'10 Minute Tip' by Gail Emms - Business Coach and Mentor - 7am until 9:30am
Gail Emms was awarded her MBE in the Queens 2009 honours list presented by The Princess Royal who herself, was an Olympian representing Great Britain.
Gail graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Sports Science from Kingston University. After graduating Gail became a full-time professional badminton player with the help of national lottery funded grants paid to her by UK SportGail competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Donna Kellogg. She also competed in mixed doubles with Nathan Robertson winning the silver medal.
The 2006 Commonwealth Games brought Gail a Silver in the team event, a Bronze in the women's doubles with Donna Kellogg and a Gold in the mixed doubles with Nathan Robertson. An additional gold together with Robertson followed at the 2006 IBF World Championships.
Gail retired after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
After 2008 Gail has engaged in badminton coaching, motivational speaking, media activities and TV commentary. Gail has worked as a TV presenter and commentator for the BBC, Sky and BT Sport. She has delivered talks on performance, teamwork and gender issues at events held by many prominent clients including the Ashridge Business School, Sainsbury's and the Thames Valley Police.
In 2013 Gail was appointed to the Badminton England coaching staff with a remit to develop young female prospects and mixed doubles pairs.
Gail has appeared on the sports-based panel show A Question of Sport and is a regular guest on Fighting Talk. On 6 March 2014, she appeared on Sport Relief's Top Dog with her dog Raffa, a Westie. They won their heat, and went on to win the semi-final against Jenni Falconer on 20 March and the final, where they competed against Sally Gunnel.
About the conversation:
What business lessons can you learn from an Olympic Silver Medallist and World Champion?
Milton Keynes based Badminton World Champion Gail Emms MBE, will be sharing a great 10 Minute Tip about how the lessons she learnt from her journey in sport can help business owners and professionals like you become far more engaged, proactive and inspired.During her career Gail won an Olympic Silver Medal as well as World, European and Commonwealth Gold’s. Gail reached the top of the tree becoming World number 1 in the badminton mixed doubles. Gail also won 68 caps for England and many other titles in an illustrious sporting career spanning almost two decades.
Gail is now an established and well respected speaker, creating workshops which directly link her experiences and success in the world of sport to improving business performance across the country. Gail’s main themes are self motivation; being able to perform under pressure; maintaining physical and mental health fitness for best performance and results and financial wellbeing.
Since retiring from the sporting world, Gail has become a fully qualified business coach and mentor and has worked with many small and large organisations across the country and here in Milton Keynes including Network Rail and Skoda. This is a unique opportunity to get inside the mind-set of a successful medal winning athlete who has been at the very top of her sport globally.
Discover how she coped with the immense pressures and how she focused on making the right decisions at the right time. You will learn how this directly translates into running your business in today’s tough, fast moving and competitive commercial environment.
At the highest level in sport there is only one way, the hard way! Gail will be sharing tips to help you make the right decisions, at the right time to improve and grow your business. Gail will also motivate you to use her advice to make your Milton Keynes business far more successful and become world class.
