Erik Therwanger
Uniquely combining leadership development, team building, sales training, and goal-setting into strategies and techniques that empower team members, leaders and organizations to exceed expectations and achieve new levels of success.
Topic Categories:
- Founder of Think GREAT
- U.S. Marine
- Executive Business Leader
- Sales Professional
- Entrepreneur
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Erik is the founder of Think GREAT and draws from his experiences as a U.S. Marine, executive business leader, sales professional, and entrepreneur to help organizations achieve new levels of success. He uniquely combines leadership development, team building, sales training, and goal-setting into strategies and techniques that empower team members and leaders to exceed expectations.
Erik has inspired audiences at companies such as US Bank, Sam’s Club, Shutterfly, RE/MAX, Hubbard Broadcasting, Thomson Reuters, U.S. Foods, armed services commands ranging from the Air National Guard to the U.S. Marine Corps, charities like The American Cancer Society, law enforcement and government agencies, and organizations in the health care and education industries.
Think GREAT is a Certified Veteran-Owned Business and Erik is also author of The Think GREAT Collection. Erik shares the successful, proven concepts in his seven books to give individuals and organizations the competitive edge needed for achieving new levels of success.
- The LEADERSHIP Connection
- ELEVATE
- Dynamic Sales COMBUSTION
- The Communication Movement
- The GOAL Formula
- The SCALE Factor
- GPS: 90-Day Power Journal
As a speaker and coach, Erik’s training sessions provide the tools needed to achieve greater results. With a lasting message of inspiration, he also empowers audiences as he describes his life-changing experience of being his wife’s caregiver, during her four bouts with cancer.
Erik’s interactive and entertaining style engages audiences as he empowers them to open new possibilities in their personal and professional lives.
Erik’s 3 Pillars of Business Greatness allows organizations to achieve greater results by providing dynamic programs and resources for the enhancement of leadership development, strategic planning, and sales excellence – building a stronger foundation.
As a trainer and speaker for the spouses of armed services personnel, Erik is deeply aware of their challenges and sacrifices. To help support their education and career goals, Erik founded the Think GREAT Foundation, which is dedicated to awarding scholarships to military spouses.
At 211 degrees water is hot but at 212 degrees water boils! The energy rises to a level that causes a transformation into steam – a power source! Discover how to create a new level of energy on your team and create an unstoppable force of success.
Key Takeaways:
– Learn strategies to sustain high levels of focus
– Understand how to empower your team members
– Discover new ways to overcome anything holding you back
– Achieve success, no matter what circumstances you face
All Program…Interactive Options:
– Handouts for note-taking
– Digital polls during the keynote
– Implementation Course after the keynote – Think GREAT Academy
Marine Corps veteran (air traffic controller), strategic planning expert, and author of ELEVATE: Take Your Business to the Next Level, shares the powerful strategies and techniques required to position your “Business Aircraft” to take off and reach new levels of success.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will discover how to set their sights on the dream destination for their business, create the plan needed for elevation, and unify their team for the Next Level results they are striving for. With an emphasis on teaching the power of Business Elevation, today’s team members will learn how to elevate performance and cohesion to accomplish any goal.
– Learn strategies to create a powerful plan.
– Understand how to identify the goals necessary for growth.
– Discover new ways to create higher levels of team engagement.
– Inspire the entire team by sharing your vision.
Marine Corps veteran, leadership expert, and author of The Leadership Connection, Erik Therwanger shares the elite actions necessary for business leaders at every level to achieve the game-enhancing breakthroughs necessary to boost results in their entire organization.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will discover how to unlock their true leadership potential, overcome any challenge, and position their business and their team for the Next Level success they desire. With an emphasis on teaching the power of Inclusive Leadership, today’s leaders will learn how to unlock the unlimited potential of a fully aligned and highly engaged team.
– Learn strategies to revolutionize leadership in your organization.
– Understand how to fulfill your leadership purpose.
– Discover new ways to catapult the performance of your team.
-Set and accomplish goals, by sustaining cultural integrity.
Marine Corps veteran, sales expert, and author of Dynamic Sales Combustion, Erik Therwanger shares his unique approach to selling, so sales professionals and sales teams can fire up their sales engines, create more buying opportunities, and earn more referrals.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will discover how to enhance their perceptions of selling, create an unbreakable mindset, and develop the follow-up touches necessary for the Next Level sales results they need. With an emphasis on Sharing and Opening, today’s sales professionals will unlock their true potential, outpace their competition, and drive their sales vehicles across the finish line.
– Learn strategies to earn more unsolicited referrals.
– Understand how to build deeper relationships.
– Discover new ways to open more buying opportunities.
– Set and accomplish sales goals, by scheduling time blocks.
