“If you're trying to draw the absolute best out of people, they need to feel safe to fail; they need to feel safe to push themselves. They need to feel comfortable that, you know, that you'll be there for them.”
Janine Stephens is a former member of the Canadian National Rowing Team, where she won an Olympic Silver Medal in 2012 as part of the women’s eights rowing team. In 2017, Janine became the head coach for the Manitoba Rowing Association, and in 2019 she was announced as the winner of Rowing Canada's Presidents Award for her dedication to the sport of Rowing. In our discussion, we talk about creating spaces where athletes and others can be themselves while striving for excellence based on how much they want to give and what they want to achieve.
