Over the past twenty years, Joseph Grenny has taught and advised more than one hundred thousand leaders on every major continent from the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies to the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. He has advised CEOs and senior executives on more than a dozen major change initiatives—receiving credit from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' President as a key factor in helping the organization win the $200 billion Joint Strike Fighter program. Joseph is coauthor and contributor to eight books, including three New York Times bestsellers, "Influencer: The Power to Change Anything," "Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes are High" and "Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior." An expert in topics ranging from leadership and interpersonal communication to organizational change and effectiveness, Joseph has been cited in dozens of newspapers including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. He has also appeared on more than one hundred radio and television programs including CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, and the Today Show. Having delivered more than one thousand speeches in his career, Joseph's engaging style is a sought-after mix of entertainment, practicality, and foundational research. Traveling across the globe from East Asia, to India, to Europe, Joseph has spoken to associations and organizations including NASA, the American Bankers Association, the Supreme Court of California, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, American Public Works Association, and the American Society of Training and Development. A seasoned executive and business strategy expert, Joseph has addressed executive level teams for clients including IBM, Progressive Insurance, Sprint, Textron, McGraw-Hill, Eli Lilly & Company, Texas Instruments, and Genentech. Whether he's speaking to an audience of more than ten thousand or to a small executive team, Joseph's dynamic and captivating style keeps his skills in high demand. Formerly, Joseph was president of California Computer Corporation and an executive for the Covey Leadership Center. Building on his extensive history of entrepreneurial and leadership experience, Joseph Grenny co-founded VitalSmarts and currently serves on its board of directors. With award-winning training products based on more than thirty years of ongoing research, VitalSmarts has helped more than three hundred of the Fortune 500 realize significant results using a proven method for driving rapid, sustainable and measurable change in behaviors. VitalSmarts has been ranked twice by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America and has taught two million people worldwide. Titles Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior Influencer: The Power to Change Anything Topics Communication, Leadership, Management, Performance, Success, Relationships, Human Resource Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range Please call us. Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State UT Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.