Motivational: David Okerlund, “Moving from Good to Great”
David Okerlund
Educator and Motivator

Jim Collins in his book Good to GREAT has had a profound impact on the way many business leaders think about their leadership skills. However, the lessons in his book are not just intended for business leaders. Their application can make a profound impact on anyone's leadership abilities if understood and applied. In this seminar, David Okerlund take his audiences on a journey of practical application of the key elements of Jim's message. He will teach you how to get off the plateaus of your current success and become motivated to greater heights, how to maintain unwavering faith, how to embrace new technologies, and much, much more. It will be a fast moving, challenging session that will give you some vital concepts to incorporate in your own working environments.

Speaker Bio:
David Okerlund is an accomplished speaker, sales trainer, a former teacher of communications at Oxford University in England. A master of change management and a motivational humorist, Okerlund was nominated to Sharing Ideas magazine as one of the "Most Consummate Speaker in America." He is one of only two speakers in America to have twice finished in the final three of the World Championship of Public Speaking, a contest including over 20,000 contestants from over 45 different countries. Living all of his life in a rural setting, much of his youth was spent on his grandfather's farm, working with the livestock and pitching bales. Drawing from his experience growing up, David brings the traditional farm and family values with him to his speaking engagement.

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