Rory Vaden

Co-founder of Southwestern Consulting, New York Times Bestselling Author

Rory Vaden is the New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs. His insights have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur, Inc, on Fox News national television and in several other major media outlets. As a world-renowned speaker, His Tedx talk has been viewed over 2 million times, he is a 2x World Champion of Public Speaking Finalist and he was recently named as one of the top 100 leadership speakers in the world by Inc Magazine. He is also the Co-Founder of Brand Builders Group where he teaches people to build and monetize a rock solid reputation™.

  • Rory Vaden Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $20,001 - $30,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Tennessee, USA

  • Rory Vaden Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $20,001 - $30,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Tennessee, USA

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Rock Solid Reputation: Becoming The Person People Want To Do Business With

When you have a powerful reputation customers flock to you, those around you are loyal to you, and your brand has enough trust to withstand scrutiny and setbacks. But, if you have a weak reputation, then it’s hard to stand out from the crowd, you’ll struggle to ...

When you have a powerful reputation customers flock to you, those around you are loyal to you, and your brand has enough trust to withstand scrutiny and setbacks.

But, if you have a weak reputation, then it’s hard to stand out from the crowd, you’ll struggle to attract and keep great people and even the smallest hint or suggestion of a mistake can bring you or your business crashing down.

The real brand of any business is simply the sum of the reputations of the people inside that business.

Yet most people and most companies have virtually no strategy, intention or process to shape their personal reputation. Because of that they lose relationships, they lose revenue and they lose trust with the general population.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

New York Times bestselling author and Inc Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker, Rory Vaden and his team at Brand Builders Group, have studied, researched and developed what they call “The Reputation Formula.” Rory can share with you a seemingly simple but powerful step by step process to give you the kind of indestructible reputation that will make you and your company legendary.

Learn how to build a great reputation and watch how it becomes the ultimate competitive advantage for you and your business.

So if you want a speaker who delivers fresh, actionable and innovative content, powerful and compelling inspiration, and entertaining humor all customized to your unique audience, invite Rory to speak now.

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Rich, Famous, and Influential: How To Use The Power Of Personal Branding To Build An Empire And Make A Difference

Imagine never having to “sell” in your business. What if instead of outbound prospecting, your phone rang, emails came into your inbox, and people contacted you to do business with them? That is the power of becoming a celebrity expert in your space and it’...

Imagine never having to “sell” in your business.

What if instead of outbound prospecting, your phone rang, emails came into your inbox, and people contacted you to do business with them?

That is the power of becoming a celebrity expert in your space and it’s more possible today than ever before. But the amount of information, techniques and tactics related to personal branding is daunting and overwhelming. There are so many books to read, so many tools to learn, and never enough time to get them all implemented.

In this empowering and enlightening session, New York Times bestselling author and Inc Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker Rory Vaden, has compiled and condensed all of the knowledge he’s learned from spending countless hours and investing tens of thousands of dollars learning from the top personal branding experts in the world.

You will learn simple and straightforward strategies that you can use to immediately build your personal brand, monetize your message, and increase your influence.

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Take The Stairs: How To Get Yourself To Do The Things You Don’t Feel Like Doing

Do you want your audience to take action? A recent study of 10,000 people reported that the average employee wastes over 2 hours each day at work on non-job related tasks. The ...

Do you want your audience to take action? A recent study of 10,000 people reported that the average employee wastes over 2 hours each day at work on non-job related tasks. The average US employee makes an annual salary of $39,795. That means procrastination costs employers, on average, $10,396 per year PER EMPLOYEE.
Every day we make a choice: use the escalator or take the stairs. Not just literally, but also metaphorically speaking, the majority of the population generally chooses the easy way out. Rory’s message of “success means doing things we don’t want to do” is as relevant as ever before. With a humorous delivery style that both entertains and challenges, Rory motivates his audience to reevaluate their work performances in and out of the office, and ultimately ask: what if we lived in a world where more people chose effort over ease?
How can more discipline transform your organization, employees or you as an individual?
Increase Productivity ——–>Decrease Costly Turnover
Increase Revenue & Profitability——–>Decrease Workplace Stress
Increase Focus——–> Decrease Daily Distractions
Increase Morale——–> Decrease Wasted Time
Rory’s presentation is uniquely tailored to acknowledge and analyze specific challenges like procrastination, creative avoidance, and daily distractions that occur in your company workplace. You and your audience will walk away with a surge of new motivation and an empowered mindset to make a real and effective change.

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Leaders Take the Stairs- Creating a Culture of Discipline in Your Organization

Main Stage Speech [45 – 90 minutes] Companies and organizations that make the leap to greatness have an almost fanatical mindset and mission of making short term sacrifices for a long term vision. It drives every part of their business including accounting, hiring, ...

