Sterling Hawkins innovation speaker
Sterling Hawkins innovation speaker

Sterling Hawkins

Innovation Expert

Speaker Themes

  • Growth Mindset
  • Peak Performance
  • Overcoming Adversity
  • Transformational Leadership
  • Sales

Travels from

Denver, CO, USA

BIOGRAPHY

Sterling Hawkins is out to break the status quo. He believes that we can all unlock incredible potential within ourselves, and he’s on a mission to support people, businesses and communities to realize that potential regardless of the circumstances.

From a multi-billion dollar startup to collapse and coming back to launch, invest in and grow over 50 companies, Sterling takes that experience to work with C-level teams from some of the largest organizations on the planet and speaks on stages around the world. 

Today, Sterling serves as CEO and founder of the Sterling Hawkins Group, a research, training and development company focused on human and organizational growth. He has been seen in publications like Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, The New York Times and Forbes. 

Based in Colorado, Sterling is a proud uncle of four and a passionate adventurer that can often be found skydiving, climbing mountains, shark diving or even trekking the Sahara. Maybe you’ll even join him for the next adventure – and discover the breakthrough results you’re looking for. He’ll have your back, #NoMatterWhat.

For more information on Sterling Hawkins’ speaking topics, fees and availability, contact leo@vbqspeakers.com.

STERLING HAWKINS: SPEAKER

Sterling brings a huge amount of energy to the stage, inspiring audiences to embrace change and discomfort as a key ingredient to thriving as a business – and individual – in the 21st century digitalised economy.

His insights on innovation and future trends are woven together with his personal story of overcoming obstacles and achieving success.

Sterling’s speaking topics include:

(1) #NoMatterWhat

5 practices to unlock your potential, unleash unstoppable growth and produce breakthrough results in an increasingly uncertain world

The world today is permanently transformed with pandemic fallout, tech disruption, talent shortages and global instability leaving massive and debilitating uncertainty in its wake. Change has always been inevitable for leaders to contend with, but the sheer scale and accelerating pace of change has become overwhelming for even the most diligent leaders. Unchecked, it can unconsciously leave people and companies fearful to take risk, resistant to growth and fatigued, fighting to keep up. 

The world of predictability is dead. This defining moment is requiring leaders to get uncomfortable and radically reorientate their relationship to change. Hunting discomfort is the critical new competency required to effectively navigate post-pandemic disruption and thrive in this forever changed world. There are 5 mission-critical practices that have been used to create everything from billion dollar business wins to Olympic gold medalists, that anyone can grab onto and use to build the necessary courage to take intelligent risks, declare big visions and unlock their potential, regardless of the circumstances. 

From multi-billion dollar startup collapse and coming back to launch, invest in and grow over 50 companies, Sterling has very personal experience confronting the unknown himself. Combined with research, psychology, the latest brain science discoveries and transformation work with leadership teams around the world, this unique perspective will forever change how you approach both business and life. You’ll discover through heart-wrenching stories, hilarious anecdotes and compelling data an undeniable truth: that during even the most difficult times, we can all realize the most audacious growth, #NoMatterWhat.

(2) Hunting Discomfort

Leading courageous organizations to be resilience ready and built for breakthrough growth

Discomfort is inevitable as we all contend with a world disrupted by technology, changed by the pandemic, and fraught with risk, talent shortages and incredible uncertainty. Growth has always been outside our comfort zone, but today it’s forced upon companies and teams in a way that’s unparalleled throughout history. It can quickly become debilitating and exhausting, negatively impacting productivity, morale and ultimately, results. 

If discomfort of the unknown is inevitable and growing – leadership necessitates a critical new competency for competitive advantage, hunting discomfort and building their capacity to effectively handle it. Reorienting leaders to the fact that what many may  see as the risky move, is less risky than not pursuing it in the long run. Opening executives, teams and cultures to the discomfort of the unknown will ironically leave peace, presence and breakthrough results in its wake – regardless of what’s happening in the world. But it takes the courage of acceptance, the willingness to make mistakes and the vulnerability to let go. 

Sterling has been through massive discomfort himself having come back from the brink to sell companies, finish ultra-marathons and get results no matter what it took. Using that experience to work with leaders to hunt their own discomfort and bolstered by cutting edge research, you’ll be equipped with 5 practices to build your discomfort muscle, your capacity to deal with discomfort in any flavour it comes in, to make your team ready for anything and poised to create breakthrough growth.

TESTIMONIALS

“The consideration and effort exhibited by Sterling and team to understand our opportunities and what we needed to address was exceptional. In preparing for past events, I’ve never worked with a speaker who was willing to make the time to interview associates and consult with leaders. This commitment allowed for customization of a message that strongly resonated with our team. The inspiration and impact Sterling brings to his keynote are not only a testament to his dynamic style, but a clear understanding of his audience which he actively seeks and prepares for with each organization.”
– Stephanie Taylor, Senior Manager, PepsiCo

“Sterling delivered the best keynote we’ve had in our company’s history!”
– John Glaze, Chief Commercial Officer, LK Packaging

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