Playing Offense in Defensive Environments

KEYNOTE TOPIC #1

How to Lead with Courage and Inspire Confidence

Paul is an expert at inspiring audiences to life impacting and purposeful change, starting by Winning Monday.  
Knowing the economic winter we’re in, how do we lead with confidence and courage to play offense in highly defensive environments? How do we make better decisions faster to overcome the stress and anxiety at our most paralyzing forks in the road?  How do shift our WHY from a distantNorth into a 365 operating system that creates camaraderie and connectionwithin any team?  ‍
WARNING: No sugar highs allowed. Keynotes are merely the starting point. Expect a 365 action plan to follow.
“When I speak to 1,000 people and 20 wait to talk after, I love all 1,000…I do it for the 20.”
- Paul epstein

Most Requested Keynote Topics

Playing Offense in Defensive Environments
(For Leaders, Sales, and HR)
How to Make Better Decisions Faster
(For Leaders, Sales, and HR)
Building a WHY-Centered Culture
(For Leaders, Sales, and HR)
How Intrinsic Motivation Drives External Results
(For Leaders, Sales, and HR)

How Intrinsic Motivation Drives External Results

A Sales Playbook on Mindset and Performance

Learn directly from the “Why Coach” of the San Francisco 49ers himself.  From finding his WHY to coaching it to others, Paul has now partnered with the WHY Institute to tap into the 9 possible WHYs that exist in the workplace.

Imagine the possibilities when you know how each team member thinks, operates, and WHY they show up the way they do.  The truth is each WHY has a superpower…and a kryptonite.  Until you know your entire locker room through the lens of their WHY, there will always be an artificial ceiling on the level of trust, connection, engagement, and relationships that are possible.  By the end of this experience, you’ll shatter through that ceiling, and realize the true potential of a winning locker room.

Actionable Outcomes

Meeting Planner Resources

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THE IMPACT DOESN’T STOP WHEN THE KEYNOTE IS DONE

How will you measure success 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after your event?

Paul has solutions, and is happy to play as big (or small) a part of the journey.  

Here’s what a sample journey looks like…

Event Date

Inspire, educate, and provide practical ways to take action and Win Monday

2 Weeks After Event

Resources to reinforce the learnings of Paul’s keynote are distributed to all attendees

1 Month After Event

Paul hops on a call with key org leaders and meeting planners to discuss the game plan forward

If it makes mutual sense, Paul will deliver a 6-12 month program to lead lasting change for your team and organization.  That may include:
       
Live or Virtual Workshops to install and implement the Playing Offense playbook
✔ Offsite Leadership or Team Retreats
✔ 1:1 Coaching for Leaders and Executive

To explore what’s possible, set up a call with Paul to discuss your 365 Impact Journey

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Director Continuous Sales Learning & Development, ADP

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Former Amazon Sr. Manager

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SVP, Crypto.com Arena

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#1: ENDORSED BY TOP TEAMS AND BRANDS
#2: CAPTIVATING STAGE PRESENCE
#3: WHERE PASSION AND PROCESS MEET
#4: IMPACT TODAY. A FOUNDATION FOR TOMORROW
#5: FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL GROWTH
#6: PROVEN EFFECTIVENESS
#7: POWERFUL STORYTELLING
#8: INSTANT PARADIGM SHIFTS

Is it a Green Light?


In the spirit of Paul’s upcoming book, Better Decisions Faster, a green light is when your head (mindset), heart (authenticity) and hands (action) are all aligned and on board.  

Green is our signal to DECIDE to ACT.  In this moment…

Does your head think it’s a good idea to connect?

Does your heart feel it’s a good idea to connect?

If so, green light, you know what to do.

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This keynote is for you if...

You are growing weary of the never-ending battles of finding, engaging, and retaining talent.  Learn the keys to create an environment where people know they belong, can thrive, and will stay, because they matter.

Learning Outcomes

  • Reconnect fragmented and hybrid workforces to rally around a spirit of camaraderie, empathy, and trust

  • Elevate the level of adaptability and agility so your culture can persevere and endure any climate

  • Learn how purpose can galvanize your organization to greater passion, positivity, and happiness in the day-to-day

  • From partners to tourists to prisoners, learn to lead challenging teams through highly volatile times

Most Requested Topics

This keynote is for you if...

You are driven to compete in today’s relentless market.  Grit, agility, and a resilient mindset are the table stakes. Learn from a 15-year NBA and NFL sales leader, who has walked through the same fires.

Learning Outcomes

  • Discover how purpose can be the igniter of performance, productivity, and courage

  • Grow customer relationships from transactional to transformational, through one simple rule

  • Acquire a framework to build trust and earn loyalty from your team, clients, and key stakeholders

  • From firefighting to FIRED UP – energize your locker room to show up committed to a standard of excellence

This keynote is for you if...

You believe elite performance happens when people don’t need to be held accountable, they hold themselves accountable.  That’s the power of intrinsic motivation, carrots and sticks no longer required.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learn the four cornerstones of intrinsically motivated teams, a case study from the San Francisco 49ers Academy, where you will be challenged by four critical questions:

    • Does your team believe deeply in the game they’re playing?

    • Are their fingerprints on the blueprint you’re asking them to execute?

    • Are people better when they go home than when they showed up that day?

    • Are people making a difference, that matters to them?

  • The answer to these questions should be HELL YES.  This keynote will deliver just that.

Customized For YOU

These keynotes are just the starting point.  
To maximize the impact, let’s customize your experience TOGETHER!

We'll talk through...

  • Biggest challenges and pain points

  • Most sought-after goals

  • Current state to future state shifts and transformations

  • How you want every audience member to think, feel, and do

  • What an 11 out of 10 looks like

Ready to meet Paul at the 50?

Most Requested Topics

This keynote is for you if...

You believe decisions and actions dictate the quality of our results.  What if you had a fail-proof equation that leads to more clear, confident, consistent, and purposeful outcomes?  This is it.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learn the business and life benefits of conquering our mindset and igniting our passion so we can achieve inner success

  • Discover how you and your team can get unstuck and drive toward greater levels of happiness and fulfillment

  • Understand how you can leverage green, yellow, and red lights at every critical decision-making juncture

  • Walk away with a proven playbook of core values to lead the business, career, and life you want, ON PURPOSE

This keynote is for you if...

You subscribe to the platinum rule where you treat others as they want to be treated by speaking to their WHY.  The impact: an organization where people get clear, stand out, and play bigger—at scale.

Learning Outcomes

  • Drive greater awareness so you and your team appreciate how you think and WHY each of you do what you do

  • Learn to communicate WHY to WHY to enhance the identity, empathy, and relationships within your team

  • Through the power of WHY, you can most effectively leverage each person’s strengths, gifts and talents

  • Construct a holistic game plan where your collective WHY’s provide clarity on how the entire team puzzle of purpose and impact fit together

Customized For YOU

These keynotes are just the starting point.  
To maximize the impact, let’s customize your experience TOGETHER!

We'll talk through...

  • Biggest challenges and pain points

  • Most sought-after goals

  • Current state to future state shifts and transformations

  • How you want every audience member to think, feel, and do

  • What an 11 out of 10 looks like

Ready to meet Paul at the 50?