For several years, she worked with film launches in the region and was responsible for the release of blockbusters such as Titanic and ID4. She was also part of PlayStation’s establishment in Europe.

When her life fell apart and she was left alone with two teenage daughters, the journey back to a bearable life again became her springboard towards what she works with today: to inspire people not to surrender to adversity, to see their inner potential and to never put the responsibility to have a good life, a successful career and be the person and employee I want to be, onto someone or something else... the weather, the stock market or the fact that we have too little time.

With passion, energy and warmth, with a total presence and an exuberant personality, Christina talks about vital motivation, our purpose in life and at work, joy at work, change, psychological security in the workplace, self-leadership and ... ordinary everyday happiness.

Juan Pablo Montoya

Juan Pablo Montoya is a Colombian Formula 1 driver and the only motor racing professional to win a CART Serie title, the Indianapolis 500, and the Daytona 24 hours, all in his first attempt.

He inherited the love of his father for cars and from the age of five he began his passion for speed. From an early age, he began to demonstrate his skills in this sport, becoming a young promise of Formula 1.

Montoya competed in three different categories at the same time, achieving good results, until he decided to move from Colombia to Europe to follow his dream of racing in Formula 1. He is an example of personal growth and how working with perseverance will help you to achieve everything you need.

Although Formula 1 may seem an individual sport, the key to success is teamwork. Juan Pablo Montoya stands out by exploiting the capabilities of each person and looking into available resources within themselves, creating efficient, committed, and united teams that will be able to work under pressure.

Just like he did with his working teams in professional motorsports, Montoya is a speaker sending a contagious and powerful positive message of motivation and improvement to his audience.

In his conferences, he gives, through his personal and professional experience in motorsport, the keys of leadership to manage a team with success.

Juan Pablo Montoya won CART series in 1999 and achieved ten victories in two seasons with Ganassii. Afterwards, he began to race in Formula 1, stage when he won 7 victories, 30 podiums and 13 poles. 2003 was his stellar season: he won the Monaco Grand Prix, one of the most important and prestigious races in the world. It was also in 2003 when he beat the world record racing, the latest lap in Formula 1, at 250,844 Kilometers/hour in Italy Grand Prix.

Since 2017, he is part of Team Penske 2017, one of the most prestigious teams of motorsport and he is considered by many the best driver of Colombia.

Robin Horsfall

Robin Horsfall has led an amazing life. During his talks, attendees will discover fascinating stories from his extensive military career and how they relate to his underlying theme of overcoming adversity.

He was a boy soldier at fifteen, a paratrooper at seventeen and an SAS soldier at twenty-one. He fought in five wars as a front line soldier, was a Royal Marine Sniper and a top bodyguard. He was also one of the UK’s first Paramedics and ran clinics all over the world. He once built a medical centre in the centre of the Guyana Jungle, but there is more.

In 1992 he started to teach martial arts and for twenty years taught thousands of children karate in South West London building the largest independent children’s karate group in Europe. He broke his neck and while recovering went to Surrey University as a mature student (56) and graduated three years later.

He is currently active fighting for the Northern Ireland Veterans Movement a battle he has led for six years. He recently survived bladder cancer, writes books and now lives in South Wales. Robin is a great grandfather and has been married for forty years to his wife Heather. Robin condenses his considerable story into an hour and then allows time for questions.