Trevor Hendy AM

Trevor Hendy AM's Biography

Former World Ironman Champion, Team Building Speaker

Trevor Hendy is a leader in the field of truth and wellness.  Trevor has become highly sort after for his ability to speak from experience about living a life of accomplishment, balance and deep personal satisfaction, not to mention climbing the highest heights.

Trevor Hendy is known as the greatest ironman on the earth. The former professional athlete won six Australian Open Ironman titles and four consecutive World Ironman titles. His extraordinary achievements remain unchallenged.

A Member of the Order of Australia, Trevor has been inducted into the World Surf Life Saving, Surf Lifesaving, Gold Coast and Australian Sporting Halls of Fame.

With a down to earth attitude, Trevor has become a role model for all Australians. He is highly sought after for his ability to speak from experience, about living a life of accomplishment, balance and deep personal satisfaction, not to mention climbing the greatest heights. By telling old sporting anecdotes mixed with the new inspirations he has found in life after sport, Trevor inspires audiences to challenge themselves to find and pursue their life purpose.

Trevor Hendy made his name with a winning streak in the Australian Open Ironman competition before achieving five first and two second placings out of seven professional starts in the 1994 season’s Ironman Super Series. The wins left him at the pinnacle of his sport without question.

Looking for the next challenge, Trevor switched to kayaking, with an aim to paddle at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. He made the 1998 World Kayak/Canoe Championships and European World Cup series, finishing with several top five places, along the way, contesting the extreme K4 1000m event. Two Australian championships proved his power as an elite performer and team player.

Returning from the 1998 World Kayaking Championships, Trevor stunned the sporting world by announcing his retirement from professional sport. This ended his dormant Ironman career and his 2000 Olympic campaign.

Instead, Trevor turned to coaching, having realised that his real passion was, “helping people win their gold medal more than… chasing (his) own”.

While coaching World Ironman Champions, Trevor won more World and Australian titles of his own without any training stating, “it’s amazing what you can do, when you truly feel good about yourself”

Trevor was engaged as the expert kayaking commentator for the Channel 7 coverage of the 2000 Olympics, enabling his to support his former team mates in their own medal success.

In 2010, he returned to his great passion of Professional Ironman racing as a Channel 10 Commentator and Consultant for the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman Series.

Trevor went on to train and mentor clients, some of whom are the world’s sporting and business elite, others who simply want to make personal change. As a counsellor, life coach, sporting coach and elite athlete, he specialises in connecting at a deep level to find the personal negatives holding his clients back, then helping them to unleash the passion they need to ‘go the whole way’. A renowned and highly sought-after problem solver, he is an expert on conflict resolution and works regularly with large corporate organisations to inspire and unite their teams with an emphasis on creating a wave of success and riding it. He personally customises his corporate programs and guides his clients with the care and commitment he would give a family member.

Building on the success of his training and mentoring programs, Trevor has assembled a team of individuals who also work with organisations to problem solve, resolve conflict, and drive change for create an immediate turnaround.

Trevor lives on the Gold Coast with his partner and four children, and travels as a keynote speaker. He summarises his life philosophy when he says, “Bring it into now, and never underestimate the power of who you are.”

Contact Helene Greenham directly to enquire about Trevor Hendy for your event – helene@platinumspeakers.com.au

Speaking Topics Include

Motivational

"We don’t see ourselves clearly as creators, but yet that is what we are.  We are equally as good at creating the positive as we are the negative, but in most cases we aren't aware of this. We have conveniently or unfortunately forgotten.  When someone does something special or even relates something special they have done, it can make our skin tingle with excitement because it reminds us that we too can do something special, even with mundane tasks at hand.  In this way we are reminded that we are creators. We always will be. Sometimes it just needs to be pointed out in the right way.  Then, magically we are back in the game.  It is instant.  That is what I like to do. Remind people, because I don’t like forgetting myself.  We usually just need to spot a few negative patterns we are carrying around and from there winning in life becomes a natural and simple thing. At the end of the day it is the fun that we can have and the relationships that we forge along the way that make it all worthwhile.  The rest are just details and are ours to create."

Corporate Team Building and Conflict Resolution

Along with being a highly sought after Keynote Speaker, Trevor is also widely regarded for his ability to bring a group of individuals together around a common purpose.  He has a knack for creating just the right environment for, sometimes long running, creative differences and problems to be resolved once and for all.

Team Building

All of his programs are designed specifically for each group with environment, conference agenda, objectives and individuals capabilities in mind.  He takes great pride in creating an outcome that exceeds the expectations of those employing him for the task.  He has a long track record with many testimonials and success stories based on on-going positive life change and results being prompted by one of Trevor's programs.

Conflict Resolution and Succession Planning

As a Professional Counselor and with much experience in guiding individuals to greater heights, Trevor has an uncanny knack for being able to workout the subtle or stubborn differences that often develop in a team of high powered individuals.  He guides each team through the awareness changes required to reach a combined vision and action plan for the groups on-going corporate or organisational mission.

Corporate Games and Activities

One of Trevor’s other heartfelt projects has seen him join with old mates, Karla Gilbert, Phil Clayton and David Simons to create Element X, aiming to bring the magic out for individuals, corporate groups and teams.  With an emphasis on games and activity, the Element X program has become a fun, successful and impactful part of many corporate conferences and retreats.