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Turn your setbacks into comebacks

Dr. Willie Jolley

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Empowering motivational speaker who can maximize your God-given potential

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"Your message of the importance of taking a positive approach to a less than desirable situation was refreshing and inspirational, and exactly what the employees needed to hear. The professional style in which you delivered your message gave you instant credibility and allowed the audience to value the information that you were providing."

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Speaker Willie Jolley is known for his life-changing keynotes. He uses his public platform to empower and encourage people to turn life's setbacks into success. No matter the venue or vehicle, speaker Willie Jolley inspires as a notable radio voice, author, and speaker. Known for his high energy delivery and thought-provoking questions, speaker Willie Jolley's practical strategies can be transformed into tips for creating a better life. One day at a time. Speaker Willie Jolley was also named "One of the Outstanding Five Speakers in the World" and "Motivational & Inspirational Speaker of The Year" by the 175,000 members of Toastmasters International.

Why book speaker Dr. Willie Jolley?

  • He is a teacher. Speaker Willie Jolley is the author of several international best-selling books including: “It Only Takes A Minute To Change Your Life”, “A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback”, “Turn Setbacks Into Greenbacks” and “An Attitude of Excellence”, which was endorsed by former Ford Motors C.E.O., Alan Mulally and Dr. Stephen Covey, author of the landmark book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
  • He is a believer. Speaker Willie Jolley is on a mission to raise people up beyond their worries to their God-given potential. Dr. Jolley holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Faith-Driven Achievement from the California Graduate School of Theology, a master’s degree in Theology from Wesley Theological Seminary, and a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from The American University.

Speaker Willie Jolley is a minister, a motivator, and a toastmaster uplifting audiences up to reach their full potential. His lessons on living a better, more fulfilled life are delivered in memorable, impactful nuggets of life-changing philosophy.

Speaker Willie Jolley has achieved remarkable heights in the speaking industry, having come from a singing background, and he has gone on to be inducted into the prestigious Speaker Hall of Fame and received the C.P.A.E. Award (Council of Peers Award of Excellence), as well as achieving the distinction of Certified Speaker Professional (C.S.P.) by the National Speakers Association.

Many know speaker Willie Jolley as the speaker Ford Motors called on when they were on the brink of bankruptcy and continued working with them through four years of change as they were able to reject a government bailout and go on to achieve billion-dollar profits.

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Turn Your Setbacks into Comebacks! [Great Virtually]

Taken from his popular television special, “Turning Setbacks into Comebacks”, speaker Willie Jolley explains how to survive in times of uncertainty and thrive! In this session, speaker Willie Jolley’s message is how to turn your setbacks into comebacks, and he shares techniques, ideas, principles and strategies that prove to be successful. Furthermore, he explains how to apply those principles to your life’s trials and tribulations to achieve success.

Key takeaways include:

  • Develop the mindset that winners use to overcome tough times
  • Implement step-by-step strategies to immediately use to turn setbacks into comebacks
  • Prepare an action plan to bulletproof their future!
Keynote by speaker Dr. Willie Jolley

Achieve More With An Attitude of Excellence

Speaker Willie Jolley answers the age-old question: What are the secrets that sustain successful organizations through difficult times? His answers are born out of his work helping Ford Motor Company go from the brink of bankruptcy in 2006 to being positioned to reject the government bailout in 2009 – and on to billion-dollar profits every quarter since 2009. Success Magazine called him “Ford’s Secret Weapon!” In this session, Dr. Jolley shares strategies and ideas that attendees can employ to transform their businesses – as well as the five areas of development that can be used immediately to change their thinking and their business.

Key takeaways include:

  • Pursue a workplace culture of excellence
  • Seek leadership development – no matter their position in the organization
  • Embrace change as a positive factor
  • Build teams as the lifeblood of the organization and how to serve the internal and external “customers”
Keynote by speaker Dr. Willie Jolley

Change Is Good…When Your Attitude is GREAT!

The best way to build your future is to build yourself says speaker Willie Jolley. And the best way to build an organization is through people. In this session, the audience is sold on the positive perspective of change! Change is essential to any growth process. Everybody wants progress, but nobody wants to change. Speaker Willie Jolley will share his patented “VDAD” (vision, decision, action, desire) Formula for successfully embracing change.

Key takeaways include:

  • The four-step process for “winning with change!”
  • How a change in perspective can positively change results
  • The success strategies that outstanding leaders have used to turn problems into possibilities, and setbacks into comebacks
  • How to successfully navigate the winds of change by working as a team
Keynote by speaker Dr. Willie Jolley

How to Be Unstoppable: Leadership & Achievement

Speaker Willie Jolley believes leadership is an action not a position. Great leaders are willing to do whatever is necessary rather than doing what is comfortable, and leaders look to develop more leaders rather than more followers. In this session, speaker Willie Jolley takes audiences on a memorable roller coaster ride of why you must develop the leader within you and then gives you the steps for getting it done! It requires sweat equity, but so does anything that produces great achievement,

Key takeaways include:

  • The “Attitude of Excellence” mindset for creating unstoppable leaders
  • How ordinary people can become “extraordinary” leaders
  • The critical “Vision-Decision-Action-Desire (VDAD Formula)” for excellence in leadership and strategies for implementing the V-D-A-D formula
  • The power of “Better” for creating leaders at every level of the organization!
Keynote by speaker Dr. Willie Jolley

Motivate Your Youth: Dare 2 Dream Dare 2 Win

Many complain of the challenges with today’s youth and the negative influences (alcohol, glorification of violence, striving for low achievement), which often cut their lives short. Speaker Willie Jolley is doing something to change that statistic. He is doing something positive to reach the hearts and minds of students and help them have greater success in school, home and community. Most importantly, he gets RESULTS! In this student-focused session, speaker Willie Jollie talks students through crucial decisions that will keep them away from substance abuse.

Key takeaways include:

  • Making a first good impression
  • Staying away from drugs and toxic people
  • Focus on academics
  • Building self-esteem!
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"Willie Jolley captured what was on our minds as far as strengths in our company. He helped us realize that there’s greatness inside of all of us."

Cox Media Group

"This conference was the highest rated conference to date and that is over 6 years. You hit the ball out of the park!"

Norton
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Dr. Willie Jolley

5 out of 5 stars

"Your message of the importance of taking a positive approach to a less than desirable situation was refreshing and inspirational, and exactly what the employees needed to hear. The professional style in which you delivered your message gave you instant credibility and allowed the audience to value the information that you were providing."

Ford Motor Company See all references

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