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LINDA MILLER

From an Olympic Finish Line to the Forefront of Leadership.

Today, Linda speaks to leaders, teams, and organizations about:

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Performing under pressure

Letting go of comparison

Leading without fear

Building cultures rooted in internal mastery

Unlocking sustainable excellence

Linda is also an entrepreneur, having founded a consultancy, and co-founded a software company and a nonprofit. She can translate the lessons of her Olympic experience directly to her own career as a successful business leader.

Her work resonates with executives, public sector leaders, athletes, educators, and mission-driven organizations alike.

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Linda competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney as a member of the U.S. Women’s Eight.

A year earlier, her team had finished just fractions of a second from gold at the World Championships. They entered the Olympics as medal favorites. They finished last.

That experience became the crucible that reshaped her understanding of excellence.

Earlier in her career, reassigned to an underdog pair boat just six weeks before the World Championships, she learned a radically different philosophy of performance: Stop chasing the scoreboard. Focus on the stroke. That crew went on to win a World Championship bronze medal.

The contrast between those two races — one driven by pressure and comparison, the other by presence and process — forms the backbone of her keynote.