About Team8 People
Team8 partners with leading organisations to drive measurable behavioural change and enhance performance through their people. With over two decades of experience, we support businesses in elevating their teams and leaders to new degrees of excellence.
We empower teams and organisations to achieve remarkable performance improvements through leading DISC Behavioural Profiling Tools, tailored Team and Leadership Development Programs, Coaching, and impactful Keynote Speaking engagements. Our commitment to helping teams and leaders drive and sustain performance outcomes has made us a trusted partner for organisations across Australia, and globally. Team8 People specialises in working within business, education, mining, construction, and resources industries. Discover how Team8 can support you in getting the best performance out of your people.
Why Choose Us?
Team8 People is based on over 25 years experience working in business and high performance sport environments, and was founded by 4x Olympian and 3x Olympic Medalist in Rowing for Australia, Bo Hanson to support businesses in helping their teams, leaders, and Organisation overall achieve levels of excellence. Team8 People believes people are the critical element organisations achieving and sustaining success.
Through our tailored programs and services, we enable organisations to achieve significant and lasting improvements in performance. Team8 People symbolises the belief that great teams achieve remarkable outcomes when individuals align their strengths and efforts toward a common purpose.
Contact us to find out more about our DISC Profiling tools and Accreditation, tailored programs, and other services.
Founded by Bo Hanson
Director of Team8 People
Four Time Olympic Representative for Australia & Three Time Olympic Medallist
AITD 2023 L&D Professional of the Year
Co-Founder and Director of Team8
Performance Consultant
Keynote Presenter
In 1992, at just 18, Bo Hanson became Australia’s youngest rower to compete at the Olympics. Bo went on to win bronze medals at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympic Games. During his Olympic career, Bo Hanson studied at the University of Technology Sydney and began his 25 years of experience in corporate training, development, and facilitation.
In recognition of his transformational work across various industries, Bo was announced as the winner of the prestigious Australian Institute of Training & Development (AITD) Excellence Award for L&D Professional of the Year in October 2023. An honorable accolade, this award highlights the significant contribution made by an individual to the Australian learning and development industry over the last 18 months, and focuses on the demonstration of consistently high-quality leadership, skill, and knowledge development across the wider community.
Utilising the learning experiences from four Olympics, and his training and development qualifications, Bo founded two businesses, Team8 and Athlete Assessments. Both businesses are designed to enable people to achieve their best performances whatever their field of endeavour.
Bo has been training and presenting to Australia’s largest companies for over 25 years. These companies include American Express, Fairfax Digital and Media, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, Macquarie Bank, Bain Consulting, Insurance Australia Group, Telstra and many others.
Bo was also the winner of the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) 2023 Award for L&D Professional of the Year, for his dedication to L&D and transformational work across various industries. Read more Bo’s AITD Award achievement here.
In his presentations, Bo draws unique parallels between the world of elite sport and high performance business, and is highly regarded for his expertise in leadership, team work, communication and culture.
Highly educated and accredited in the use of DISC Profiling, Emotional Intelligence (Emotional Competence Inventory 360), the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator and a Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming, Bo incorporates these personality and behavioural modelling tools into the customised programs he delivers.
In Keynote Presentations, Bo regularly speaks about developing resilience, leadership, teamwork and how to use behavioural profiling and emotional intelligence to create greater success.
