Few moments in Olympic history are as vivid as the U.S. Hockey team's defeat of the Soviets at the 1980 winter games in Lake Placid. As the goalie for the "Miracle on Ice" team, Jim Craig helped his team to advance to what would become their gold medal-winning game at the Olympics. While winning the gold remains the highlight of Craig's athletic career -- which included three years following the Olympics as a professional hockey player -- he has found similar success in the boardroom .

Before starting Gold Medal Strategies, the Boston-based promotions and marketing firm he founded in 2007, Craig had a successful sales consulting career, working with hundreds of large corporations. As president of Gold Medal Strategies, he now oversees a speaker's bureau that places people for motivational talks, and a marketing division that organizes signings at corporate events, meet-and-greets, and promotional giveaways. The firm also represents Craig as he travels internationally for his own motivational speaking appearances.