Learn the 12 principles of self-leadership, the most important factor in driving results and achieving success.
Adam Kreek has consistently defied the odds to find greater achievement in all facets of his life. After 73 days alone at sea, Kreek and his expedition team survived a capsize in the Bermuda Triangle, the subject of the Dateline NBC documentary “Capsized”. Four years earlier, Kreek won Olympic Gold with his eight-man rowing team. A two-time Olympian, he holds 60 international medals and multiple Hall of Fame inductions.In The Responsibility Ethic, he shares the 12 essential principles of self-leadership that have fueled his incredible accomplishments—and shows you how to master these principles too.
Kreek is a powerful guide who teaches us how to realize our full potential at any stage of our career and lives. Drawing on his eight years of intensive Olympic training, near-death ocean expeditions, and career as an executive coach and corporate trainer, Kreek shares winning strategies from the trenches, where the strongest minds prevail.
A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, The Responsibility Ethic challenges business leaders globally to chase their ambitions and to take responsibility for their success.

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Adam Kreek is one of North America’s top Management Consultants, and Executive Coaches, with degrees and education from Stanford University, UBC Sauder School of Business, and Queen’s Smith School of Business. He is a guest lecturer at the University of Victoria and teaches strategies and skills of leadership, high performance and perseverance to corporate and government teams globally through keynotes, workshops, and online seminars. Long-term clients on retainer include leadership teams from the Aerospace, Healthcare, Nutrition, and Energy Sectors.
Adam has coached, trained, and taught hundreds of thousands of people including teams at Microsoft, General Electric, Mercedes-Benz, L’Ore´al, Shell, YPO, EO, TedX, but most importantly, Adam walks the talk. Kreek runs two corporations—KreekSpeak Business Solutions and Ergo Sustainable Solutions, a low carbon initiative that connects small businesses with small governments.
A two-time Olympian, Adam holds sixty international medals, including Olympic gold, and multiple hall of fame inductions. In 2013, Adam made the first-ever attempt to row unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to America, the subject of the NBC Dateline documentary “Capsized.”
He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and three children.

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