Garrison Wynn

Garrison Wynn is a Fortune 500 consultant, influence expert, and bestselling author who helps organizations improve communication, sales effectiveness, and team performance. He speaks on influence, making connections, and the communication skills that drive success, combining in-depth research with professionally honed humor that keeps audiences engaged. Named one of the top motivational speakers in the country, Garrison delivers serious, results-driven content in a way that is both entertaining and immediately actionable.

Research & Expertise
Garrison’s approach is rooted in extensive research into what makes the most successful people and organizations stand out. His original keynotes are customized to meet each organization’s specific needs and goals, moving audiences beyond the limitations of traditional best practices to set breakthrough objectives. He has consulted with companies across industries on improving how teams communicate, collaborate, and close business.

Author & Performer
Before his speaking career, Garrison’s diverse background included work as a stand-up comedian, a Fortune 500 sales leader, and a product inventor with a patent to his credit. He is the author of The Real Truth About Success, which examines what the most effective people do differently. His keynotes deliver high-energy strategies for building influence, improving sales and customer relationships, and creating a culture where people communicate effectively and perform at their best.

Making the Most of Difficult Situations: Changing Markets, Changing Times
This funny, insightful program combines relationship building with no-fluff motivation and change to deliver real solutions in uncertain times. Professional speaker and business relationship expert, Garrison Wynn, examines the challenges we face and shows how we can laugh at our problems while using them as catalysts for success. This session covers a lot of ground and provides no-cost, easily implemented, proven solutions that your people can use right away.

Change is Mandatory…Stress is Optional

Change is something we all have to deal with, but the stress that accompanies change is more of choice. In this heavily researched session, Garrison applies his signature humor to a very serious topic. This fun, comprehensive program offers tools and tips for getting through big change with very little stress. More importantly, it creates an emotional shift for attendees as they see how much control they have over how change affects them. This session also shows attendees how stress is more about what we believe than it is about what is actually happening. From embracing big transitions in technology to dealing with growth or downsizing, this presentation helps leaders, employees and customers implement necessary changes with minimal resistance.

Being the Best vs. Being Consistently Chosen
Success is more than being good at what you do; it’s about being consistently chosen to do it. Garrison helps people to understand why their products, services, or leadership styles—or those of their competitors—are selected. People don’t necessarily choose what’s best; they choose what they are most comfortable with, whether it’s the best or not. We’ve all heard the importance of “best practices” and superior knowledge, so why aren’t the smartest people with the most information always in charge or number one in their field? This program provides original research on managing expectations and emotions and shows that there really is more to success than being the best.

Getting Great Results: Turning Talent Into Performance
In this program, results from the largest management survey ever conducted are combined with real-life management and leadership solutions to get the most from your people, regardless of their skill level. Participants learn to manage their ego-driven top producers, how to listen like leaders and make their people feel heard, how to hire for talent and turn it into top performance, how to create a culture of excellence with their most promising people, and how to help their low performers to fight their way to the middle.