Jon Gordon
Developing Positive, Engaged People, Leaders and Teams, Best-selling Author
Jon Gordon's best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. His principles have been put to the test by numerous Fortune 500 companies, professional and college sports teams, school districts, hospitals, and non-profits. He is the author of 26 books including 12 best sellers and 5 children’s books.
His books include the timeless classic The Energy Bus which has sold over 2 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 Coffee Bean, Stay Positive, and The Garden.
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, Campbell’s Soup, Dell, Publix, Southwest Airlines, Miami Heat, The Los Angeles Rams, Snapchat, Truist Bank, Clemson Football, Northwestern Mutual, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Campbell Soup Company
Jon Gordon is THE Authority on positive leadership in organizations today. We had Jon join us in collaborating with our physician leaders, department directors, and senior management at the beginning of the year as we developed a direction for our organization that encouraged principles espoused in both “The Energy Bus” and “The Power of Positive Leadership.” After Jon’s motivating and energetic presentation, our organization took a major step forward. This year, on two key surveys, we have had the highest physician engagement in over ten years, and the highest employee engagement in over five years!
Memorial Hospital
Your presentation was by far one of the highlights of our meeting – the ratings on your talk were off the chartsThank you so much for taking the time to learn about our strategy, the messaging we wanted to convey and wrapping it all up into a fantastic presentation about Grit and Caring for our Team Members and Customers.
Tyson Foods
From our first read of The Energy Bus, we were hooked. Jon Gordon has now been an integral part of how our business and leaders have built a culture of positivity and genuine teamwork. Our partnership with Jon has expanded from intimate team building to large-scale speaking engagements that have inspired our executives, managers, teams in the field and even our customers. Even more powerful is how easily his contagious messages will improve your life in and out of the office.
DEWALT Industrial Tool Company
The locker room and training room have been abuzz regarding your talk! You have been referenced by the team and the staff non-stop!!! You have a unique way of being in the room as a speaker not talking "to the room". I am a huge fan! You have made such a difference in so many lives!
Duke Football
Our Leaders loved Jon’s keynote talk at our Leadership Summit. His preparation and commitment to make sure his time with us would be effective, was outstanding. I personally appreciated his willingness to customize his speech and the following Q&A, to our overall learning objectives for the day. His energy, enthusiasm and humor didn’t hurt either.
Southwest Airlines
Jon Gordon was a not to be missed event at our National Conference. Our training team has been incorporating his books and principals for years as best practices to follow, so to meet him in person was a special treat for all. His passion and authenticity created the perfect foundation for our franchisees and team members to go to the next level. We can’t wait to have him join us again.
Jersey Mike's
What a home run! Jon hit on every emotion by sharing stories we all could relate to. In fact, I was so inspired I personally ordered several of his books.
Jockey International
Hendrick BMW/MINI invited Jon Gordon to speak to our Management Team in January to deliver a positive message and motivate our team to kickoff 2011. Our team was blown away by Mr. Gordon and his motivating and positive message. Mr. Gordon was also very entertaining and enthusiastic in his delivery!
Hendrick Automotive Group
Jon spoke at two of our conferences, and his words educated and inspired our team. Jon’s encouraging energy pervaded the room, and the positive response we received showed Jon’s lasting impression. His words were motivating and set us up for future success as we continue to grow.
Zaxby’s Franchising, Inc.
Jon Gordon energized and captivated our clients, prospects and staff. His enthusiasm and passion for helping others to succeed were extremely evident. Many attendees said he was the best speaker they’ve seen! I would highly recommend Jon for organizations looking to spark a renewed sense of positivity.
Associated Financial Group
The Energy Bus
The Energy Bus for Kids
The Hard Hat
The Hard Hat for Kids
The Garden
Relationship Grit
The Carpenter
The Coffee Bean
Life Word
You Win in the Locker Room First
The No Complaining Rule
One Word that will Change your Life
One Word for Kids
The Power of Positive Leadership
The Power of a Positive Team
The Positive Dog
The Seed
The Shark and the Goldfish
Soup
Stay Positive
Stick Together
Thank You and Good Night
Training Camp
