An inspiring keynote speaker John speaks regularly about being an Unforgettable Leader and Creating Contagious Leadership. His fun and energizing keynote speeches and highly interactive workshops, have helped companies worldwide create the leaders they need for the business they want. |





Keynote Speaker
Leadership Keynote Speeches
"We just concluded our Annual Conference in Phoenix.
John Hersey delivered his Contagious Leadership speech and
I would recommend him highly.
He is tremendously energetic and was a
GREAT FINALE FOR OUR CONFERENCE".
Valerie Barton
Executive Director
American Bankers Insurance Association
John Hersey is a master storyteller who inspires, educates, entertains and then returns your people back to the office with a mission, a new sense of purpose, a commitment to be unforgettable leaders. Prepare for a corporate culture change! John will fire up your entire company and arm you with practical information and specific steps to take towards cultivating contagious leadership.
NEW Being an Unforgettable Leader
Being ordinary is dangerous, frustrating, and risky. Success is all about being unforgettable. How unforgettable is your company, are your employees? This is Johns most popular keynote presentation. It includes his unforgettable stories including Francos Bella, Bella Bella Restaurant story, the Provident Bank's precious mistake, his Being Unforgettable 3-pronged formula and more. In it, he illuminates the price of being ordinary, importance of basic routine, relationships, changing your perspective, having fun, and more. John has the hottest presentation on the market today.
Creating Contagious Leadership
(Leadership) CreatingContagLead.pdf (84 KB)
Infuse your organization with a renewed sense of commitment, excitement and possibility by challenging each person to practice the habits of contagious leadership. Your audience will laugh, learn and emerge having more focus, more fun, more involvement and more results. Optimism and creativity are renewed, teamwork is strengthened, productivity is increased and attrition is diminished.
"I would like to thank you on behalf of all Vodafone Egypt employees.
Your session on coaching was one of the BEST we had".
Ahmed Roushdy
Head of People Capability
Vodafone, Egypt
More Sales, Less Selling
(Sales) StopSelling.pdf (84 KB)
John will transform the way your audience thinks of itself and how they viewcustomers and prospects. This keynote is highly interactive. Participants will learn to slow down to go fast, get to know the customer/prospect, and improve their sales productivity. If increased sales productivity is your goal, this step-by-step approach of applying behavioral techniques to the sales process offers a powerful solution.
"Thanks for a GREAT presentation
it was truly the hit of our sales training session.
Your energy, enthusiasm and content were fabulous".
Kevin Hickey,
President & CEO
NetPro Computing, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
Speak And Be Heard
(Communication) SpeakBeHeard.pdf (85 KB)
In this highly interactive keynote John enhances your audiences leadership skills by helping participants: gain a deep insight into their own communication style, learn to quickly recognize the preferred communication style of others, and to adapt their style to the other person for increased effectiveness. Individuals develop a renewed sense of contribution to the organization; teamwork and productivity improve, and leave with an overall increase in optimism and creativity.
"What can I say except you blew us away! Your integration of personal experiences and conversational style was the buzz of the conference, and did as I had hoped; set a positive enthusiastic tone to the event. It was truly unforgettable!"
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-Ron Lee, ReSource, Commercial Flooring Network, LLC
"We've had some of the very top speakers in the entire world come in and address our annual conference. John Hersey did one of the best jobs of anyone."
-Hal Krause, CEO, CrestCom International Greenwood Village,
Colorado-leading training company with 200 offices worldwide
“Thanks to your contribution, the feedback from the participants ranked this meeting as one
of our BEST. Over the fifteen years of this annual conference we have had some outstanding
programs and conference leaders. Your “Contagious Leadership” presentation to 300 + team
leaders and managers was simply one of the best programs we have experienced.”
–George Obst, Chairman & CEO Dental Services Group, Scottsdale, AZ
“John Hersey knows his stuff. He understands leadership from the inside out. He knows what works, what doesn’t, and why.”
–Nido Qubein, Chairman, Great Harvest Bread Company
with 210 stores in 39 states & Canada, Dillion, Montana
“As a business owner who has seen hundreds of speakers, I can tell you, there is none better than John Hersey. If you want your audience to walk away from a presentation uplifted, empowered and with great content then You Must Book John Today.”
–James Malinchak, Co-author Chicken Soup for the
Athletic Soul & Chicken Soup for the College Soul, 2008-2009
Marketer of the Year (GKIK), Las Vegas, Nevada
Sanofie-Aventis. Scottsdale Area Associations of Realtors . Scottsdale Insurance – subsidiary of Nationwide Insurance. SunAmerica Securities.
Takeda (formerly TAP) Pharmaceuticals. The Hartford. Thyssenkrupp AG, Europe & North America. University of Phoenix. UVEST Financial Services.
Valpak Direct Marketing. Vodafone, Egypt. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
