Meg Krueger, the CEO of Equestrian Canada, joins Tracey Mitchell on her latest podcast and takes listeners on a proverbial ride through the peaks and valleys of her career and life as an adventurer and an entrepreneur. Proud to call herself Canadian, the head of our country’s governing body for equestrian sport has tapped into knowledge bases both at home and abroad to strengthen and improve EC during her time as both president and now chief executive.
Meg at the FEI General Assembly.
Driven by wanting to make a difference in the world around her, Meg credits her ability to push beyond her comfort level as a trait that has had significant impacts in numerous parts of her life. And it was an unexpected gift that helped distill her attitude towards following ‒ or in some cases, creating ‒ her dreams. Professing her strongest values as happiness, adventure and freedom, those traits have helped to fuel her decisions and given her the security that she knows she’s doing what’s right for herself.
Following her sense of adventure has led Meg across the world on experiences that might seem too unbelievable to be true ‒ from going to Mongolia and experiencing a shamanic trek through the Siberian mountains, to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with a friend ‒ showed her that her world wasn’t the huge universe that she imagined it was; instead, she came to understand how she fit into a much larger picture.
As their conversation continues, Tracey and Meg talk about successful leadership, the ability to separate herself from an issue and find ways to create a solution, the importance of being and remaining humble, and how challenges can be difficult and constant and sometimes don’t end for long periods of time but to keep believing in yourself and those around you. Meg caps their conversation by sharing some insight into how she celebrates both the big and small victories in life and how life is about service to others and what you can do for them without expecting anything in return.
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