Steve Jones

Based on Steve’s best-selling book, this keynote energizes, entertains, and educates. Your brand is everything, and everything is your brand. Every business and every individual is a brand, and understanding your brand can make you invincible. Through stories, songs, and videos, Steve leaves your team with some key takeaways, including:

* How a singer from Mississippi turned a 208-word song about getting drunk into a business empire.

* What Fleetwood Mac did to turn a potential disaster into the greatest album ever.

* How Taylor Swift literally grows her loyal fan base one person at a time.

* Why a 1986 collaboration between Run DMC and Aerosmith was so culturally significant.

Your organization can turn up the volume on diversity, equity, and inclusion! In a presentation filled with great music, Steve will share the leadership lessons of lead singers and take your group on a musical journey to explore how the experiences of rock legends can help you build a more cohesive, focused, and energized team. Some key takeaways include:

* How a musician from Queens, New York, helped bring down a racist regime.

* Some of the greatest mistakes intentionally left in rock songs and the value that comes from giving yourself the freedom to fail.

* The magical place in the deep south where Black and White musicians worked together as one at the height of America’s mid-60s racial unrest.

* How a washed-up 70s rock band and an up-and-coming hip hop act leaned on each other to change cultural history.

Rock history is filled with comeback stories of fallen legends who, against all odds, recovered and achieved even greater success. The reality for every organization is that things will go wrong, challenges will be arise, and comeback stories will need to be written. Is your team armed with the knowledge to overcome the next obstacle, poised for maximum growth on the other side of it? Takeaways from this presentation will help your team be stronger, leaner, and meaner:

* U2 and the value of perpetual learning and growth.

* A classic rock singer who went 16 years between hits, surviving bankruptcy and addiction along the way.

* How Justin Bieber turned his career around and became a mega-star.

* The art of the pivot, and how Taylor Swift went from country princess to pop music powerhouse.

Every decision is a sales decision. Everyone is selling, whether it is a product, an idea, or hit song. But what makes a sales “rock star”? How does someone go from average to extraordinary in the cut-throat world of sales? Over the course of an hour together, you’ll learn:

* How rock stars have turned constant rejection into the fuel for success.

* The way relationships have turned every day interactions into amazing opportunities.

* How a one-armed drummed proved that resiliency and attitude impact everything.

* The 5 P’s of personal branding and how to use them to build your sales career.