Keynote Speaking

As an internationally recognized leadership expert, John Maxwell speaks throughout the world inspiring hundreds of thousands of leaders. John is a natural born teacher who loves to challenge and motivate audiences with real-life stories, humorous anecdotes, and rock solid principles that he backs up with his live-it-out approach. John has spent the last 40 years inspiring numerous Fortune 500 companies, national trade associations, non-profits, and educational institutions. Many of these clients ask John to return because of his ability to deliver fresh content and continually inspire his audiences.

Chris has been studying and communicating John’s leadership principles for more than 20 years. Chris unites wide-ranging expertise – training, finance, sales and strategy – with his gift of communication to make him one of the most sought-after motivational teachers in the world. His presentations are ideally suited to both executive level as well as middle and front-line management. Chris recently received the National Speakers Association’s Certified Speaking Professional designation.

Corey has a passion for awakening individuals and organizations to their leadership potential. His twenty years of business experience have made him an expert in growing companies and developing leaders and given him the opportunity to influence individuals at every level of an organization. Corey has spoken at numerous conferences and has been featured in several regional magazines.

Greg has over 25 years of experience growing and leading companies to deliver remarkable vision, drive and “outside-the-box” thinking to business leaders. His skilled entrepreneurial spirit informs his expertise in negotiation, finance, organizational restructuring, and leadership development and is only matched by his zeal for helping business leaders achieve exceptional performance. An accomplished public speaker in both business and non-profit circles, Greg is a Certified Facilitator in John Maxwell’s 360 Degree Leadership, The Five Levels of Leadership, Accelerating Teamwork, Living the Laws of Leadership, and RightPath Personality Profiling.

Rick has been involved in real estate development, mortgage lending, and real estate sales in the Sacramento metro area since 1989. He is also an Operating Partner of Keller Williams Realty Folsom. Rick makes it his aim to inspire each person to be the best he or she can be. Rick is driven by a relentless passion for personal growth and leadership development, his goal is to transform individuals, small businesses, and corporations and help them reach their highest level of leadership.

Chris Goede is a seasoned Leadership Communicator and Coach with an impressive track record spanning over two decades. With a rich history of starting, growing, and leading companies, Chris is a transformative force in the realm of leadership development and high-performance team building.
In his role as the Executive Vice President of Maxwell Leadership, Chris brings more than just executive prowess; he brings a genuine passion for leading individuals to discover and maximize their strengths. His leadership philosophy goes beyond conventional strategies, aiming to help clients live out leadership in truly remarkable ways.

With 30 years of experience in the technology industry, specifically sales leadership and business services, Perry has worked for large established companies, as well as smaller niche service providers. Perry is a published author of Repeat the Remarkable – How Strong Leaders Overcome Business Challenges to Take Their Performance to the Next Level (McGraw-Hill, 2014). He has a passion for developing others and seeing people grow into the leaders they were intended to become. Perry earned his BBA at the Terry School of Business at University of Georgia.

Valorie Burton is a renowned life strategist, international speaker, and CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute. She is the author of over a dozen books, including the USA Today Bestseller Rules of Resilience and Successful Women Think Differently.

She was named to the “Coaches50,” a list of the 50 most influential executive coaches in the world by Thinkers50, a global ranking of leadership thinkers. She has appeared on The Today Show, CNN, Wall Street Journal, and Oprah Magazine, among others. Her innovative coach training methodology has been translated into eight languages and used by Maxwell Leadership with its nearly 60,000 team members in more than 150 countries.

Susan leverages over 22 years of international sales, sales training, and leadership experience to equip and empower individuals and teams for growth and expansion. Susan has gained a reputation as a highly engaged people leader, known for her passion, positive high energy, and engaging facilitation style.

As an executive coach and facilitator, Susan is skilled at assessing needs, designing meaningful outcomes-oriented training and leadership programs, and working with C-Level and Senior leaders to optimally coach their teams to excellence in performance. Susan challenges mediocrity, inspires intentionality around goal setting, and is skilled at building high performance teams.

Mark Cole is the CEO of Maxwell Leadership . His journey with the Maxwell enterprise began in the stock room in 2000, and through applying the personal and professional growth lessons he learned along the way, he was promoted to sales leader and quickly rose among the ranks to become the company’s Chief Executive Officer.
An internationally recognized thought leader, he has worked alongside the company’s founder, John C. Maxwell, for over a decade, and has shared the stage with John to grow Maxwell Leadership into the organization it is today. Under Mark’s leadership, Maxwell Leadership, and the company’s non-profit organizations – Maxwell Leadership Foundation and EQUIP – have had a world-wide impact by equipping and training millions of adults and youth with values-based, people-centric leadership.