Donald Cooper

Donald Cooper

MBA, CSP, HoF

ON, CANADA
A bottom-line business speaker who has been both a world-class manufacturer and an award-winning retailer.

Combining a rare blend of wisdom, passion and humanity, Donald Cooper, MBA fills the room with dozens of concepts, insights and bottom-line ideas that will help any business sell more, manage smarter, grow their bottom line...and create a clear, specific and measurable Vision for their future.  

Simply put, Donald transforms businesses and business people!  He is respected in over 40 industries throughout the world as both a thought leader and a passionate visionary. He's an excellent fit for any company or association that wants the "straight goods" on how to: 

1. Create compelling customer value and experiences that will give them a clear competitive advantage,

2.  Market and promote their business more effectively in a crowded and cynical marketplace,

3.  Attract, lead and retain a dedicated, top-performing team,

4.  Improve clarity, commitment, urgency & accountability at every level of the  business.

5.  Improve profitability now and for the long term...and to,

6.  Create a clear direction for the future of their business...and a specific Action Plan to get them there.

Donald has an MBA from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario followd by 18 years at Cooper Canada.  From humble beginnings Cooper Canada became a world leading maker of sports equipment and a Canadian brand icon.  Then, as a fashion retialer Donad fundamentally redefined the customer exerience for which he received 7 awards of excellence for marketing. service and business innovation, including the Retail Council of Canada's Innovative Retailer of the Year. 

Donald is a recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional designation, the highest earned designation in professional speaking. He has also been inducted into The Canadian Speakers Hall of Fame.


Client Testimonials:                                                                                                                                                                                                      

1. "A bottom-line business message...brilliantly delivered!"                                                                                                                                             Editor of Profit Magazine 

2.  "Donald, your two Seminars were rated #1 and #2 out of over 40 programs that we offered at the Mndalay Bay Event."                                     Sterling Event Management, USA

3. "No other speaker that we represent brings in repeat and referral business like you do."
Heather MacLean, prospeakers.com 

Combining a rare blend of wisdom, passion and humanity, Donald Cooper, MBA fills the room with dozens of concepts, insights and bottom-line ideas that will help any business sell more, manage smarter, grow their bottom line...and create a clear, specific and measurable Vision for their future.  

Simply put, Donald transforms businesses and business people!  He is respected in over 40 industries throughout the world as both a thought leader and a passionate visionary. He's an excellent fit for any company or association that wants the "straight goods" on how to: 

1. Create compelling customer value and experiences that will give them a clear competitive advantage,

2.  Market and promote their business more effectively in a crowded and cynical marketplace,

3.  Attract, lead and retain a dedicated, top-performing team,

4.  Improve clarity, commitment, urgency & accountability at every level of the  business.

5.  Improve profitability now and for the long term...and to,

6.  Create a clear direction for the future of their business...and a specific Action Plan to get them there.

Donald has an MBA from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario followd by 18 years at Cooper Canada.  From humble beginnings Cooper Canada became a world leading maker of sports equipment and a Canadian brand icon.  Then, as a fashion retialer Donad fundamentally redefined the customer exerience for which he received 7 awards of excellence for marketing. service and business innovation, including the Retail Council of Canada's Innovative Retailer of the Year. 

Donald is a recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional designation, the highest earned designation in professional speaking. He has also been inducted into The Canadian Speakers Hall of Fame.


Client Testimonials:                                                                                                                                                                                                      

1. "A bottom-line business message...brilliantly delivered!"                                                                                                                                             Editor of Profit Magazine 

2.  "Donald, your two Seminars were rated #1 and #2 out of over 40 programs that we offered at the Mndalay Bay Event."                                     Sterling Event Management, USA

3. "No other speaker that we represent brings in repeat and referral business like you do."
Heather MacLean, prospeakers.com 

Accelerate Your Business...how to sell more, manage smarter, grow your bottom line...and have a life

Format: ​Managing any business today is tough.  Every market is over-served and under-differentiated.  We have more demanding customers, more and stronger competition, increased complexity and shrinking margins.  

This program, delivered as a  Keynote, interactive Workshop or half-day 'Super Session'  delivers bottom-line insights on every businesses 7 most important challenges.  How to...

 1. Create compelling customer...
ManagementEntertainment-basedEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Winning the Talent Wars...8 steps to attracting, leading and engaging a top-performing team

The real battle in business today is the battle to attract, lead and engage a top-performing Team. 

Many business owners and managers complain that, "You just can't get good straff anymore!" but the truth is that the best people have to work for somebody...it's just that you have to deserve them.

In this bottom-line session Donald shares his 8 essential steps to attracting, leading and engaing a top-performing Team.   
Educational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Vision Critical...how to manage, innovate and thrive in a very different tomorrow!

There's huge confusion in business today about what a 'Vision' is, what it isn't...and whether it even makes sense to have one. Businesses spend thousands of dollars on consultants or 'Management Retreats' to come up with a vague, airy-fairy 'aspirational' Vision that says little, and achieves nothing.

Every industry is changing quickly. New technologies and disruptive business models are taking over. To succeed in this fast-changing and hyper-competitive world, we need clarity...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Succession Planning & Exit Strategies...preparing for the most important transaction of your life!

Effectively and profitably exiting from one's business is typically the most significant financial event and one of the most important personal events in one's life. But it's often ignored, left till it's too late, or executed badly.  

It generally takes 4 to 6 years to create an effective exit strategy and prepare the business for a profitable and smooth transition.  You can't just wake up one day and decide you don't want to do it anymore.  On a very human level,...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny