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Bonnie St. John tailors every presentation to meet audience needs. Before each event, she talks with leadership and select members or customers to understand the issues facing each audience. Additionally when it fits within the travel schedule, St. John will give a complimentary keynote speech to a charity or non-profit group selected on behalf of your organization, at no extra cost. St. John’s most popular topics include:
Normal is Overrated—Aim Higher!
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Elite international Paralympic athletes are all about achieving excellence when the circumstances are less than ideal. It’s a perfect metaphor for the times we’re in. Instead of wishing and waiting or things to get back to “normal”, it’s time to adapt and get on with it. Disabled athletes—including wheelchair basketball players, blind runners, and others—never expect things to be “normal.” Bonnie’s story is proof that normal is overrated and you can strive for excellence no matter what. She uses her experience as a one-legged, ski champion to encourage audiences to aim higher and achieve extraordinary results…regardless of the challenges.
Beyond the Lone Ranger, Listerine and the Energizer Bunny: the New Meaning of Perseverance
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"Never give up," means something completely different in today's world of rapidly shifting global markets and changing, 21st Century technologies. Using her experiences and research to illustrate, Bonnie St. John shares examples of four kinds of perseverance and persistence techniques that lead to a competitive edge in a highly fluid world. As an amputee living in San Diego with no money (or snow!) for training, Bonnie needed to apply extreme tenacity to become the first African-American to win Olympic medals in ski racing at the Paralympics. The doggedness she learned there led her to further success as a Rhodes Scholar, in sales at IBM, as a White House economic official during the Clinton administration, and in her own business as a writer and speaker. When you understand how to persist and adapt at the same time, your team becomes virtually unstoppable.
The CEO Chronicles: Lessons in Leadership
What lessons can we learn from the world’s most respected corporate and political leaders? In nearly two decades as a speaker, author and executive coach, Bonnie has met, interviewed or worked with hundreds of C-level leaders in finance, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, health, government and other industries. From these experiences, she shares poignant lessons in leadership, perseverance and excellence providing an audience with practical “take-aways.”
About Bonnie St. John
» Meet Bonnie St. John
A stunning inspiration, Bonnie St. John challenges audiences to question what they see as their own limitations and shows them how to re-energize their performance.
As an amputee, Silver Medal-winning Olympic skier, Author, Rhodes Scholar, former White House official and successful businesswoman, Bonnie St. John knows a little something about facing challenges. St. John’s remarkable success in the face of physical adversity taught her that the key to winning is not just bouncing back from obstacles, but is in doing so faster than your competitor. Hailed by NBC Nightly News as “one of the five most inspiring women in America,” St. John demonstrates how people can find their individual paths to higher performance, greater productivity and career success. Audiences leave St. John’s spirited presentation with the ultimate competitive advantage: the confidence to challenge their comfort zones, take action to get ahead and contribute toward organization-wide growth and development. A best-selling author, St. John has published five books: Succeeding Sane: Making Room For Joy In A Crazy World; Getting Ahead At Work Without Leaving Your Family Behind; Money: Fall Down, Get Up; How Strong Women Pray; and her most recent book Live Your Joy which outlines strategies for personal happiness and success.
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