Stedman Graham

Biography

Stedman Graham is a business advisor, chairman and CEO of S. Graham and Associates, a management and marketing consulting firm. He is the author of 12 books, including two New York Times best sellers and one Wall Street Journal bestseller.

As a businessman, educator and speaker, Graham lectures and conducts training programs for corporations and educational organizations worldwide on the topic of Identity Leadership, based on the philosophy that one cannot lead anyone else until you first lead yourself. He has delivered Identity Leadership programs in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, China, Canada, the UK, Bermuda and South Africa.

Stedman Graham has served in the United States Army and played professional basketball in the European League. Graham holds a Bachelor Degree in Social Work from Hardin-Simmons University and a Masters Degree in Education from Ball State University and has been awarded three honorary Doctorates. Graham serves on several boards and has received numerous awards.

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Identity Leadership

Identity Leadership is self-leadership. Identity Leadership principles help you define, plan and prepare with intention and direction by building a framework for professional growth based on results, performance and excellence. The program teaches that progress begins with you. Stedman Graham offers the Identity Leadership Nine-Step Success Process for emerging management leaders and employees globally. Although the intention of the program is to facilitate a company’s ability to grow market share, it begins with maximizing individual performance.

Branding: Build Your Own Life Brand

From traditional corporations to the Internet, from top executives to people trying to make a difference in their communities, branding has become one of the most important concepts in professional and personal marketing. In this groundbreaking work, author Stedman Graham shows readers how to use branding—the technique employed by major advertisers to distinguish their products—for their own benefit.

Personal/Professional Development: Developing Self-Awareness in the Corporate World

Effective leaders in the 21st century must operate with a strong sense of their own identity, because along with it comes purpose and integrity, willingness to take risks, the ability to understand the importance of change and to be ready for it. Leaders must be self-motivated to master the challenges of the leadership role and must possess an appreciation of learning and the wisdom to adopt new ways to learn.The self-awareness training of Identity Leadership is often lacking in corporate leadership development. But without truly knowing who you are, how can you have the integrity to lead others in your organization? Professionals who build their identity and have a complete plan for success are in the minority of elite business leaders. They are the ones who make it happen.

Education: Teens Can Make It Happen

Teens Can Make It Happen, a New York Times bestseller, is a comprehensive life-management program for students. The teachings, principles and application-based activities equip young people with the tools, mindset and social competencies required to achieve personal, social, and career success.

Testimonials

In Identity Leadership, Stedman Graham captures the key to being a great leader: Leading yourself first. This book is a roadmap for how to master that journey. At once personal and practical, here are the tools and strategies to have a profound impact on yourself, your business and your community.

– ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, Founder and CEO, Thrive Global

Stedman Graham is one of today’s leading authorities on emotional intelligence (Identity Intelligence). Seminars are highly effective because they make you focus on the true leader within yourself.

– DAVID M. REYNOLDS, VP, Key Bank

While a substantial amount of interest has been devoted to determining how trends in technology, consumer behavior, and management principles are influencing the business environment in this era of transformation few leaders have committed themselves to exploring, understanding, and sharing the importance of mastering Identity Leadership as brilliantly and comprehensively as Stedman.

– RAAMEL MITCHELL, Citizenship and Public Affairs Director, Microsoft

I have tremendous admiration for Stedman Graham and the mission he has chosen. He not only lives the message presented, but he is a powerful example. I know how genuine, deeply genuine Stedman is about helping people achieve their highest potential for success.

– STEPHEN R. COVEY, Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change