How Olympian Sarah Wells Found Resilience Through Quitting

Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract

14-12-2022 • 29 mins

Sarah Wells is an Olympian, a Pan American Silver Medalist, and the founder of the Believe Initiative. In this episode of Leadership NOW, Sarah and Dan Pontefract discuss resilience, pressure, goals, and obstacles. As a 400m hurdler, Sarah's Olympian reputation was forged through overcoming challenges and achieving the incredible. Take her debut at the London Olympics in 2012, which came despite an injury that had her sidelined her for months just the year before. Sarah knows the mindset, grit, and amount of failure that it takes to achieve the highest level. She has worked with organizations such as Salesforce, Deloitte, Proctor and Gamble, Kraft-Heinz, Bell Media, and Google, to help build resilient and inspirational leaders.

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