Captain Aaron Keith Hawkins

Aaron Keith Hawkins is one of America's most qualified motivational speakers on leadership, motivation, and personal performance. He gives your audience practical and actionable insights on identifying with their leadership brilliance by sharing his most powerful lessons from 30 years of diverse, real-world experience and curated research.

He's one of the few keynote speakers combining decades of authentic, award-winning leadership with a cutting edge knowledge of personal development. This allows him to deliver life-altering keynotes with a believable, engaging, and authentic energy.

"Aaron speaks truth in a very accessible, clear and honest way ... because he's been living this stuff for decades." -- Bryan Falchuk, Bestselling Author and TEDx speaker

Aaron's unique credentials:

• 30 Years Direct Leadership Experience (FBI National Academy Graduate, Division Commander, 15 year SWAT Operator and Team Leader, Fortune 500 Experience).
• Author of "The Art of Trust and Influence: Be the Connector. Be the Leader. Be the Impact."
• Host of the WELCOME TO LEADERSHIP and UNBREAKABLE SUCCESS podcast.
• Sought-after guest expert on leadership and personal performance.
• Decades of front-line, middle management, and executive leadership including successfully leading culture-change, building high-performance teams, navigating staff challenges, and building relationships with key stakeholders and communities.

"He (Aaron) learned about our organization ... which was evident throughout." -- Wilfredo Torres, Chief U.S. Probation Officer (Ret.), U.S. District Court

Following a brush with mortality in 2009, he was shaken to his core. Fortunately, on what could've been the worst day of his life, he was given one of the best gifts of all: Perspective.

Whether you're having leadership challenges and need to transform the culture of your team, or have a great leadership crew but recognize succession is an inevitable eventuality, Aaron will inspire your organization or association to recognize they're capable of greater levels of personal performance than they ever imagined, and will give them the inspiration and tools to become the brilliant leaders they were always meant to be.

"His strengths and talent as a leader influence me to become a better leader. I'm inspired by his depth of knowledge..." -- Amy Schuber, Business Strategist, Motivational Speaker, Producer & Host of Inspired Conversations

Captain Aaron Keith Hawkins is a constant student of the latest research on leadership and personal performance. Most of all, he is 100% committed to offering the service, support and success you're seeking.

"I believe the greatest gift we can give someone is the clarity and inspiration to transform their life by becoming something new. I just happen to accomplish this by teaching leadership." - Captain Aaron Keith Hawkins (Ret.), Certified Virtual Presenter