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Transform your team's potential with Alden Mills, Navy SEAL, inventor, and bestselling author who turned a fitness idea into a $95M powerhouse.
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I’ve never seen a speaker who cares more and does more to connect with the needs and interests of an audience. A game changer.
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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 the leading business thinkers in America 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.
See keynotes with Alden MillsWith over 40 years of experience overcoming challenges in business and life, Alden Mills brings a unique perspective on what it means to be unstoppable at accomplishing more than was thought possible. We all have natural obstacles in our path. When we learn to conquer those obstacles, we realize that our biggest obstacle is our mindset. The challenge is understanding how to harness the very things we can control to help us find the success we seek.
This keynote dives into the key differentiator of success stopping us from reaching and surpassing potential — an Unstoppable Mindset. Alden weaves together riveting stories, inspiration, and practical tools to teach the Mindset Fundamentals to become unstoppable, regardless of industry, environment, or situation. Much more than just a motivational experience, he shares a system that enables people to tackle tough challenges, use change to their advantage, and seize bold opportunities time and time again.
As Alden Mills advanced from personal success to leading teams in sports, military, business, and nonprofits, he learned group success is determined by a leader’s ability to build and lead teams. Whether a team is formed remotely or in-person, by mandate or inheritance, formally or organically, team leaders exist to bridge the gap between the outcomes sought and the team that can achieve them.
This keynote explores the universal leadership essentials to build high-performing Unstoppable Teams that continuously surpass what they set out to achieve. Alden demonstrates how leaders can drive greater alignment, trust, and outsized contributions. He shares the five phases of unstoppable team development and the key actions to implement each phase. Using his C.A.R.E. Loop, he provides a roadmap to activate and effectively turn groups of individuals into Unstoppable Teams.
Following the initial success of Perfect Fitness, Alden Mills and his team lost their way. Laser-focused on growth and profit, the company began to falter. To get back on track and ensure ongoing success, they regrouped and established a prominent culture.
This keynote details how stakeholders in senior leadership and human resources build an Unstoppable Culture to drive lasting employee engagement, competitive advantage, and outsized growth. Through personal stories, checklists, and live exercises, Alden shows how to close culture gaps by building intentional structure, dynamic practices, and congruent values that leaders and teams apply together — day after day, week after week.
Attendees learn the behaviors and tools that create an Unstoppable Culture by embedding the three Ps–Promise, People, and Process – a practical three-part framework to close the gap between an organization’s existing culture and activating what he calls the 10x Advantage to create an Unstoppable Culture.
We brought Alden in for a three-hour Unstoppable Teams workshop. We wanted to build a greater sense of connectedness amongst our team that had become fairly silo-d. Our other hope was that each team member would buy into the incredible work we're doing. Alden's workshop reminded us of what made us Unstoppable in the past, as a 40+ year old company, and drove home that we can accomplish more than we thought was possible, despite today's challenges, if we re-engage with our culture.
At Adobe, we were so impressed with the impact of Alden’s work with our senior executives that we hired him to conduct a workshop with our Employee Experience (HR) Team. This extremely engaging session focused on coaching leaders and provided our team with actionable insights we could apply immediately. Our team particularly loved Alden’s emphasis on coaching the whole person and this approach is already having a positive impact at the company. Alden showed the power of masterful storytelling, and we came away inspired to become better coaches. I highly recommend Alden if you’re looking to level-up your team!
Alden delivered exactly what we hoped for and more. He's authentic, spoke from the heart, and tailored his speech to include our conference theme as well as key leaders of my team. He arrived early and stayed late. His extra efforts made the difference. Alden’s speech connected with the hearts and the minds of my sales organization, and it showed with a rousing standing ovation. We'd hire him again!
Outstanding! Alden spoke to our leadership team at a time when inspiration and drive were imperative. His ability to transfer the discipline of being a SEAL and that of the entrepreneur was AMAZING! He did an unbelievable job in preparing everyone to roll up their sleeves and charge through the remainder of the year with absolute commitment. I would highly recommend Alden to anyone who is looking to take their business to the next level!
We have hired many speakers over the years. We know the drill: Most fly in and fly out, delivering the same presentation on a different stage. Then, there is that rare breed—the few who truly get to know you, your company and your culture. That is Alden Mills. He is the Commander of Connection. He became part of the National Life family because of the way he showed up off stage, and the way he connected with us outside of the spotlight. Thank you, Alden, for showing us how it's done and bringing out the best in all of us.
Alden Mills captivated over 100 independent insurance agency owners who attended our conference last week. Alden has the rare ability to share compelling military stories while making the learnings applicable to our customers - who are CEO’s of successful businesses. Although we hosted this event for the betterment of our customers, our company’s COO and I are both employing Alden’s techniques to be better team leaders ourselves. One participant remarked, “I’ve never attended an insurance conference where no one was on their phone or in a side conversation. Alden Mills had us fully engaged. Best meeting ever!” I heartily recommend Alden for customizing his presentation to our customers business type and motivating them to take action upon returning to their offices.
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