Main Stage Speech [45 – 90 minutes]

Companies and organizations that make the leap to greatness have an almost fanatical mindset and mission of making short term sacrifices for a long term vision. It drives every part of their business including accounting, hiring, training, leadership, marketing and so forth. But if you look in MBA curriculums or HR training programs you won’t find anything that teaches leaders this pivotal skill. Here you will learn the philosophy and practicality of infusing your organization with a mentality of discipline.

After hearing Rory’s challenging and thought-provoking speech your leaders will:
– Develop stronger systems of accountability for measuring activity and results.
– Critically evaluate every instance of company spending.
– Have a game plan for popularizing the paradigm of discipline within the organization.
– Be equipped to clarify the “Pain Paradox” for their team to get buy-in.
– Enthusiastically adopt and model an attitude of discipline.
– Take The Stairs more often in the mall, the airport, and in life situations.

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Heart Led Leader: The 5 Core Attributes that Create Top Teams

Motivated, reliable, engaged, consistent, trustworthy and effective team members are what every leader wants. But how do you find those people? Or how do you create them? Too often managers struggle to get their people to show up every day and produce at the height of their ...

Motivated, reliable, engaged, consistent, trustworthy and effective team members are what every leader wants. But how do you find those people? Or how do you create them? Too often managers struggle to get their people to show up every day and produce at the height of their potential.

And there are all too many reasons to cite or places to point as blame for why that happens. Yet, the best leaders know that there are a few simple and critical traits that they must exhibit personally that predominantly determine the performance of their team.

During this inspiring and pragmatic presentation, New York Times bestselling author and Inc Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker Rory Vaden, will share the 5 core attributes that create top teams. Once you know the fundamental formula about what creates great leadership you will have the secret sauce to growing any business or advancing any cause. Come discover the actionable practices that you can implement immediately to get more out of the people who are following you.

 

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About Keynote Speaker Rory Vaden

About Speaker Rory Vaden…

“Self-Discipline Strategist”, Rory Vaden, MBA speaks to audiences around the world about how they can leverage self-discipline to overcome procrastination, take action and achieve their goals in life. His first book Take the Stairs is a #1 Wall St Journal, #1 USA Today, and #2 New York Times bestseller and it has been translated into 11 different languages.

As an entrepreneur, he is the Co-founder of Southwestern Consulting™, an 8-figure global consulting practice with more than 100 team members that helps clients in more than 40 countries to grow their business and provide a better customer experience. Southwestern Consulting™ can teach anyone with a product or service how to sell more.

Additionally, Rory is the founder of the Center for the Study of Self-Discipline where his insights on overcoming procrastination, taking action and creating exponential results have been featured on Fox and Friends, Oprah radio, CNN and in Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Inc, Success Magazine and many other media outlets. His articles and insights average more than 4 million views every month and he is the host of a top 25 business news weekly podcast called ” The Action Catalyst with Rory Vaden.”

As a professional speaker, he speaks more than 50 times a year for some of America’s best and brightest organizations including: Cargill, The Million Dollar Roundtable, P&G, Mass Mutual, True Value, YPO, Wells Fargo Advisors, Merck, Land O’Lakes, Novartis and hundreds more. He is a Certified Speaking Professional (highest ranking designation given by the National Speakers Association) and was the 2007 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking First runner Up.

Rory’s newest book is called Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time and was also an instant National Bestseller. It was on this most recent book, that Rory delivered his Tedx talk which now has over 1 million views.

Testimonials

“I have been implementing different strategies from your speech. It’s challenging my life! My husband and I have both been ‘taking more stairs’ in life situations.”

Anna Nikerina

AFLAC

“If your culture expects results then Rory will share advice that will educate, motivate, and engage your team to become their very best. Discipline never felt so clear, welcome and important.”

Dave Casullo Sr.

VP, Raymour & Flanigan

“Rory was delightfully entertaining and poignantly powerful. He is one of the few speakers I’ve ever heard where I actually remembered his message long after he was gone.”

George Mora

#1 Keller Williams Team Worldwide

“For ninety minutes, Rory delivered a high energy, entertaining presentation, packed full of meaningful content that our members can immediately apply to their business and personal lives. You rocked it, Rory!”

Mark Graham

NPSA

“Rory Vaden was a super star! Exceeded all expectations! Down to earth, charming, exciting, accessible. More than a mere performer, Rory is sensitive to the needs of his audience, highly intelligent and one class act! We will remember Rory Vaden for a good long while!”

Jane Creed

Wineshop

“His presentation exceeded my expectations. Rory has a unique perspective on presenting the common in an uncommon and enlightening way. Have Rory speak for your company. His personable, fun, high energy, skills packed presentation will change your people and your business.”

Debbi Walton

Juice Plus

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