Bonnie St. John

Bonnie St. John

US
Paralympic Ski Medalist, Fortune 500 Business Consultant, Rhodes Scholar, Former White House Official and Best-Selling Author

Hailed as "one of the five most inspiring women in America" by NBC Nightly News, Bonnie St. John challenges audiences to question their own limitations and shows them how to re-energize their lives to achieve peak performance.

As an amputee, medal-winning Olympic skier, author, Rhodes Scholar, former White House official and successful businesswoman, Bonnie St. John knows a little something about facing challenges. Her remarkable success in the face of physical adversity taught her that the key to winning is not just bouncing back from obstacles, but doing so faster and more efficiently than your competitors. Bonnie's dynamic messages guide audiences to find their individual paths to higher performance, greater productivity and overall success. Her extensive experience in a variety of industries including energy, healthcare, finance, insurance, food and beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, education, government, aerospace and communications, allows Bonnie to customize each presentation with specific, pertinent tools for positive action along with focused plans for contributing to organization-wide growth and development. Participants leave Bonnie's spirited presentations with the ultimate competitive advantage: the confidence to challenge their comfort zones...and win.

Bonnie has been featured extensively in the national and international media including Today; CNN; Good Morning America; People, Oprah, and Success magazines; and The New York Times. The best-selling author of seven books, her most recent book, Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive and Energy, outlines a quick, easy and immediately effective program of tools and techniques to give you a competitive edge in today's dynamic world of changes and challenges.

Hailed as "one of the five most inspiring women in America" by NBC Nightly News, Bonnie St. John challenges audiences to question their own limitations and shows them how to re-energize their lives to achieve peak performance.

As an amputee, medal-winning Olympic skier, author, Rhodes Scholar, former White House official and successful businesswoman, Bonnie St. John knows a little something about facing challenges. Her remarkable success in the face of physical adversity taught her that the key to winning is not just bouncing back from obstacles, but doing so faster and more efficiently than your competitors. Bonnie's dynamic messages guide audiences to find their individual paths to higher performance, greater productivity and overall success. Her extensive experience in a variety of industries including energy, healthcare, finance, insurance, food and beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, education, government, aerospace and communications, allows Bonnie to customize each presentation with specific, pertinent tools for positive action along with focused plans for contributing to organization-wide growth and development. Participants leave Bonnie's spirited presentations with the ultimate competitive advantage: the confidence to challenge their comfort zones...and win.

Bonnie has been featured extensively in the national and international media including Today; CNN; Good Morning America; People, Oprah, and Success magazines; and The New York Times. The best-selling author of seven books, her most recent book, Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive and Energy, outlines a quick, easy and immediately effective program of tools and techniques to give you a competitive edge in today's dynamic world of changes and challenges.

Video Conferencing with Executive Presence

As a large portion of the US workforce adjusts to working from home due to restrictions related to COVID-19, Bonnie St. John offers guidance and tips on how to video conference with executive presence. With help from Allen Haines, who worked for many years as a Hollywood producer and branding expert for executives from SONY to IMG, Bonnie St. John provides easy-to-use guidance that can keep your career on track -- even from your dining room table!

 

Format: ​60 mn...
Educational / Informative

Remarks by Bonnie St. James

Bonnie St. John tailors every presentation to meet her clients' specific business focus. Before each event, Bonnie interviews select corporate leaders to understand the issues facing each audience. In addition, when it fits within the travel schedule, Bonnie will offer a complimentary keynote speech to a charity or non-profit group selected on behalf of your organization, at no extra cost. 
Educational / Informative

High Performance Resilience

How do we continue to tap into new sources of energy for the innovations, insights and initiatives we need to compete as the pace of today's global workplace continues to accelerate? Bonnie St. John, the highly sought-after business coach and consultant to Fortune 500 companies, addresses these challenges by guiding participants, from the front lines to the C-suites, through a series of practical exercises and techniques that enhance her audience's capacity to offset the negative effects of...
Educational / Informative

Normal is Overrated! The New Normal

Elite international Paralympic athletes are all about achieving excellence when the circumstances are less than ideal-a perfect metaphor for today's dynamic economic times. Instead of wishing and waiting for things to get back to "normal," Bonnie expands the dialogue to go beyond traditional thinking. Disabled athletes-including wheelchair basketball players, blind runners and others-never expect things to be "normal." Bonnie's story is proof that you can strive for excellence no matter what...
Educational / Informative

Staying Resilient in the Rapidly Changing World of Education

The phrase "never give up" means something completely different in today's world of global interdependence and rapidly shifting 21st century technologies. Drawing on her personal experiences and extensive research, Bonnie St. John illustrates examples of useful tips and techniques that professionals in K-12 and Higher Ed can use to adapt their performance when the only thing constant is change. "We need to update Einstein's famous quote," Bonnie quips: "In today's world, insanity is doing...

Educational / Informative

A Journey into the Lives of Great Leaders

With a fresh and inspiring leadership perspective, Bonnie shares the valuable insights she gained from a two-year journey with her teenage daughter into the lives, and life lessons, of world-renowned leaders including Hillary Clinton, President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, the Chairman of Deloitte, a globally influential orchestra conductor, the first woman Thunderbird pilot, and many more. Bonnie builds on her own inspiring story with vivid portraits of...

Educational / Informative