Willie Jolley
Best Selling Author of A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback & It Only Takes A Minute To Change Your Life!, Award-winning speaker and singer, Prominent Host of the #1 Motivational Show On Sirius XM Radio
There are many motivational speakers, and then there is the one, the only, the incomparable Dr. Willie Jolley. He has been described simultaneously as a world-class, award-winning speaker and singer, best-selling author and media personality.
Dr. Willie Jolley has achieved remarkable heights in the speaking industry, having come from humble beginnings of being a fired singer, who was replaced by a karaoke machine! He has gone on to be named One of the Outstanding Five Speakers in the World by the 175,000 members of Toastmasters International. He has also been inducted into the prestigious Speaker Hall of Fame as well as achieving the distinction of Certified Speaker Professional by the National Speakers Association.
In 2012, he was the recipient of the Ron Brown Distinguished Leadership Award. In 2013 he was named, One of the Top 5 Leadership Speakers by Speaking.com and Business Leader of The Year by The African American Chambers of Commerce.
Dr. Jolley uses his public platform to pursue his mission of empowering and encouraging people to rise above their circumstances and maximize their God given potential! Many know him as the speaker Ford Motors called on in 2006 when they were on the brink of bankruptcy. He worked with them in 2006, 2007 and 2008. And in 2009, Ford was the only one of the Big Three Automakers to reject a government bailout and go on to Billion Dollar profits!
No matter the venue, from his exciting television appearances to his SiriusXM radio show, to corporate audiences like Wal-Mart, Comcast, Verizon, Marriott or The Million Dollar Round Table, Dr. Willie Jolley keeps it moving with high energy and enthusiasm, as he delivers nuggets on how every person can live a better life, one day at a time!
Dr. Willie Jolley is the author of several international best-selling books including It Only Takes A Minute To Change Your Life, A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback, Turn Setbacks Into Greenbacks and An Attitude of Excellence, which was endorsed by Dr. Stephen Covey.
Dr. Jolley holds a Doctorate of Ministry Degree in Faith Driven Achievement from the California Graduate School of Theology, a Master's Degree in Theology from Wesley Theological seminary and a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from The American University.
Dr. Jolley resides with his family in Washington, DC.
Achieve More with an Attitude of Excellence
Dr. Willie Jolley answers the age-old question of, what are the key secrets that sustain successful organizations through difficult times. His answers are born out of his work with helping Ford Motor Company go from the brink of bankruptcy in 2006 to being positioned to reject the Government bailout in 2009, and on to billion profits every quarter since 2009. Success magazine called him “Ford’s Secret Weapon!” In this program Dr. Jolley shares strategies and ideas that your attendees can employ to transform their businesses as well.
Program Description:
The five areas of development that can be used immediately to change your thinking and change your business.
Upon completing this program, participants will:
•Pursue a workplace culture of excellence
•Seek leadership development – no matter their position in the organization
•Embrace change as a positive factor
•Build teams as the lifeblood of the organization
•Serve the internal and external “customers”
How To Be Unstoppable: Leadership & Achievement
Dr. Willie Jolley believes leadership is an action not a position! He reminds us that great leaders always focus on the possibilities rather than the challenges! Great leaders are willing to do whatever is necessary rather than doing what is comfortable! And leaders look to develop more leaders rather than more followers!
Dr. Jolley takes you on a memorable roller coaster ride of why you must develop the leader within you and then gives you the steps for getting it done! It requires sweat equity, but so does anything that produces great achievement! Whether you are an association executive, sales professional, entrepreneur, business owner, or manager…you will experience growth and renewed enthusiasm for reaching and exceeding your goals!
*This program will develop more leaders and set them on a course for becoming unstoppable!
Participants will learn:
•The “Attitude Of Excellence” mindset for creating unstoppable leaders
•How ordinary people can become “extraordinary” leaders
•The critical “Vision-Decision-Action-Desire (VDAD Formula)” for excellence in leadership
•Strategies for implementing the V-D-A-D formula
•The power of “Better” for creating leaders at every level of the organization!
Change Is Good…When Your Attitude is GREAT!
“The best way to build your future is to build yourself. And the best way to build your organization is to build your people.” -Dr. Willie Jolley
In this program, the audience is sold on the positive perspective of change! Change is essential to any growth process. Everybody wants progress, but nobody wants to change!
Dr. Willie Jolley shares his patented “VDAD” (vision, decision, action, desire) Formula for successfully embracing change. You will leave this program viewing change as an ally – not an enemy. You will leave ready to implement the formula to drive change. You will leave believing that change “truly” is good when your attitude is great!
Participants will learn:
•The attitude necessary to positively adapt and embrace the inevitability of change
•The four-step process for “winning with change!”
•How a change in perspective can positively change results
•The success strategies that outstanding leaders have used to turn problems into possibilities, and setbacks into comebacks
•How to successfully navigate the winds of change by working as a team
•How to create an all-star team where everybody is an MVP!
Turn Your Setbacks into Comebacks!
Taken from his popular television special, Turning Setbacks into Comebacks, Dr. Willie Jolley explains how in these times of uncertainty, high anxiety and fear for financial security, we can survive, and dare we think, thrive!
Dr. Willie Jolley is right on time with this message of how to turn your setbacks into comebacks! He has interviewed people of all walks of life on how they came back from great adversity. He shares their techniques, ideas, principles and strategies that proved successful! And furthermore, he explains how to apply those principles to your life’s trials and tribulations to achieve success!
While others may speak of turning setbacks into comebacks, Dr. Jolley wrote the international best selling book…A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback!
Participants will learn how to:
•Develop the mindset that winners use to overcome tough times
•Implement step-by-step strategies to immediately use to turn setbacks into comebacks
•Prepare an action plan to bulletproof their future!