Jake Thompson
Leadership Performance Coach and Author
Jake Thompson is not the motivational speaker you're used to. His audiences repeatedly praise his ability to prepare a personalized message that engages audiences with energy and tactical takeaways. Thompson's experiences from working in a gas station to starting an eventual 7-figure brand from the trunk of his car are relatable, encouraging, and impactful to every crowd.
Under $25,000
Jake Thompson is a leadership performance coach and the Chief Encouragement Officer at Compete Every Day, a brand he started in 2011 by first selling t-shirts out of the trunk of his car.
Thompson has spent more than a decade working with leaders and organizations all over the world on how they can gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace by competing and collaborating more effectively.
He has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, hosts a weekly podcast with over two million downloads, and has directly impacted over leaders worldwide.
Through his entrepreneurial sales experience, client work, and research, Thompson has built a proven C.E.D. framework that helps leaders improve their grit, productive habits, and leadership influence to create a more positive impact as leaders within their organizations.
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Compete Every Day
Does your team struggle with inconsistency or complacency?
Do you find your employees spending more time comparing themselves to competitors instead of chasing down new clients?
Learn how we can overcome these big three common challenges with Jake’s C.E.D. Model and transform your team’s focus, daily habits, & mindsets to help your company raise its level of success.
Learning objectives included:
- The importance of personal development to long-term growth.
- How to better control what’s in your control.
- Why self-leadership is key to soaring team results.
- How to get out of silos and start collaborating as a team to better compete in the market.
Chief Encouragement Officers
What would a company be able to do if the team members within it were excited to come to work each week? What if they didn’t dread 1:1 meetings — but looked forward to them? In today’s landscape, where people have more flexibility than ever in where they work and who they work for, a leader’s ability to inspire and drive positive change within their people is more crucial than ever.
In this powerful keynote session, audiences will learn ways to lead with encouragement to drive productive growth within their teams. We’ll dive into the pivotal role of language, how psychological safety is created (and kept), and the impact of giving consistent encouragement. Audiences will leave with the tools to inspire their teams, build a positive culture, and drive sustainable success through the power of encouragement.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how the words leaders choose can uplift, motivate, and drive their teams toward achieving common goals.
- Learn strategies for maintaining open, honest, and consistent communication to build trust, clarity, and alignment within the team.
- Discover how to create an environment where team members feel safe expressing ideas, taking risks, and learning from failures without fear of negative consequences.
- Develop the skill of giving timely and genuine encouragement to boost morale, enhance performance, and cultivate a culture of positivity and growth.
Make Grit Your Competitive Advantage
In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving world, success is not just about talent or intelligence; you need the grit to stick with the necessary work to outlast your competition. In this empowering keynote, we dive into the transformative power of grit and how you can use it as your ultimate competitive advantage.
Discover things in your control to leverage “passion and perseverance” toward a goal and embrace the “boring,” repetitive work required to compete every day until you win.
Learning Objectives include:
- Learn how to adopt a mindset of improvement to continuously develop your abilities and yourself.
- Discover strategies to build and strengthen your resilience, including how to gamify your focus each day.
- Learn ways to increase your “stickwithitness” to outlast the competition by playing the long-game.
- Explore real-life applications of where increasing grit can pay off in your personal and professional life.
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