Kristina Schou Madsen
Kristina Schou Madsen, ultrarunner and entrepreneur, helps teams build resilience, adaptability, and winning mindsets under extreme pressure.
Photo: Henrik Uth
Photo: Henrik Uth
Why book Kristina Schou Madsen for your next event
- Master resilience and adaptability with proven endurance strategies, helping your team stay focused, strategic, and high-performing under pressure.
- Optimize team performance with insights from a world-class ultrarunner, translating endurance principles into business success and long-term growth.
- Author of Running for Life, providing leaders with real-world insights on resilience, goal-setting, and peak performance in high-pressure environments.
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The Endurance Mindset in Business
Boost resilience, adaptability, and peak performance with ultrarunner Kristina Schou Madsen. She transforms endurance strategies into business success—empowering teams to thrive under pressure. Learn mental toughness, goal-setting, and optimization from a world-class athlete. Book an engaging, high-impact keynote today!
Keynote Speaker Kristina Schou Madsen is a world-class ultrarunner, entrepreneur, and author, known for pushing physical and mental boundaries to achieve record-breaking endurance feats. She translates her expertise in motivation, goal-setting, and resilience into actionable business strategies that help organizations thrive in high-pressure environments.
With a background in education and sports leadership, Kristina understands how to engage diverse audiences, delivering high-energy keynotes filled with humor, real-world insights, and practical tools. Her strategies on mental toughness, adaptability, and optimization empower teams to overcome challenges, maintain focus, and achieve peak performance.
By combining lessons from extreme endurance sports with corporate challenges, Kristina provides unique perspectives on leadership, change management, and success under pressure. Whether you're looking to boost resilience, enhance strategic thinking, or inspire high-performance culture, her keynotes deliver powerful takeaways.
Book Kristina Schou Madsen for your event and give your team the mindset, motivation, and strategies to excel in any challenge!
Keynotes
Keynote by Kristina Schou Madsen: Peak Performance Through Mental Strategies
Running 230 self-sufficient kilometers through the Amazon jungle requires more than just physical strength and the right equipment—it demands unshakable mental resilience. Success hinges on elements like risk-taking, adaptability, a positive mindset, competitiveness, and the drive to push forward despite pain and adversity.
The mental strategies used to overcome extreme challenges in endurance racing are directly applicable to business success. This keynote explores how these principles can help leaders, teams, and employees navigate uncertainty, optimize decision-making, and maintain peak performance under pressure.
Audience takeaways include:
- Adapting strategies on the fly when circumstances change unexpectedly.
- Making optimal decisions in high-stakes situations with limited time and resources.
- Transforming negative reactions into productive solutions through mindset shifts.
Attendees will walk away with concrete tools and techniques that can be implemented immediately to enhance resilience, agility, and success in their professional lives.
Keynote by Kristina Schou Madsen: Crossing the Finish Line First – The Ultimate Victory
In 2019, Kristina Schou Madsen took on the World Marathon Challenge—7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents. However, she finished second. Not satisfied with "almost," she returned the following year and claimed victory.
In this inspiring keynote, Kristina shares her journey to multiple world records in extreme running. From struggling through her first half-marathon to competing in the world’s toughest endurance races, she reveals the mindset and strategies that turned setbacks into triumphs.
Audience takeaways:
- How to find and sustain motivation, even after setbacks.
- The power of goal-setting and pushing personal limits.
- Why meticulous planning and preparation are critical to success.
This engaging and honest talk offers a powerful lesson in resilience, determination, and strategic execution—essential for any individual or team striving for excellence.
