Bonnie St. John

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Paralympic Ski Medalist, Fortune 500 Business Consultant, Rhodes Scholar, Former White House Official and Best-Selling Author

Bonnie St. John challenges audiences to push through their own limitations and re-energize their lives to achieve peak performance.

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Bonnie St. John

As an amputee, Olympic ski medalist, bestselling author, Rhodes Scholar, former White House official, and successful businesswoman, Bonnie St. John knows a little something about facing challenges. Her remarkable success in the face of physical adversity taught her that the key to winning is not just bouncing back from obstacles, but doing so faster and more efficiently than your competitors. Bonnie’s dynamic messages guide audiences to find their individual paths to higher performance, greater productivity, and overall success. Her extensive experience in a variety of industries including energy, healthcare, finance, insurance, food and beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, education, government, aerospace, and communications, allows Bonnie to customize each presentation with specific, effective tools for positive action along with focused plans for contributing to organization-wide growth and development. Participants leave Bonnie’s spirited presentations with the ultimate competitive advantage: the confidence to challenge their comfort zones…and win.

Bonnie has been featured extensively in the national and international media including Today; CNN; Good Morning America; People, Oprah, and The New York Times. The best-selling author of seven books, her most recent work, Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive and Energy, outlines a quick, easy and immediately effective program of tools and techniques to give you a competitive edge in today’s dynamic world of changes and challenges.

NBC Nightly News called Bonnie: One of the five most inspiring women in America.

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Bonnie St. John tailors every presentation to meet her clients’ specific business focus. Before each event, Bonnie interviews select corporate leaders to understand the issues facing each audience. In addition, when it fits within the travel schedule, Bonnie will offer a complimentary keynote speech to a charity or non-profit group selected on behalf of your organization, at no extra cost.
High Performance Resilience

How do we continue to tap into new sources of energy for the innovations, insights and initiatives we need to compete as the pace of today’s global workplace continues to accelerate? Bonnie St. John, the highly sought-after business coach and consultant to Fortune 500 companies, addresses these challenges by guiding participants, from the front lines to the C-suites, through a series of practical exercises and techniques that enhance her audience’s capacity to offset the negative effects of stress, increase resilience and play to win. Whether you are looking for a few specific ideas and action steps in a keynote speech or a full day of in-depth, hands-on training, you’ll get a powerful dose of Bonnie’s authentic life experiences along with rigorously tested concepts that will clearly pave the way for breakthrough performance in your organization or company.
Normal is Overrated—Aim Higher!

Elite international Paralympic athletes are all about achieving excellence when the circumstances are less than ideal—a perfect metaphor for today’s dynamic economic times. Instead of wishing and waiting for things to get back to “normal,” Bonnie expands the dialogue to go beyond traditional thinking. Disabled athletes—including wheelchair basketball players, blind runners and others—never expect things to be “normal.” Bonnie’s story is proof that you can strive for excellence no matter what obstacles are thrown in our way. Hailed as “one of the five most inspiring women in America” by NBC Nightly News, Bonnie St. John uses her unique experience as a one-legged ski champion, Rhodes Scholar and White House official to encourage audiences to aim higher and achieve extraordinary results.
Staying Resilient in the Rapidly Changing World of Education

The phrase “never give up” means something completely different in today’s world of global interdependence and rapidly shifting 21st century technologies. Drawing on her personal experiences and extensive research, Bonnie St. John illustrates examples of useful tips and techniques that professionals in K-12 and Higher Ed can use to adapt their performance when the only thing constant is change. “We need to update Einstein’s famous quote,” Bonnie quips: “In today’s world, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same results!

As an amputee living in San Diego with no money (or snow!) for training, Bonnie needed to apply extraordinary tenacity and flexibility to become the first African-American to win Olympic medals in ski racing. In every stimulating presentation, Bonnie encourages education professionals to persist and adapt at the same time so they can become virtually unstoppable through the ups and downs of funding changes, new review requirements and scarce resources.

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

I was hoping you could extend an enormous thank you to Bonnie on behalf of our team for her participation in our summit last week. Many of our attending members appreciated how vulnerable and, of course, inspiring Bonnie’s session was. It was such a privilege and a pleasure to be able to have her join us, and I hope she also had a good experience at our summit.
Business Conferences / Audiences

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

Bonnie St. John, you really changed some lives while you were here. People are still buzzing and asking about books. Your message truly resonated with many and we thank you for being here.
Universities & Colleges

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

Bonnie St. John was fantastic! The group was so impressed with her speech. She even made herself available after the conference to meet people, sign autographs and answer questions. It was really wonderful!
Financial Services

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

Bonnie St. John was absolutely phenomenal at our meeting! We received only the best feedback about her remarks and they were perfectly tailored to our members’ needs and interests. She was also such a pleasure to work with and really made the day a breeze for us, as did WSB! You were all fantastic throughout the process, we really can’t thank you enough.
Health Care

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

Bonnie was terrific: smart, articulate and compassionate. It was evident that she researched the company and as a result, truly connected with us. She was a refreshing change – in both approach and style – from traditional and inspirational speakers.
Food

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

Bonnie St. John was fantastic! She was very low maintenance to work with throughout the entire process and received a standing ovation. We couldn’t have asked for a better way to end our conference!
Human Resources

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

Bonnie St. John was excellent!!! Her presentation was so great that she warranted a standing ovation from our conference attendees.
Insurance

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

Bonnie St. John was a huge hit and the response was fantastic. She joined us at the recognition dinner after she spoke and took pictures with each award winner. We’re so glad she could be part of our event.
Telecommunications

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

I was very pleased with the evening. Bonnie St. John was terrific and, as always, you and your team did a great job of supporting us.
Travel & Tourism

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

Bonnie St. John was fantastic and the feedback has been enthusiastically positive. She really took time to talk with us to understand the theme of the event, who would be attending and what we hoped her message would be – she incorporated all of that and really connected with the audience. A group of students read her book, prior to the event, and she pointed them out during her talk and made a point of meeting them afterwards. Of course the students were thrilled!
Universities & Colleges

What other organizations say about Bonnie St. John

Our attendees loved Bonnie. They were particularly impressed that she networked with them ahead of her presentation. She was definitely one of the best speakers we’ve ever had – we can’t think of a thing we’d change.
Universities & Colleges

Works by Bonnie St. John

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Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive, and Energy
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How Great Women Lead: A Mother-Daughter Adventure into the Lives of Women Shaping the World
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Live Your Joy

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