Jon Gordon
- Author of 32 books including 18 best sellers and 5 children’s books
- Consultant to numerous leaders, CEO’s, NFL, NBA, and MLB Coaches
- Developing Positive, Engaged People, Leaders and Teams
Jon Gordon Speaker Biography
Jon Gordon’s best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world.
Jon Gordon is one of the most influential and sought after leadership authors and speakers today. He’s a consultant to numerous leaders, CEO’s, NFL, NBA, and MLB Coaches, championship teams and high performers and an inspirational teacher who has helped millions of people have a more positive mindset.
He is the author of 32 books including 18 best sellers and 5 children’s books. His books include the timeless classic The Energy Bus which has sold over 3 million copies, The Carpenter which was a top 5 business book of the year, Training Camp, The Power of Positive Leadership, The Power of a Positive Team, The One Truth and his latest release The 7 Commitments of a Great Team.
Jon and his tips have been featured on The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, The Golf Channel, Fox and Friends and in numerous magazines and newspapers.
His clients include The Los Angeles Dodgers, In-N-Out Burger, The Los Angeles Rams, Campbell Soup, Dell, Publix, Southwest Airlines, The Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Truist Bank, Clemson Football, Northwestern Mutual, Bayer, West Point Academy and more.
Jon is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Masters in Teaching from Emory University. He and his training/consulting company are passionate about developing positive leaders, organizations and teams.
Featured Videos
Speech Topics
Training Camp – What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else
Have you ever wondered what makes someone great in their field of work? Based on his work with professional sports teams, world-class organizations, and interviews with top professionals in a wide variety of fields, Jon Gordon discovered that the best of the best share a number of similar characteristics. There is a formula for success. There are habits that the best do that others don’t and things that they do better than everyone else. There is a way that the best of the best approach their life and work and craft that differentiates themselves from others. This formula is predictable, repeatable and a process anyone can follow. In this inspirational keynote, Jon shares invaluable wisdom, deep insights and proven strategies on what it takes to bring out the best in yourself and your team. Whether you play sports or the piano or work with numbers, a computer or a scalpel, these lessons apply to everyone who must climb the mountain before reaching its peak.
The Energy Bus – 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
Based on his international and Wall Street Journal best-selling book The Energy Bus, Jon Gordon presents a powerful roadmap to overcome common life and work obstacles and bring out the best in yourself and your team. Everyone faces challenges and every person, organization, company and team will have to overcome negativity and adversity to define themselves and create their success. Whether you are a leader looking to build a positive culture, a manager trying to energize and engage your team or someone who desires to enhance your productivity and performance, this talk will help you create more success and enjoy the ride of your life.
The Power of Positive Leadership
Based on his Wall Street Journal bestselling book The Power of Positive Leadership, Jon Gordon presents how and why positive leaders transform teams and organizations, and change the world. Positive leadership is not about fake positivity. It is the real stuff that makes great leaders great. The research is clear. Being a positive leader is not just a nice way to lead. It’s the way to lead if you want to build a great culture, unite your organization in the face of adversity, develop a connected and committed team and achieve excellence and superior results.
Soup – A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture
In Jon’s popular book Soup, get ready to stir the pot and discover a proven recipe to build a winning team and create a culture of greatness. In this powerful, nourishing and humorous presentation, Jon Gordon shares the key ingredients to lead, unite, and engage your team. If you are ready to stir the pot, lead by your example, boost morale and create engaged relationships that foster teamwork and enhance performance, then this Soup is for you and your team.
The Hard Hat
The Hard Hat, inspired by an unforgettable true story, is designed to infuse selflessness, loyalty, joy, hard-work, competitiveness, and compassion within every leader and teammate. It will inspire you to be the best teammate you can be and to build a great team.
“Great teammates don’t just impact you today; they impact you for the rest of your life.”
The Carpenter – A Story About the Greatest Success Strategy of All
In his inspirational story The Carpenter, Jon Gordon presents powerful lessons and the greatest success strategies of all to build a better life, career, team and organization. Everyone faces adversity and every person, organization, company and team will have to overcome fear, failure, busyness and stress to stand out, excel and make an impact on your team, customers, and the world. Whether you are looking to enhance your leadership, teamwork, sales performance or customer service Jon Gordon provides the tools you need to create your masterpiece. Let’s get started and begin the building process today.
The Positive Dog
Being positive is not just a nice, feel-good way to live and work. The latest research demonstrates it’s the way to live and work if you want to be more creative, productive and successful. Research shows that positivity improves leadership and teamwork, boosts sales performance, enhances creativity and cultivates high performing work environments. In this entertaining and inspiring presentation Jon Gordon shares proven principles, strategies and research along with humorous stories and real work applications to feed your team and organization with positivity. The strategies in this talk have benefitted many Fortune 500 companies, professional sports teams, college football teams that have played in national championships, school districts, hospitals and more.
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