In our podcast, Rory Steyn shares the tender story of the first day he met Nelson Mandela on the day he became South Africa’s first democratically elected president. Rory had the privilege of being an intimate witness to Madiba’s exceptional leadership.In his second podcast with Mission Team founder Patrick Magyar, Rory dives into his experience working as Nelson Mandela’s personal security detail. Since then, Rory co-founded NSA Global Security Consultants and has led many security teams.

Rory Steyn was former South African President Nelson Mandela's chief of security. He joins us on the Mission Team podcast this week to share about his experience building trust amongst teams and inspiring confidence in his team members. 

Join us next week for the rest of our conversation where we'll discuss Rory's experience working for Pres. Mandela. 

Would you like to unite people and their strengths into great teams? Our 3 hour remote or on-site workshop helps build communication, trust and collaboration amongst team members. During the Mission Team workshop, participants discover and discuss their strengths, appropriate professional roles, and communication preferences. The team members get to know and appreciate themselves and each other better. Thus, the team establishes a bespoke, unique Team Profile serving as a kick-start for better collaboration.

Mike Laflin is a data aggregation specialist turned expert in sustainability in the sports industry. In our Mission Team podcast episode this week, host Patrick K Magyar talks to Mike on how he started aggregating data in the early 1990s, way before social media platforms were doing it. Now he has shifted his focus to his real passion: building community and raising awareness on sustainability in sport. Mike is the founder of globalsustainablesport.com, which aims to embed sustainability in a wide range of sport stakeholders. 

In this enlightening episode, Patrick Magyar talks to Olympic Champion “Triathlon Wonderwoman” Nicola Spirig on all the puzzle pieces and team members that have contributed to her success. The podcast gets even more impressive when listening to last week’s episode with Reto Hug, Nicola’s husband and team leader. Great athletes/minds think alike!

Our podcast guest this week is Reto Hug - a former Olympic triathlete and renowned physiotherapist. Hug married elite athlete Nicola Spirig, one of the best triathletes in the world, and together they are raising their three children and have worked together as a team to support Spirig’s career as a professional athlete. He shares valuable insights with us about how it is to work with your partner in work and in personal life.

Working as Roger Federer's personal orthopaedic surgeon is only one of Dr. Roland Biedert's many accolades. As our guest on the Mission Team podcast this week, Robert tells us just how much teamwork goes into crafting an elite athlete, what it's like working for someone of such status, and how it differs from hospital care. 

This week's guest is Ellen van Langen, an 1992 Olympic Champion for the women's 800m. She was able to achieve this independent success whilst being heralded as a particularly phenomenal team player throughout decades in the sports industry.

Episode 5 - There is no doubt that podcast guest Michel Masquelier has been one of the most charismatic, influential and respected figures of the sports media industry during the last 30 years. His career from intern to chairman of IMG Media, the media arm of the world’s largest sports management agency, is impressive. His passion for people even more so! Learning from Michel is learning from a compulsive networker and innovator, but also from a person that cares for future generations.

Episode 4 - There are very few people with a more intricate knowledge on how to develop physical and psychological human performance, and resist stress. There are also very few people that dare speak out as clearly, when they believe something should change. Henk Kraaijenhof is a man of many talents. 

There are very few people with a more intricate knowledge on how to develop physical and psychological human performance, and resist stress. There are also very few people that dare speak out as clearly, when they believe something should change. @Henk Kraaijenhof is a man of many talents.

In the Mission Team Podcast, Patrick K. Magyar, Creator of Mission Team Digital Teambuilding, shares his passion for people and teams alongside different experts and thought leaders from across various vocations.

In this week's episode Patrick K. Magyar sits down with special guest Henk Kraaijenhof.