WHY JB?
JB Braden doesn’t just motivate audiences, he recalibrates them. With a delivery style that blends executive level insight, emotional intelligence, humor, and real world practicality, JB creates experiences that feel both deeply human and immediately actionable. His sessions challenge the way people lead, communicate, collaborate, and show up under pressure, while leaving audiences with tangible frameworks they can apply long after the applause ends. Equal parts strategist, coach, and catalyst, JB is known for helping individuals and organizations unlock stronger performance, deeper connection, and more intentional leadership from the inside out.
JB'S WORKSHOPS AND KEYNOTES ARE PERFECT FOR:
Corporate conferences & leadership summits, annual meetings, kick-offs, sales conferences
Associations & professional organizations, industry conferences, membership events
Healthcare & high stakes industries, teams navigating burnout, culture shifts, and performance pressure
Universities & athletic programs developing the next generation of leaders and champions
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INSIGHTS FROM THE CHAMP
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SPEAKING TOPIC:
LEAD AND WORK LIKE A CHAMPION
Most leadership teams don’t fail because of strategy, they fail because they’re misaligned, executing inefficiently, and burning out their best people. You have smart, talented people, but meetings aren’t productive and results don’t match. Your best performers are exhausted. There’s a gap between what your leadership team knows and what they actually do.
Perfect for:
Corporate leadership conferences, executive retreats, and HR/L&D events. Ideal buyer: CHROs, Chief People Officers, VP level event organizers. Customizable per the organization’s current level (mindset only, genius only, or full three-level system).
Audiences will learn to:
Identify and close the three gaps sabotaging your team’s performance: the Alignment Gap, Execution Gap, and Leadership Gap
Apply the Champion Genius Leadership Framework to position the right people in the right roles immediately reducing friction and boosting output
Use the Champion Execution Cycle (See It → Create It → Refine It → Drive It → Support It → Finish It) to turn strategy into results with fewer dropped balls
Leave with a concrete action plan: frameworks for training better leaders and deploying team members in their genius zones
How High-Performing Teams Align, Execute, and Win Without Burnout
Unlock the Mindset of a Champion
SPEAKING TOPIC: DON'T LET FEAR DECIDE YOUR FATE
Fear is the silent saboteur in every organization. Fear of failure keeps leaders from making bold decisions. Fear of success keeps high performers playing small. Fear of rejection keeps salespeople from picking up the phone. Champions face the same fears as everyone else, the difference is their mindset. This talk answers the one question most leaders never ask: how is fear showing up and holding your people hostage right now?
Perfect for:
Sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, DEI summits, and professional development events, this is the highest emotion talk in JB’s portfolio, the one where audiences laugh, cry, reflect, and leave changed. Best suited for event planners seeking a powerful opener or closer that creates lasting emotional impact and real behavioral transformation.
Identify the specific type of fear that is quietly sabotaging your team’s performance (fear of failure, success, rejection, or judgment)
Understand the mindset mechanics of how champions think and respond differently under pressure, and apply those mechanics the next day
Develop a personalized mental toolkit for shifting from a fear driven to a champion-driven response pattern
Return to work with a concrete “fear audit” framework to apply to your team and your own leadership practice
How fear limits leadership and decision making, and how champion-level mindset shifts unlock courage, and growth.
The Mindset Shift That Unlocks Performance
SPEAKING TOPIC:
STOP WASTING TALENT
Too many organizations expect people to be good at everything, and it’s quietly killing performance, engagement, and retention. Great leaders lose their best people not to competitors, but to misalignment. This keynote reveals why your highest potential employees may be your most frustrated ones and gives leaders a proven system to unlock hidden capacity that’s already on their payroll.
Perfect for:
L&D events, HR conferences, and executive leadership programs. It has the most direct tie to workforce performance, productivity, and retention language every CHRO and Chief People Officer responds to immediately.
Audiences will learn:
Why your best people may be underperforming, and it’s not a motivation or talent probleM
How to identify each team member’s Genius and frustration zones using the Working Genius framework
How to improve cross-functional collaboration instantly by closing the gaps between idea and execution
How to prevent burnout and increase retention by aligning work to natural strengths
How to Unlock Performance by Aligning People to Their Genius
Place The Right People in the Right Genius
more about JB
In an era where AI can deliver information in seconds, JB offers something no algorithm can replicate: the conviction, energy, and human connection that transforms knowing into doing. He is, as industry leader Pete Vargas put it, “not just good, but GREAT.”
Long before he stepped onto keynote stages, JB was leading in environments where trust, resilience, and decision making carried real consequences. His experience spans high pressure situations, leadership development, and human performance, giving audiences practical insights that extend far beyond inspiration and into meaningful, lasting change.
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DISCOVER YOUR WORKING GENIUS
Everyone wants to lead well. Few have a clear framework for what that actually looks like.
The Champion Leadership Playbook introduces the core principles of championship leadership, helping individuals and teams develop the mindset, habits, and behaviors that create lasting impact. Great leadership isn't built on talent alone. It's built through intentional choices made consistently over time.
The Champion Leadership Playbook will help you:
✓ Lead yourself before leading others
✓ Build trust through everyday actions
✓ Communicate with greater purpose
✓ Create a culture of accountability
✓ Inspire growth in every interaction
More than a free resource, the Champion Leadership Playbook serves as the foundation for JB's keynotes, workshops, consulting engagements, and leadership development programs providing practical strategies that leaders can apply immediately and build on for years to come. Clcik below to get it now for free.
What the People Have to Say
“I have seen a lot of speakers in my time.
Many of them are really good, but what
they are missing from being great is Passion, Heart and Great Content. JB Braden
is one of those few that isn’t good, but GREAT!”
If you need a great speaker,
training or coach, JB is your man.”
~ Pete Vargas, Founder Advance Your
Reach
“I have experienced many public speakers and I have
attended many seminars that deliver great messages. However, when you hear the
conviction and passion behind JB’s message you can’t help but
feel driven to take action.
No one I have ever heard, has ever had such a distinct style to
their communication... it is almost as if he is speaking directly to your heart!”
~ Mike
Walker, Real Estate Speaker, Consultant, Entrepreneur Complex Simplified
LLC
Let's Discuss The Data
JB's sessions consistently increase alignment, reduce friction, and accelerate execution across teams. JB effectively recalibrates how individuals show up within a group, transforming disengagement into contribution and confusion into momentum. The result is a quantifiable shift: stronger collaboration, faster decision making, and a more energized, high-performing workforce.
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