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Jon Gordon

Best-selling Author of The Energy Bus, The No Complaining Rule, and Training Camp

Jon Gordon is a speaker, consultant and author of the international best seller, The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy ,and The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work. Jon’s latest book, Training Camp: What the Best do Better than Everyone Else, released in mid May 2009.

The message in Jon’s books and speaking presentations is such that NFL coaches such as Jack Del Rio, Mike Smith, the PGA Tour and the FBI have called on Jon to inspire and benefit their teams. Jon and his books have been featured on CNN, NBC’s Today Show and in Forbes, Fast Company, O Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Clients such as The Atlanta Falcons, Campbell Soup, Northwestern Mutual, Publix Super Markets and JP Morgan Chase also call on Jon to bring out the best in their leaders and teams.

Jon is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a masters in teaching from Emory University. When he’s not speaking to businesses or schools, you can find him playing lacrosse or basketball with his wife and two “high energy” children.

Available Programs:

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy -

Based on his international 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. Applications: Positive Leadership, Positive Culture, Sales Performance, Positive Customer Service, Team work, Employee engagement, HR and Leadership Development

The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work -

In this inspiring and timely talk Jon reveals a powerful way to tackle the biggest problem in business and life today: negativity. It costs organizations billions of dollars and impacts the morale, productivity and health of individuals and teams. Based on an actual company that created and implemented The No Complaining Rule, Jon shares innovative ideas and practical strategies to develop positive leaders, organizations and teams. For managers, team leaders or anyone looking to turn negative energy into positive solutions, Jon shares powerful principles and an actionable plan to win the battle against individual and organizational negativity. When you implement The No Complaining Rule you'll spend less time and energy on problems and more time focused on solutions. Applications: Positive Leadership, Positive Culture, Sales, Customer Service, Team work, Employee engagement, HR and Leadership Development

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. Applications: Sales Performance, Leadership, Customer Service Excellence, Team work, Employee engagement, Productivity, Training and Development

ROI/Tangible Program Benefits:

  • Discover a powerful roadmap to overcome common life and work obstacles and bring out the best in yourself and your team
  • Learn to create more success and enjoy the ride of your life
  • Discover a powerful way to tackle the biggest problem in business and life today: negativity
  • Learn how to spend less time and energy on problems and more time focused on solutions
  • Acquire the predictable, repeatable formula used by top sports teams, world-class organizations and top professionals in a wide variety of fields

Testimonials/Client List:

"Jon Gordon's presentation on The Energy Bus to our U.S. sales organization was top notch. He quickly engaged the group with his "high energy" style and provided everyone in the audience with a powerful and memorable user-friendly framework for taking their own energy management to a new level. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, we will work with him again."-President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company

"Jon’s book, The Energy Bus, and talk to our team have been very useful tools in helping us build a positive team and culture where our players overcome negativity and challenges to perform at their highest potential."-Mike Smith, Head Coach, The Atlanta Falcons

"Having Jon present at our annual Leadership Conference brought the energy, passion and excitement that our team needed as we wrapped up our two day conference. Comments from our store managers after the meeting reflected the positive energy and direction to help all of us "stay on the bus".-President, Publix Supermarkets