Biography

Rory Vaden is the New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs. His insights have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur, Inc, on Fox News national television and in several other major media outlets. As a world-renowned speaker, His Tedx talk has been viewed over 3 million times, he is a 2x World Champion of Public Speaking Finalist and he was recently named as one of the top 100 leadership speakers in the world by Inc Magazine. He is also the Co-Founder of Brand Builders Group where he teaches people how to grow their influence and build and monetize their personal brand.

Brand Builders Group is the world’s leader in the study of Reputation Strategy, with the mission to help every person identify their voice, tell their story, and share their unique message. Working with celebrities such as Kevin Harrington (Shark Tank) and Lewis Howes (School of Greatness) all the way to brand new aspiring influencers and entrepreneurs, it is one of the only true Personal Brand Strategy Firms in existence. Co-founded with his wife AJ Vaden, Brand Builders Group helps people become the type of person that everyone want to do business with.

Rory’s first book Take the Stairs is a #1 Wall St Journal, #1 USA Today, #1 Amazon and #2 New York Times bestseller that has been translated into 11 languages. Rory Vaden writes and speaks about how the key to building a rock solid reputation and to success in anything is to do the right thing even when you don’t feel like doing it. His powerful and emotional message makes him the perfect choice to keynote your next meeting. His programs are regularly tailored for leadership, sales, customer service, productivity and teams.

Every year more than 25,000 contestants from 90 different countries compete for a chance to make it to the top 10 to compete for the World Championship of Public Speaking. Rory made it there twice and became the World Champion First Runner Up. Additionally, he has earned the highest ranking designation from the National Speakers Association as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and his TEDx talk on “How to Multiply Time” has been viewed over 3 million times. Rory is rare in that he can deliver inspiration, humor, and fresh insights that you and your audience can’t get anywhere else.

Rory frequently appears in the national media for his insights on overcoming procrastination, increasing focus, and creating more influential leadership. He has been listed as one of the top 30 leadership bloggers in the world by Alexa and formerly hosted a podcast listed by Inc Magazine as the #1 best business podcast. His uplifting and thought provoking content reaches millions of people around the world.

 

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Rock Solid Reputation: Becoming the person people want to do business with

When you have a powerful reputation customers flock to you, those around you are loyal to you, and your brand has enough trust to withstand scrutiny and setbacks. But, if you have a weak reputation, then it’s hard to stand out from the crowd, you’ll struggle to attract and keep great people and even the smallest hint or suggestion of a mistake can bring you or your business crashing down. The real brand of any business is simply the sum of the reputations of the people inside that business. Yet most people and most companies have virtually no strategy, intention or process to shape their personal reputation. Because of that they lose relationships, they lose revenue and they lose trust with the general population. It doesn’t have to be that way.

New York Times bestselling author and Inc Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker, Rory Vaden and his team at Brand Builders Group, have studied, researched and developed what they call “The Reputation Formula.” Rory can share with you a seemingly simple but powerful step by step process to give you the kind of indestructible reputation that will make you and your company legendary. Learn how to build a great reputation and watch how it becomes the ultimate competitive advantage for you and your business.

Heart Led Leader: The 5 Core Attributes that Create Top Teams

Motivated, reliable, engaged, consistent, trustworthy and effective team members are what every leader wants. But how do you find those people? Or how do you create them? Too often managers struggle to get their people to show up
every day and produce at the height of their potential.

And there are all too many reasons to cite or places to point as blame for why that happens. Yet, the best leaders know that there are a few simple and critical traits that they must exhibit personally that predominantly determine the
performance of their team.

During this inspiring and pragmatic presentation, New York Times bestselling author and Inc Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker Rory Vaden, will share the 5 core attributes that create top teams. Once you know the fundamental
formula about what creates great leadership you will have the secret sauce to growing any business or advancing any cause. Come discover the actionable practices that you can implement immediately to get more out of the people who
are following you.

Rich, Famous, and Influential: How to use the power of personal branding to build an empire and make a difference

Imagine never having to “sell” in your business. What if instead of having to do outbound prospecting, your phone rang, emails came into your inbox, and people reached out to you asking you to do business with them? That is the power of becoming a celebrity expert in your space and it’s more possible today than ever before. But the amount of information, techniques and tactics related to personal branding is daunting and overwhelming. There are so many books to read, so many tools to learn, and never enough time to get them all implemented. In this empowering and enlightening session, New York Times bestselling author and Inc Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker Rory Vaden, will compile and condense all of the best strategies he’s learned from spending countless hours and investing tens of thousands of dollars learning from the top personal branding experts in the world. You will learn the simple and straightforward tactics that you can use to immediately build your personal brand, monetize your message, and increase your influence.

Booksby Rory Vaden

Take the Stairs

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