Episode 5 – Anna Hemmings

In this episode I will be chatting to Anna Hemmings…

Since retiring from the world of elite sport Anna Hemmings MBE has become recognised as a specialist in the field of resilience and the psychology of high performance. She is an accredited Executive Coach and founded Beyond the Barriers high performance training consultancy in 2009. Anna has worked with CEO’s and senior leaders through to middle management, designing and delivering resilience, leadership and high performing teams programmes. She works with leaders and teams helping them develop the skills, attitudes and behaviours to deliver exceptional performance.

As a sportswoman, Anna is best known as Britain’s most successful ever female kayaker, a two time Olympian and 6 times World Champion. Anna is adept at translating the lessons that she learned in sport into the business world. Her unique combination of experience in sport combined with 12 years leading a successful training consultancy gives her a broad understanding of the challenges that individuals, teams and leaders face and how to overcome them to maximise performance.

With 18 years of experience on the speaker circuit, Anna’s speeches and masterclasses have been enjoyed and valued by senior leaders through to middle managers, in more than 15 different countries, across different industries from banking and telecoms, to healthcare and retail. Key insights from Anna’s engaging and thought provoking speeches are brought to life through entertaining anecdotes from her journey in sport and business.

Anna’s mission is to make a positive impact on everyone she works with, providing them with simple yet powerful and practical strategies that they can apply immediately in their world.