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Thomas Crum

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  • Managing & Leading
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Thomas Crum is an author and presenter in the fields of conflict resolution, peak performance, and stress management. He is known throughout the world for his best-selling books and his inspiring presentations, which help people become more centered under conflict, resourceful when facing challenges, and effective under stress. For over 35 years, Tom has taught Aikido, a graceful martial art – which uses energy rather than force to resolve conflicts – and includes principles and movements from Aikido, Tai Chi Chuan, Qi gong, and other mind-body arts in his presentations. This creates an experiential event that adds excitement, color, and value. Acclaimed as “much more than another talking head,” Tom conducts presentations for organizations worldwide for management and employees at all levels in corporations, government and non-profit organizations. His major corporate and organizational clients number in the hundreds. He is a popular keynote and plenary presenter, with appearances at many international conferences and associations including the American Society of Training and Development, Franklin Covey, the Ken Blanchard Companies, Systems Thinking in Action, and Global Institute for Leadership Development. Tom Crum’s work is applicable to every aspect of our lives – our work, relationships, families, and even athletic performances. For those among us who like to ski or play golf, Tom integrates his work with these sports. The Aspen Ski Company has adapted Tom Crum’s work for use in their ski schools and Tom’s weeklong “Magic of Skiing” program, which has brought skiers to Aspen for the past twenty-five years, is the most successful multi-day program in Aspen ski history. Tom also is a personal coach working with executives, athletes, and the general public.
Tom’s books, audio and visual materials and other products include his best-selling books, “The Magic of Conflict and Journey To Center,” and his latest book, “Three Deep Breaths: Finding Power and Purpose In A Stressed Out World.”

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“Three Deep Breaths”
Unmanaged stress is a 21st century epidemic. Traffic jams, technological change, information overload, time-crunch, exhaustion, performance anxiety, emotional roller-coasters, relationship difficulties and other stressors can jeopardize our health, our creativity, our productivity, and our vitality.
According to the American Institute of Stress, unmanaged stress costs the US $300 billion annually. Statistics indicate that 75-90% of doctor visits are stress related, and approximately one million workers are absent every day due to stress. Stress is a major economic and performance issue for all businesses.
A presentation by THOMAS CRUM will enable you to turn stress into vitality, pressure into power, and anxiety into relaxed awareness. Tom will draw upon his “Three Deep Breaths” model to provide participants with a clear, concise, and useable framework for understanding what stress is, based on the latest scientific evidence, and how to utilize stress to create greater health and performance.

“Magic of Conflict”
In his presentation, Tom will use his “Magic of Conflict” approach. The “Magic of Conflict” approach is a way of thinking and a way of living. It is an antidote to the intense personal and professional pressures of modern society: a set of simple techniques and powerful communication processes to help the individual master conflicts and turn frustration into fulfillment. From overcoming apathy to understanding how conflict can be an opportunity for choice and change, the approach turns mind-body integration principles into powerful tools. Struggle becomes success, conflict becomes strong relationships, and life at every level — home, office, personal, political — becomes a work of art.
The “Magic of Conflict” approach enables you to use conflict as an opportunity to grow and to change, be calm and centered in any conflict, deal with pressure effectively, achieve balance in a frenzied life, understand true power and how to cultivate it, break through from mere success into quality and peak performance, be tough on the issue and soft on the person in conflict, turn an adversary into a partner, chart a precise action plan for effective communication, and co-create viable solutions while honoring all sides.