Kerri Pottharst

Kerri Pottharst is Australia’s most decorated Indoor and Beach Volleyball player, having represented her country for an incredible 20 years. Renowned for being one of the fiercest competitors in the world of Volleyball, Kerri is now also known for being a successful inspirational speaker and presenter, entrepreneur and published author.

When Kerri took up volleyball at the age of 15, she hadn’t yet dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion. In 1992 a sickening knee injury should have ended her career, but in her typical no-nonsense style, Kerri recovered late in 1993, changed her goals to Beach Volleyball and then went on to compete in 3 Olympic Games and win two Olympic medals – Bronze at Atlanta and then the Gold against Brazil during the Sydney 2000 Games. As testament to Kerri’s abilities, since 1994 she has never been out of the top 10 and rarely out of the top six in International Beach Volleyball events.

Having retired from International level competition, Kerri’s Golden journey continues as she now shares her Gold Medal Excellence strategies with corporate audiences to inspire them on their own journey to success. She works closely with her audiences, delivering inspirational presentations (that can be followed with a fun session of beach volleyball) and weaving important messages of teamwork, skill, trust, relationship building, leadership and communication into an unforgettable day that will deliver tangible results.

Using entertaining anecdotes from her experiences as a competitor, and as a regular commentator at the Olympic Games and other sporting events, Kerri motivates and inspires her audiences to overcome their fears and self doubts, to set goals and to push through the barriers to achieve them. An expert at reinventing herself time and time again, Kerri can relate to the constant need to deal with a changing world to stay successful and reach even greater goals.

Kerri’s unique message is as relevant to high level executives as it is to more junior teams, as reflected by her skills in coaching staff at all levels to work together as a cohesive and effective team. Her in-depth research and preparation ensures the content is relevant and specific to each audience, every time, A consummate professional and experienced presenter, she is as quick-thinking on her feet now as she was on the courts.

Amongst Kerri’s many skills is her innate ability to connect with the audience in a way that is warm, authentic, and most importantly, relatable. The same strategies that took her to Gold are easily adapted by audiences to achieve their own corporate and personal goals.

For many, the two highlights of Kerri’s presentations are the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for audiences to hold her Olympic Gold medal for themselves, and the Walk of Courage – the chance for them to push their personal boundaries by walking on broken glass.

Both unique experiences reinforce Kerri’s inspiration for everyone to become a champion in their own right.

Dear Kerri, on all accounts you were fabulous! Thank you so very much for your support. I have had phone calls and many comments about how professional, motivating and entertaining you were. My only complaint is that I missed it! Thank you again. I look forward to the possibility of working with you again.
Erin Adams – Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC)

Thank you for your inspirational, motivational and highly entertaining talk. I hope you’re still on the speaking circuit when my daughters get to high school – I would love for them to be inspired by your words of wisdom to be the best they can be.
Melissa Lammers – Shire Legal

Don’t just think it – Ink it!

Share with Kerri the secret to how she and her team turned their Bronze from the Atlanta Olympic Games into Gold in Sydney 2000. Her stories of overcoming setback, injury, and defeat will inspire you to push beyond your limits and she’ll have you thinking about how you can achieve more than you ever have before.

The importance of Goal Setting is so often undervalued. goal settings is all about creating a path you need to take to achieve success and understanding how to take the journey in the short steps. By finding out where you are today and where you’d like to be you can implement the rules and processes involved in setting goals and actually ACHIEVE them!

Understanding the purpose of your goals and aligning them to both your personal and/or Corporate values and vision, your internal dialogue will allow you to develop a clear plan of action that details each step to success.

With the goal setting process you will also discover the crucial element to fulfilling your goals – and identifying the typical excuses we give ourselves for not succeeding and learning how to overcome them so that you’re never hold yourself back again.

Dream – Plan – Act – Succeed

Share with Kerri the secret to how she and her team turned their Bronze from the Atlanta Olympic Games into Gold in Sydney 2000. Her stories of overcoming setback, injury, and defeat will inspire you to push beyond your limits and she’ll have you thinking about how you can achieve more than you ever have before.