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Alden Mills

WSB Exclusive Speaker

Inc. 500 CEO, Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, Navy SEAL

Alden Mills is the former Inc. 500 CEO of Perfect Fitness, founder of multiple businesses, bestselling author of Unstoppable Mindset, Unstoppable Teams, and Be Unstoppable, a three-time Navy SEAL platoon commander, nationally recognized rower, and keynote speaker on a mission to help 100 million people Be Unstoppable.

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Alden Mills is on a mission to help 100 million people Be Unstoppable. With more than 40 years of experience failing and succeeding in a vast array of environments, from sports, the military, and business to nonprofits and community action groups, he learned that success is driven by one vital factor – leadership – of oneself and others. 

The first person Alden learned to lead was himself. As a weak child with asthma, doctors insisted he limit physical activity and avoid sports. Instead, with the mindset instilled in him by his mother that “no one defines what you can and can’t do, but you,” he went on to become a National Collegiate Champion rower, earning Gold and Silver medals at the Olympic Festival, and a Navy SEAL who was top of his class. From a young age he amassed notebooks of invention drawings. One of those ideas became the wildly popular Perfect Pushup and today he holds over 40 patents worldwide.

As Alden achieved personal successes, he repeatedly grew into leadership positions. He became captain of his collegiate rowing team, was promoted three times to Navy SEAL platoon commander, and ranked #1 platoon commander each time. He turned a single invention into a global fitness powerhouse in over 70 countries with multiple products, leading Perfect Fitness to become the fastest-growing consumer product company in the country, with over $95 million in sales in just three years. He has since founded and served on multiple companies’ boards in retail hard goods, consumable products, and service-based businesses. 

Along the way, Alden cultivated a methodology – Unstoppable Leadership – that develops people into congruent and authentic leaders who successfully build teams and create cultures that are unstoppable regardless of the situation, industry, or environment.

Today, Alden Mills is known as one of America’s leading business thinkers and spends his time helping others learn and implement the three levels of Unstoppable Leadership. He is the bestselling author of Unstoppable Mindset, Unstoppable Teams, and Be Unstoppable. Through speaking, coaching, writing, board advisory, and teaching, Alden helps people acquire the mindset, tools, and actions required to accomplish more than they thought was possible.

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  • UNSTOPPABLE LEADERSHIP: Activate Untapped Leadership Potential

    True leadership transcends mere authority. It’s not about wielding power or being at the top of the organizational chart. Instead, it’s about something far more profound: taking care of those in our charge and getting them to achieve more.  The most important thing a leader can do is foster an environment where team members feel safe and empowered to innovate and push boundaries – without fear of failure. When people are empowered and cared for, they will go beyond what they originally thought possible, and when this occurs, your organization’s true leadership potential is activated.


    With years of experience as a leader and coaching leaders, Alden has found time and again that there are three levels of effective leadership, no one level is more important than the other, and truly successful leaders are masters of all three.  Effective leadership starts with self-discipline and self-awareness (self), extends to collaboration and teamwork (others), and culminates in the ability to inspire and mobilize large groups (culture).


    In this impactful keynote, Alden shares this proven model of leadership development, focusing not just on inspiring and motivating leaders but on building practical skills within each of the three levels. Empowering them with the knowledge and tools to be the most effective leaders they are capable of being, Alden ensures the audience will walk away ready to transform the people and teams they work with.

  • UNSTOPPABLE TEAMS: Transform Underperforming Groups into High-Performing Teams

    One thing is certain: a team will ALWAYS dominate a group.


    A group of individuals will only be as successful as its strongest member, but a unified team has the power to be Unstoppable. Understanding how to transition your group into a team will have a force-multiplying effect on performance and elevate your team to its highest potential.


    Having built and led successful teams in his military, collegiate sports, and business careers, Alden has developed a highly sought-after approach for transforming groups of individuals into hyper-efficient teams. Pulling from his experiences and best-selling book Unstoppable Teams, Alden shares the essential proven strategies for leaders and team contributors to build high-performing teams through alignment, trust, and outsized contributions.


    Motivating as it is practical, be prepared to walk away from this keynote with an instantly-applicable action plan to develop teams equipped to solve problems, overcome hurdles, embrace change, and repeatedly surpass their goals.


  • UNSTOPPABLE MINDSET: Embrace Change, Overcome Obstacles, And Surpass Goals

    What if you found out the one thing keeping you from achieving your goals was you? That the difference between success and failure resides between your ears, with your mindset, attitude, and outlook. Every successful person and business faces obstacles and setbacks, but so often people fail to overcome them, not because of their skills or abilities, but because they weren’t mentally prepared to succeed. The secret to outperforming the rest is how you view and approach those key moments. Developing a mindset that allows you to thrive where others stumble and a perspective that keeps you always moving towards your goals. 


