Biography“We had a wonderful time!!! Our staff had nothing but raves about the training and how fun and interactive Doug’s presentation was.” – Casey Godwin, Siletz Gaming Commission
“I received a lot of positive feedback including the fact that the program exceeded expectations for many. Thanks for a productive, fun, and memorable event! ” – Andrew Franceschini Toyota Motor Sales
“The feedback was overwhelmingly positive. I had a great time and really enjoyed being able to actually participate with my team rather than facilitating everything.” – Kelley Lovette, Waste Management
Doug has Achieved Tremendous Success in a Number of Different Specialties
Speaker, Author, Trainer: Doug became a speaker and trainer in 1994 and has spoken before over 100,000 people. He has two best selling books, Fearless Presentations and 28 Ways to Influence People. He has also written over 30 different trend-setting training workshops.
Entrepreneur and Inventor: Doug founded The Leader’s Institute® in 2002 and in the last decade, he has grown this organization into one of the largest and fastest growing soft-skills consulting firms in the world. He has trained over 25 world-class professional speakers and trainers. He also invented a whole industry called philanthropic team building when he created The Build-A-Bike® team building workshop that partners team building with charitable philanthropy. He created and owns the trademarks for Build-A-Bike®, Fearless Presentations®, Public Speaking Secrets®, The Rescue Bear Workshop®, and The Leader's Institute®.
NCAA Athlete: Doug walked-on to play college football as an outside linebacker for Texas Tech University and his work ethic helped him become a very popular leader among his teammates. Doug ended up earning a scholarship and graduating from Texas Tech with honors. This experience offered Doug unique incites into leadership and communication that he carried over into the business world.
Husband and Father: Doug’s greatest success has been his ability to work hard enough to allow his wife, Laoise, to be a full-time mom to their two kids, Colleen and Benjamin. His career allows him to be a full-time dad as well.
Just a Few of the Companies who have had Doug Present:
3M
Abbott
AIG
American Express
Assoc. Builders & Contractors
Assoc. General Contractors
Boehringer Ingelheim
Boston College
Case-New Holland
Capital One
CBIZ
Cisco
City of Gainesville, FL
Cox Communications
Direct Energy
Discovery
E-Trade
Facebook
First American
GE
Honda
Internal Revenue Service
Johnson & Johnson
Land O’ Lakes
Los Angeles School District
Merck
Muckleshoot Tribal Council
National Hispanic Sales Network
Nestle
Pacific West Management
PPI Event Planning
Precast Construction Assoc.
Red Cross
Regis
Roger Staubach & Co.
Shell Oil
Target
Textron
T-Mobile
Toyota
US Air Force
US Army
US Navy
Waste Management
Verizon
Volkswagon