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Venus Williams on champions, growth, and adjusting under pressure

By Eliza Solomon
Insights | 1 min readPublished September 21, 2026

On September 17, EZRA brought nearly 200 senior HR and talent leaders together in London for Grow Your Game, a session on what it actually takes to build a culture of growth.


Venus Williams joined the conversation, sharing what she's learned about adapting under pressure: "Champions adjust."

A panel of practitioners from Amazon, Heineken, and Capgemini went deep on the inner and outer game of leadership, covering the ripple effect of coaching, the trust equation, and how the best teams learn to work with discomfort rather than around it.

The full report captures the frameworks, data, and stories from the day, including how one coached manager's impact reached 16,000 people, and how leading organizations are measuring the return on developing their people even during periods of major change.

Download the Grow Your Game report to see how top companies approach leadership development in 2026.

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