    With over 40 years of experience overcoming challenges in business and in life, Alden understands what it truly takes to be successful – an Unstoppable Mindset. Training audiences to focus on the aspects of challenges that are within their control, Alden offers a practical approach to raising standards and developing confidence through an internal sense of resilience.


    Much more than just a motivational experience, this keynote equips the audience with a system enabling them to tackle tough challenges, use obstacles to their advantage, and achieve success time and time again.

  • UNSTOPPABLE CULTURE: Close The Gap Between Your Actual Culture and The Culture You Aspire For

    A strong culture is the foundation of any thriving company and a direct indicator of future success. The people, mission, and values of an organization are what set them apart from their competitors and create loyalty within. In today’s fast-moving and ever-changing business world, developing a cohesive culture is more important and trickier than ever to accomplish. So where do we start? How do we get from the culture we have to the one we aspire to?


    Drawing on his 40+ years of experience shaping high-performing cultures, Alden Mills understands how bridging the gap between aspirational culture and the culture that is truly practiced within an organization can unlock the potential within. He knows why so many leaders struggle with culture building and the core elements that constitute a strong organizational culture: Promise, People, and Process.


    Through personal stories and live exercises, Alden provides the step-by-step path to constructing a thriving cultural framework by building intentional structure, dynamic practices, and congruent values that will effectively close culture gaps for years to come. By the end of this keynote, you will not only understand the importance of a deliberate and well-crafted culture but also possess the tools and knowledge necessary to build one.

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Alden nailed it!! For our group it was the perfect message at the right time for which we are grateful. I overheard many positive comments about the difference he made. I honestly feel that Alden helped create a life changing experience for those in attendance.

Financial Services

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Absolutely incredible! Alden’s ability to connect with our leaders and our business was truly inspiring and exactly what we needed.

Financial Services

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Alden is a winner and an energizer. He presented to a packed auditorium, and he proved to be one of the most engaging speakers I have ever seen. His message and stories were real, entertaining, and enlightening; it prompted many side conversations afterward here – including lots of discussion about how effective he was in conveying the key issues that matter the most to our audience. We hope we can take these messages to our teams with new energy.

Health Care

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Alden delivered exactly what we wanted: a powerful message blended with fascinating stories and our company’s mission to our customers and partners. He nailed it!

Technology

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

An unforgettable presentation. Alden, you read the room just right and delivered the perfect closing keynote to our people. Your remarkable ability to tell stories that made the audience feel like they were experiencing it first-hand, plus your frameworks for success, made this the best keynote I’ve witnessed in years. So many came up afterward to say they were changed by what just happened on stage. You helped make our conference a tremendous success and I’m grateful for it.

Technology

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Alden’s experiences as Navy SEAL and entrepreneur are captivating. Alden’s work is incredibly relevant for any entrepreneur who wants to grow personally and professionally. His speech keeps resonating in me as I face challenges, and it will continue to resonate in our chapter’s conversations for a long time. One of the best ever.

Fraternal/Membership Organization

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Alden hit a Grand Slam for us at our annual company retreat. He listened to our desired outcomes during the pre-calls and custom-tailored a keynote with leave-behinds that are sure to make a lasting impact. I will hire him again. Alden is an All-Star!

Leisure

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Alden set the tone ?  then stole the show. As the feedback shows, he deserves nothing but praise for his spot-on address to our 750+ CEOs and their executive teams. Alden skillfully transformed their thinking thanks in part to his notable business and military experience. Quite simply, Alden’s an exceptional speaker, start to finish. We look forward to hosting him again.

Publishing

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Alden Mills is awesome. He really captured the message that we wanted to relay to our hotels and customers. (Change is constant, and we must embrace it and adapt.) In his storytelling, his message is truly helpful ?  and he makes it easy to understand and follow. We got so many great compliments from attendees. We were lucky to have him as the speaker note on our event. For sure, we will have him again.

Travel & Tourism

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Alden has a unique and powerful gift of understanding his audience, and making an emotional and lasting impression. His presentation set the tone for our entire our sales meeting. Alden’s ability to communicate his real-life experiences as a successful entrepreneur and a Navy SEAL, and package them in a way that is relevant to our culture and challenging business needs, was invaluable. Our team left motivated, recharged, and ready to face the obstacles that lay aheadâ??able to reach further than before to accomplish their goals. Alden was phenomenal!

Apparel

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Alden’s words encouraged our young farmers and ranchers to survive adversity and exceed their potential. His story and wit would be inspirational for any audience.

Financial Services

What other organizations say about Alden Mills

Authentic and engaging – one of the best speakers we’ve ever had.

Financial Services

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