My keynotes combine 30 years of leadership coaching, professional sports chaplaincy, and executive team development to help audiences:
Strengthen resilience and recovery in high-pressure environments
Lead with clarity, empathy, and conviction
Build cultures that value people as much as performance
“Our people absolutely loved Jon’s presentation. He connected instantly with our staff — they still talk about what he shared and how it’s changed how we lead.”
— Shane Woodward, Executive Leader, Greater Atlanta
Keynotes
The Executive Athlete: Training Your Mind for Leadership
Target Audience: Business leaders, executives, managers, and high-performing professionals seeking practical tools to avoid burnout, build resilience, and lead with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Key Takeaways:
Recognize that pressure is inevitable — but burnout doesn’t have to be. Learn how mental fitness strengthens your ability to navigate uncertainty, make better decisions under stress, and recover quickly from setbacks.
Develop your “executive edge” with practical tools that build mental endurance, emotional regulation, and relational intelligence. Discover habits that help you lead yourself well before leading others.
Rediscover the purpose behind your work. Create daily rhythms that protect your energy, sharpen your perspective, and allow you to lead with authenticity, resilience, and sustainable excellence.
Coaching the Soul : Building Grit, Character, and Sportsmanship in the Next Generation
Target Audience: Coaches, athletic directors, and sports leaders who see athletics as a platform for shaping character as well as performance.
Key Takeaways:
Learn how to coach the whole athlete by integrating physical, mental, and spiritual development.
Gain practical frameworks for building grit, emotional stamina, and leadership skills that last beyond the final score.
Redefine sportsmanship as spiritual leadership — modeling humility, teamwork, and purpose in the heat of competition.
The Speed of the Leader, The Speed of the Team
Target Audience: Executive Teams, Non-profit teams, founders, and school administrators, who want to strengthen staff morale, resilience, and organizational culture.
Key Takeaways:
Discover how mental fitness forms the foundation of sustainable leadership — when leaders strengthen their inner life, teams follow their pace and passion.
Learn how stress management, emotional regulation, and team culture are interconnected — and how to model healthy rhythms that create ripple effects throughout your school.
Gain practical, research-backed tools to build cultures where people lead longer, love deeper, and laugh more — especially in high-pressure seasons.
From Stressed to Strengthened: The Inner Work of Sustainable Leadership
Target Audience: Executive leaders, organizational teams, and education administrators operating in high-pressure environments who want to build resilience, sustain performance, and develop people without sacrificing health, culture, or values.
Key Takeaways:
Redefine resilience as dependence on God’s strength, not just your own determination.
Learn simple spiritual rhythms that protect your inner life from outer chaos — including practices of rest, reflection, and relational renewal.
Discover how humor, humility, and community can restore your joy in teaching, leading, and living with purpose.