Dr. Willie Jolley

Dr. Willie Jolley

Hall Of Fame Inspirational Speaker

Speaking Style: Energetic, Inspirational, Engaging, Authentic

Travels From: Washington, DC

Fee Schedule: 1, 2, 4

Dr. Willie Jolley is a Hall of Fame speaker, award winning singer, best-selling author and popular media personality. He was named “One of the Outstanding Five Speakers in the World” by the 175,000 members of Toastmasters International. He has been inducted into the prestigious Speakers Hall of Fame. The Veteran Speakers Association named him a “Legend of The Speaking Industry!”

Many know Dr. Jolley as the speaker Ford Motors called on when they were on the brink of bankruptcy. His work helped Ford reject a government bailout and go on to Billion Dollar profits!

Dr. Willie Jolley is the host of the #1 Motivational Show in America on SiriusXM. He has authored several international best-selling books including, It Only Takes A Minute To Change Your Life, A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback, Turn Setbacks Into Greenbacks, Achieve Greatness with An Attitude of Excellence and Make Love, Make Money, Make It Last!

He holds a B.A. degree in Psychology and Sociology from The American University; a Master’s in Theology from Wesley Theological Seminary; and a Doctorate in Faith Driven Achievement from the California Graduate School.

Achieve More with an Attitude of Excellence

Dr. Willie Jolley answers the age-old question: What are the secrets that sustain successful organizations through difficult times? His answers are born out of his work helping Ford Motor Company go from the brink of bankruptcy in 2006 to being positioned to reject the government bailout in 2009 – and on to billion-dollar profits every quarter since 2009. Success Magazine called him “Ford’s Secret Weapon!”

In this program Dr. Jolley shares strategies and ideas your attendees can employ to transform their businesses – as well as the five areas of development that can be used immediately to change their thinking and their business.

Upon completing this program, participants will:

  • Pursue a workplace culture of excellence
  • Seek leadership development – no matter their position in the organization
  • Embrace change as a positive factor
  • Build teams as the lifeblood of the organization
  • Serve the internal and external “customers”
Change Is Good… When Your Attitude is GREAT!

“The best way to build your future is to build yourself. And the best way to build your organization is to build your people.” – Dr. Willie Jolley

In this program, the audience is sold on the positive perspective of change! Change is essential to any growth process. Everybody wants progress, but nobody wants to change!

Dr. Willie Jolley shares his patented “VDAD” (vision, decision, action, desire) Formula for successfully embracing change. You will leave this program viewing change as an ally – not an enemy. You will leave ready to implement the formula to drive change. You will leave believing that change “truly” is good when your attitude is great!

Participants will learn:

  • The attitude necessary to positively adapt and embrace the inevitability of change
  • The four-step process for “winning with change!”
  • How a change in perspective can positively change results
  • The success strategies that outstanding leaders have used to turn problems into possibilities, and setbacks into comebacks
  • How to successfully navigate the winds of change by working as a team
  • How to create an all-star team where everybody is an MVP!
How to Be Unstoppable: Leadership & Achievement

Dr. Willie Jolley believes leadership is an action not a position! He reminds us that great leaders always focus on the possibilities rather than the challenges! Great leaders are willing to do whatever is necessary rather than doing what is comfortable! And leaders look to develop more leaders rather than more followers!

Dr. Jolley takes you on a memorable roller coaster ride of why you must develop the leader within you and then gives you the steps for getting it done! It requires sweat equity, but so does anything that produces great achievement! Whether you are an association executive, sales professional, entrepreneur, business owner, or manager…you will experience growth and renewed enthusiasm for reaching and exceeding your goals!

*This program will develop more leaders and set them on a course for becoming unstoppable!

Participants will learn:

  • The “Attitude of Excellence” mindset for creating unstoppable leaders
  • How ordinary people can become “extraordinary” leaders
  • The critical “Vision-Decision-Action-Desire (VDAD Formula)” for excellence in leadership
  • Strategies for implementing the V-D-A-D formula
  • The power of “Better” for creating leaders at every level of the organization!
Turn Your Setbacks into Comebacks!

Taken from his popular television special, Turning Setbacks into Comebacks, Dr. Willie Jolley explains how in these times of uncertainty, high anxiety and fear for financial security, we can survive, and dare we think, thrive!

Dr. Willie Jolley is right on time with this message of how to turn your setbacks into comebacks! He has interviewed people of all walks of life on how they came back from great adversity. He shares their techniques, ideas, principles and strategies that proved successful! And furthermore, he explains how to apply those principles to your life’s trials and tribulations to achieve success!

While others may speak of turning setbacks into comebacks, Dr. Jolley wrote the international best-selling book… A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback!

Participants will learn how to:

  • Develop the mindset that winners use to overcome tough times
  • Implement step-by-step strategies to immediately use to turn setbacks into comebacks
  • Prepare an action plan to bulletproof their future!
Motivate Your Youth: Dare 2 Dream Dare 2 Win

Many complain of the challenges with today’s youth and the negative influences
(alcohol, glorification of violence, striving for low achievement), which often cut their lives short. Willie Jolley is doing something to change that statistic. He is doing something positive to reach the hearts and minds of students and help them have greater success in school, home and community! And most importantly, he gets RESULTS!

Dr. Willie Jolley helps students to:

  • Make the decision to stay away from drugs and alcohol
  • Make the decision to stay away from negative people
  • Make the commitment to pursue academic excellence
  • Make wise choices and accept the fact that if they believe, they can achieve

Parents and educators alike have called Dr. Willie Jolley “a life-changing force of today’s youth!”. Upon completing this program, participants will learn how to:

  • Make a first good impression
  • Stay away from negative people
  • Stay away from drugs
  • Focus on academics
  • Build self-esteem!
  • A Setback is A Setup for A Comeback
  • An Attitude of Excellence
  • It Only Takes A Minute to Change Your Life!
  • Make Love, Make Money, Make It Last!
  • Turn Setbacks Into Greenbacks
  • Association of Legal Administrators – Boston Chapter
  • Meeting Professional International
  • National Association of Black Accountants
  • National Bar Association
  • National Council State Agencies for National Association of Blind Merchants
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  • Society for Human Resource Management
  • USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum
  • US. Air Force
  • U.S. Army
  • US. Coast Guard
  • US. Marines
  • US. Navy
  • Ford Motor Company
  • General Motors
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • Comcast
  • Cox Media Group
  • DC Water
  • Pepco Holdings, Inc.
  • Verizon Enhanced Communities
  • American Senior Communities
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • National Association of Healthcare Access Management
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Norton Healthcare
  • WV University Healthcare
  • Yale-New Haven Hospital