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"We don't always get to choose the role we play, but we do get to choose how we play it."

- Sami Jo

Building a Team is challenging, but effective Teams are the key to business and organizational success. Sports are the classic metaphor for for the effectiveness of Teams. As businesses and organizations face more complex challenges and opportunities, multi disciplinary and diverse Teams become more important.

The biggest difference between me and other Olympians is the whole idea of being placed in situations that were not the way I had envisioned living my Olympic dream. Not playing in the final game in Salt Lake and then not receiving a medal in Torino forced me to focus on "ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE TEAM".

For 25+ years of working with businesses and organization, I've helped thousands create effective teams embrace their role within their team while encouraging and inspiring others to achieve success together.

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World class Leader

3 time Olympian
(2 gold medals, 1 silver medal)

5 time World Champion

2 time World Championship MVP

Stanford University Graduate
(Mechanical Engineering)

Co-Founder of the CWHL
(Canadian Women's Hockey League)

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
(Transition to Business Program)

Canadian Olympic Committee
(Mentor)

General Manager of the Toronto Furies
President of the Toronto Six (Isobel Cup Champs)
(Women's Professional Hockey)

A childhood dream becomes a reality and so much more. A life of incredible experiences.

Testimonials

"Sami Jo Small kicked off our seminar with an energetic and inspirational keynote on how to beat the odds and achieve success despite adversity. Her remarks could not have been more tailored to our seminar's theme, and our clients were thoroughly engaged and motivated during her speech. Sami Jo was very professional on and off the stage with our clients, partners and colleagues."

C. Richard Donnelly

Global Principal Consultant - Dams and Waterpower
Hatch

"We kicked off our multi-day company offsite with Sami Jo Small's terrific keynote speech, and days later the team was still talking about how inspired and moved they were by her story."

Susan Catto

Head of Content & Publishing, Canada
Travelzoo

"Sami Jo was awesome and exceeded our expectations. She is very real, compassionate, delightful and inspirational. You could feel the buzz in the room following her keynote address."

Lois Irvine

Community Development Coordinator
North Simcoe Community Futures Development Corporation

Hockey School

Sami Jo Small Girls Hockey School

We want you to work hard, have a great time, leave with new friends and say, "This was the most fun I've ever had at hockey school!"

We provide a safe, fun environment with a very individualized focus, attracting some of the top women hockey players and coaches in your region and in the country in order that you can learn and be motivated from Olympians and World Champions.