“Best-in-Class Speaker”

This high-energy, highly interactive, and motivational keynote explores the core of leadership and creates a roadmap your audience can use to become more inspired and inspiring to others. Dr. Joe infuses his presentation with humor, music, and a surprise or two. His talk includes a harmonica, what he learned from a Soviet General, and what happened that time he bombed in front of an audience. This is the perfect keynote to kick off a conference or as the first presentation after lunch to keep your audience energized, excited, and engaged.

In a funny, thought-provoking, and inspirational presentation, Dr. Joe demonstrates how to turn difficult people around—creating an ally instead of an adversary—and what to do when the difficult person can’t be changed or persuaded. He showcases embarrassing mistakes and tremendous victories, falling on his face as well as turning around the most intractable people. Dr. Joe’s stories and insights will impart powerful lessons your audience will remember for a lifetime.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the CIA agent network in Russia was decimated. Working in Moscow, Joe found himself at the intersection of the CIA, KGB, and Russian Mafia, gaining access to sensitive information. In this keynote, Joe shares the tools he used to get access to information that made him a legend in the corridors of the CIA, tools that any organization can use.