My Philosophy and Goal:

This statement above represents both what I believe about leadership and about learning. Great teaching and training frees the human spirit, and the human mind, to explore and uncover the greatness already within. This is the experience I want others to have in every keynote presentation, seminar or workshop I   present. Whether in conferences of  hundreds of people, or in intimate, small group settings, my goal is to create a powerful learning environment where new ideas and skills are linked to the uniqueness of each learner.

“Positive, passionate and proactive...gentled with realism.”
This is part of my personal credo and portrays the type of feeling and spirit I strive to bring with me to each of my presentations. I believe that none of our participants will be more excited about the learning than I am. People must feel the excitement of having their minds and hearts set on fire with new ideas. They should leave each session not only with powerful and relevant skills, but the passion and conviction that will energize them to put these skills into action. I do this by presenting sessions that are chock full of powerful learning experiences. I use the very best in adult education and active learning techniques and teach to change behavior, and to change lives.

My Background:
I began my passion for teaching and leadership development over twenty years ago on a teaching assignment in Indonesia, where I discovered the power and excitement that new ideas can bring into people's lives and developed a love for the diversity of human-kind. Since then, I have been a leader, teacher and consultant in dozens of corporate, non-profit, educational, community, military and church settings. Some of my most priceless experiences were gained during my career as a United States Army officer, stationed in the U.S. and Europe, where I learned and saw the power of personal leadership, and developed and taught leadership and teaching skills to hundreds of officers throughout the Army.

While in the Army, I started a consulting company and began to develop and teach a wide variety of leadership and human relations workshops in corporate and educational settings. I earned a second master's degree in Adult and Continuing Education, which deepened my passion and skills for teaching to the unique nature of adult learners. I bring this unique blend of experience, teaching skill and enthusiasm to my sessions, and strive to be a powerful, entertaining and motivating "change-agent" in people's lives. I strongly believe that all learning, training and professional development should provide real-world, hands-on and useful skills that can be put to immediate benefit both in organizations and personal lives.

Upon retiring from the Army in 1996, I served as the Professional Development Manager at Brigham Young University for six years, where I custom-developed and facilitated workshops and courses in dozens of subject areas, ranging from leadership, time management and motivating others to stress management and training techniques, and facilitated The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, and other FranklinCovey courses, under license at BYU. I am now independently involved in my own company, Visionbound International, providing training and consulting for U.S. and international companies. I also am the vice-president of Success Academy at Sea, a company that provides educational programs aboard cruises (getkevin@justrawspeed.com).