From the pages of his book, ELEVATE, learn that your business is like an aircraft, and it was not designed to remain on the airfield of mediocrity. Discover the significant power of creating and implementing a plan in your business to increase buy-in, encourage collaboration, and guarantee success.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will discover the planning strategies and techniques necessary to empower leaders and team members to set the goals necessary for elevated levels of achievement. With an emphasis on creating a plan that allows businesses to take off and sustain elevation, leaders will learn new ways to develop a visually empowering leadership tool – their Flight Plan. Today’s business aviators will unleash the true potential in their teams!
– Learn strategies to create a powerful plan for the future
– Understand how to use “identity” to get your entire team “on-board”
– Discover new ways to stay on course, no matter what challenges you face
– Inspire everyone to consistently and enthusiastically head toward your vision
Leaders are needed the most during the most trying times. Discover your greater purpose as a leader and unlock your potential, inspiring your team to set and accomplish important goals during challenging circumstances.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will discover the leadership strategies and techniques necessary to inspire, motivate, and influence their entire teams and co-workers during these unprecedented times. With an emphasis on creating an empowering culture, leaders will learn new ways to encourage their team members, achieve exponential growth, and experience unparalleled results. Today’s leaders will unleash the leadership potential in their teams!
·Learn strategies to unify all leaders
·Understand how to raise the leadership bar
·Discover new ways to communicate empoweringly
·Set and accomplish goals, no matter what circumstances you face.
From his book, Dynamic Sales Combustion, learn how to do more than having just a sales vehicle; learn how to fire up your sales engine and drive sales to new levels. Discover the high-energy power of enhancing perceptions and mastering sales activities like contacting and follow-up.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will discover the sales strategies and techniques necessary to open new opportunities, stay motivated, and impact their clients at higher levels during these unprecedented times. With an emphasis on understanding the sales engine that powers their sales vehicles, sales leaders will learn new ways to enhance their performance while achieving greater results. Today’s sales leaders will unleash their unlimited potential!
– Learn strategies to enhance your mindset
– Understand how to identify and gather important data
– Discover new ways to build deeper relationships
– Create the structure necessary for gold-medal results
From his book, The Communication Movement, learn how to unify your people by creating a movement in your organization as you harness the untapped power of communication. Discover why communication is one of the most powerful tools we have in the workplace and how to unleash its magnetic powers.
Key Takeaways:
Communication is typically ranked as a “10,” on a scale of 1-10, when asked how important it is in the workplace. But there are often more examples of “poor” communication than “moving” communication. Attendees will discover how to recognize the four types of communication happening right now in their businesses, and learn the strategies and techniques needed to transform each one into an empowering tool for success.
– Learn how to magnetize the words chosen in the workplace
– Understand techniques to unleash the power of our speeches
– Discover how our gestures can empower the people around us
– Achieve new levels of success by taking the right actions
Everyone has the potential to deliver greater results. Discover the strategies and techniques to transform Business Workers into Business Warriors by harnessing the power of military tactics that will lead to unparalleled levels of business success.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will discover the seven unique components of the Business Warrior System (BWS) to allow Business Warriors to develop, thrive, and significantly impact your entire organization. Learn the essential components that every organization must provide to foster an environment of highperformance team members, while understanding the necessary elements that each Business Warrior must provide to achieve the short-term and long-term victories needed for success.
– Learn strategies to unify all leaders
– Understand how to raise the leadership bar
– Discover new ways to communicate empoweringly
– Set and accomplish goals, no matter what circumstances you face
Learn the simple solutions to leading all generations, in an environment that achieves high levels of balance, team identity, and success. Discover the strategies and techniques necessary to be an effective leader to all generations by unifying all team members, regardless of their age. Primary Theme:
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will discover the leadership strategies and techniques necessary to be an effective leader to all generations in the workplace. By planting leadership seeds throughout the entire team, attendees will learn new ways to unify all team members, improve communication, and enable people to unleash their true potential!
– Learn strategies to Unify Your Culture
– Understand techniques to Enhance Training
– Discover new ways to Elevate Development
– Develop the ability to Lead all Generations
From his book, The Goal Formula, learn the secrets of setting and accomplishing any goal – no matter what circumstances you face. Discover how to combine the right steps with the right people in the right blocks of time to succeed – personally and professionally.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will discover the goal-setting strategies and techniques necessary to identify important goals, stay focused, and make the course corrections required for success. With an emphasis on developing their greater purpose, team members will learn new ways to set and accomplish goals.
– Enhance their perceptions about accomplishing goals
– Learn the five steps required for success
– Understand the power of Time Mastery
– Discover how to enlist the help of others for each of your goals
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