Dr. Barry Thompson was born in Alaska and began his working career in South Africa. With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Thompson has worked for global giants such as IBM, SAP and Oracle but also knows the challenges of running his own business. Having learned how the complex global marketplace operates, he has been able to identify and offer productivity improvements for various groups within organizations such as sales, marketing, operations, supply chain, finance, executive management, customer service and vendor relations. As an author, coach, keynote, pastor, counsellor, teacher, adjunct professor, husband, dad and grandad, Barry draws from unique and powerful experiences …both successful and not so successful! To compliment this hands-on knowledge, Dr. Thompson was awarded a doctorate in leadership and adult learning. He has presented to clients that include IBM, European Training Conference, various industry groups including numerous Dental Societies and Groups, leading chiropractic clinics, the State of Colorado, various chambers of commerce, and numerous healthcare groups.
Passionate about Performance: Barry is passionate about seeing each person reach their optimal performance which boils down to confidence. Low performance is often due to low confidence and high confidence leads to high performance. Famous leadership gurus like Maxwell, Blanchard, Covey, and Ziglar have underlined the need for confidence but, until now, no one has offered a simple path to confident performance. Dr. Thompson’s latest book, Confidence-Driven Living, is a down-to-earth look at how confidence impacts your performance and offers insight into how to gain confidence in every area of your life. His sessions build on these truths.
Market-Mission-Value: Barry believes these principles are essential and applicable to everyone. One recent account executive reported that after many seminars and training classes, this was by far the easiest and important lessons she had learned. Attendees have noted that their sales have improved, their book of business has grown and new avenues have opened to them.
The Proven Program: Dr. Thompson’s seminars begin with discovering the magic of confidence. With confidence as the foundation, he addresses key success factors for every organization.