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Juan Manuel López Iturriaga is a Spanish basketball legend and an expert in team building and motivational leadership. He is the only Spanish player to have represented his country at all levels, from minibasket to the senior national team, boasting an impressive career that includes two European Cups, one Cup Winners’ Cup, one Korać Cup, seven national leagues, and three King’s Cups. His most celebrated achievements are the silver medals won at the Los Angeles Olympics and the Eurobasket in Nantes. After retiring from professional sports, Iturriaga transitioned into a career in media and business consulting, applying his experience from elite sports to foster and motivate corporate teams.
Juan Manuel López Iturriaga’s background extends beyond basketball, encompassing television, radio, and print media. He has been a television presenter and collaborates regularly with media outlets like La Sexta, SER (on the program “La Ventana”), El País (where he writes for his blog “El Palomero”), and the magazine Gigantes del Basket. He also commentates on ACB league games. As an author, he has published the book “Antes de que se me olvide,” where he shares lessons from his career applicable to team building and leadership in business. His combined expertise as an athlete and communicator has enabled him to become a prominent speaker on topics such as leadership, motivation, and effective communication in organizations.
Juan Manuel López Iturriaga’s conferences are dynamic, engaging, and filled with humor, combining inspiring stories from his sports career with practical insights for developing high-performing teams in business. His motivational style explores themes like the importance of effective communication, personal reinvention, and maintaining a positive attitude in times of change and challenge. His ability to connect with audiences and convey deep lessons in an entertaining way makes his conferences highly sought after in both corporate and sports settings.
In this conference, Iturriaga shares his experience as a high-performance basketball player and explains how values from sports can be applied to business. Through anecdotes and lessons, he describes the process of building a winning team, the importance of discipline, and how collective effort is key to achieving great goals.
Iturriaga delves into the importance of clear and effective communication within organizations. He explains how to identify communication flows, highlights the characteristics of effective communication, and discusses the leader’s role in establishing and maintaining these channels, underscoring communication as a fundamental tool for team cohesion and performance.
Drawing from his own experience in basketball and media, Iturriaga inspires attendees to maintain a positive attitude when facing changes and challenges. This conference is geared toward fostering personal and collective motivation, offering strategies to adapt to change and maintain optimism in difficult situations.
Juan Manuel analyzes how his career has evolved from professional sports to media and the business world, offering lessons on the importance of personal and professional reinvention. Aimed at those interested in entrepreneurship and adaptability, this talk explores the resilience and flexibility needed to take on new challenges.
If you’re looking for an inspiring and practical talk on leadership, teamwork, and effective communication, you can book Juan Manuel López Iturriaga through Thinking Heads. As a prominent figure in sports and media, Juanma provides unique insights into how the values of elite sports can be applied in the corporate world. Contact Thinking Heads today for more information and to secure his participation in your next event.
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