
Paul LaPolice
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- Leadership
- Peak Performance
- Personal Growth
- Resilience & Adversity
- Teamwork
- Athletes & Sports
- Award Gala's & After Dinner
- Campus & University Speakers
- Career Development
- Conferences & summits
- Corporate audience
- Education & Teachers
- Executive Leadership & C-Suite
PAUL LAPOLICE BIOGRAPHY
Paul LaPolice knows a lot about leadership and building teams. With over twenty-five years of coaching experience, time spent as a Canadian Football League head coach and assistant, and presently as a member of the CFL on the TSN broadcast team, he has had continued success bringing out the best in people.
As head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Paul LaPolice led the Bombers to one of the biggest turnarounds in CFL history. He took a team that finished 4-14 in 2010 and brought them to first place in their division for the first time in ten years. On top of that, they also won the Eastern Championship and made an appearance in the 99th Grey Cup. Paul LaPolice was nominated for CFL’s Coach of the Year award for his work in 2011. As the Offensive Coordinator of the Bombers again from 2016-2019, Paul LaPolice directed some of the best offenses in the CFL and helped the team win the Grey Cup in 2019. Which led him to the opportunity to become the head coach of the Ottawa Redblacks from 2020-2022.
Before being named head coach in Winnipeg, Paul LaPolice was part of the coaching staff for the Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. While working with the Riders, he coached in two Grey Cups, winning the championship in 2007. As the offensive coordinator in Winnipeg in 2002, Paul LaPolice engineered one of the most powerful and explosive offences in CFL history, which set a total of 14 offensive team records. Hall of Fame Receiver Milt Stegall had the best year of his career under LaPolice’s leadership in 2002 and was named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player, and Quarterback Khari Jones threw the 2nd most touchdowns in CFL history the same year.
A native of Nashua, NH, Paul LaPolice spent seven years in the US college ranks with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The University of New Hampshire, Western Connecticut State, and Maine Maritime Academy before joining the professional ranks of the CFL in 2000 at the young age of 29.
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Paul LaPolice Topic Presentations
the name on front of the jersey is more important than the name on the back
- Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
Football is the greatest sport because it is all-encompassing. It allows people from different cultures, locations and beliefs to come together to form a large team. Each team member needs to sacrifice his accomplishments for the good of the whole group. Sound familiar? We can all be taught the principles of building a team, communicating with that team, and motivating them. Learn some of the best motivational tools used in the locker rooms and team rooms of the Canadian Football League and bring them to your organization. Alana used this one for my college requests.
shaping your career - preparing for life after college
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Think you’re too young to have to think about your future? Think again! The decisions and opportunities created in college will shape your career path. The time to start thinking about your future is now. Paul’s achievements as an athlete, CFL coach and television personality can all be traced back to the decisions he made and the opportunities he created for himself while in school. As a student-athlete, he set in motion a series of events that would lead him to the career of his dreams. As a speaker,
Paul shares his experiences and lessons learned while exploring ways for students to gain practical experience and plant the seeds for a future career. Using the backdrop of professional football and sports television broadcasting, Paul’s presentations are highly engaging and full of rousing anecdotes. Paul’s talent for storytelling and relating to students makes him the perfect speaker for the college crowd.
develop and execute a vision for your organization
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One of the biggest things a Leader has to do is set a vision for an organization. Learn the lessons of the Ultra Competitive Professional football world of building teams and creating visions, and see how they can translate into your organization. Learn how to make your co-workers embrace change buy into what you are trying to accomplish and eventually allow them to create their own visions. A presentation filled with great stories and lessons straight from Canadian Football League locker rooms and game fields. Understand what it takes to stay on message and continue to define the vision you have for your organization.
a new team, a new season, a new challenge
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Learn what leaders do whether it is taking over a new project or moving into a new job. Hear about the skills that are needed to hit the ground running, to make good sound decisions and how to keep your ego from clouding your decision making progress. Professional Football coaches have to reload each season with a new message and a new plan to lead their organization to success. Understand what the right steps are to building a successful foundation for your Team.
success is in the details
- Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
Professional football is one of the most detailed sports with many people who have to all be on the same page, who have to work together and execute when the lights are on them. You will be amazed at the lengths and measures that coaches go to, to make sure every detail and every situation is communicated to their players and reviewed. Learn the fun and interesting lessons that football can teach you to have a detailed and prepared team.
dealing with adversity
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In the high-stress world that faces all of us, we need to learn how to deal with failure and how to overcome challenges. Results are expected immediately, and the pressures to succeed can be daunting. Learn how to Adapt, Improvise, Overcome challenges, refocus and become successful because Competitors come back stronger. Lessons from the very public, highly competitive and highly stressful world of Professional Football.
a playbook for communications
- Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
This seminar will talk about best practices to communicate with your clients and interact with people. This seminar will also discuss how to use social media to create a buzz or build a bigger base for your product. Lessons in what things for your employers to avoid in dealing with the social media world. Concerned with your team’s ability to deal with the media or have a large topic to present, learn practices to be able to be effective in this media world.
Paul LaPolice can deliver customized presentations within the following topic themes.
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Articles & Media
Paul LaPolice: Meet The Ottawa Redblacks New Head Coach
FACES Magazine
Redblacks hire Paul LaPolice as the second head coach in franchise history
Timmins Today
LaPolice, Nichols together again, this time with the CFL’s Ottawa Redblacks
Global News
Ottawa Redblacks GM Marcel Desjardins, coach Paul LaPolice returning in 2021
Global News
The Rod Pedersen Show
SBC
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