Conférenciers Québec, Formation, Motivation et Team Building - Formax - Ray Lalonde - Speaker, sport and pro marketing executive and sport business analyst

Ray Lalonde
Speaker, consultant and sport business analyst

Ray Lalonde
speaker, sport & marketing pro and sport business analyst

Ray Lalonde is a sports business consultant/advisor specializing in management, strategic planning, branding, marketing, sales and revenue generation.

A columnist and analyst of the sports industry on radio and TV, Ray is an exciting and inspiring speaker for Canadian companies in all industries looking for strategic parallels with sports.

Ray Lalonde's lectures and training workshops:

Duration: approximately 60-90 minutes, adaptable.
Workshop: 2h to 6h, depending on your needs, tailor-made.
Conferences available in French and English.
A preparatory call is planned to adapt the content of the conference and training.

Promoting teamwork to optimize business growth

One of the keys to business success is effective teamwork. How to maximize your success and your results by extracting the best from each individual for the collective good to achieve the company's objectives. It starts with inspired people who are committed to the company and its success. Sport is the perfect parallel to serve as a model for this vision. Because a sporting result, whether as an individual or as part of a team, is the ultimate culmination of invested effort. It's the very definition of teamwork. That's why hundreds of companies in business today look to sport for inspiration. Sports arouse passions and emotions that no other industry evokes. And you have to be highly motivated to excel in sport, especially at the elite level. With over 35 years' experience participating in and leading teams of individuals in global sport, Ray Lalonde tells us how organizations inspire and motivate to optimize performance.

In this conference, Ray Lalonde will address, among others, the following topics

Team first
Corporate culture and human values
Balancing organizational priorities
The authenticity needed to excel
The concept of objectives in sport
The place of passion and emotions in everyday life

Make your employees and clients experience the extraordinary

With the evolution of the business market since the pandemic, regardless of the industry, it has become increasingly difficult to recruit new employees, build a quality workforce, ensure cohesive teamwork, and most importantly, solidify relationships with customers. These issues are real and immediate. So how do you begin this transformation in your company and increase the value perceived by your customers?

In this conference, Ray Lalonde will address, among others, the following topics

The principle of benchmarking;
Company culture;
The priorities of the organization;
The place of passion and emotions in the company;
The importance of strategic alignment;
Investments vs. expenditures;
The values of the company.

Building a champion club is like running your business

In this conference, the following will be discussed:

The key to successful organizations;
Decision making based on monetary gain and winning a game;
The benefits of applying the model of a sports organization to a traditional business;
Corporate culture;
The unique mentality of a champion sports club;
Vision and Leadership.

Biography of Ray Lalonde :

Well known to the Quebec public thanks to the unprecedented success of his time with the Montreal Canadiens, where he completely transformed the team's brand and popularity over a decade.

A graduate of McGill University and Penn State University where he earned a Master's degree in Sports Administration, Ray also served as an assistant coach with the Penn State Nittany Lions in the NCAA. He has worked in professional football with the NFL Europe and the Montreal Alouettes, in professional basketball with the NBA in New York and Europe, and with the Montreal Canadiens as VP and Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, where he led the Canadiens to the highest commercial heights in their history during his 10-year role with the club. He was the architect and leader of the Canadiens' centennial celebrations from 2006-2009. He also led Team Canada's communications with the Canadian Olympic Committee at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

He has over 35 years of experience in world-class sport and unique expertise in this exciting industry. He is often called upon as an advisor and expert for sports organizations in Canada with the objective of improving business and operational performance.

Since 2014, he has been analyzing the sports industry as a regular columnist on RDS and TSN690 radio on the English side, making weekly appearances on the 5 à 7 and L'Antichambre shows. He was also a frequent collaborator for several years with Paul Arcand on the most listened-to radio show in Canada, Puisqu'il faut se lever, on the Cogeco network's 98.5FM. He has also been invited to participate in numerous radio and television programs on SRC, Télé- Québec, NOOVO and others on the marketing, branding and economics of sports, featuring his vast knowledge of world sports.

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