Jay Johnson is passionate about guiding leaders and organizations to empower teams, grow profits, and transform culture through behavioral intelligence. He has been privileged to give keynotes, workshops, and lectures in more than 30 countries across 4 continents, sharing his knowledge and experience to help people and organizations better understand themselves and their relationships with others.
His 2018 TEDx talk that introduced the concept of Behavioral Intelligence as it applies to Dealing with Difficult People has more than 4 Million views and has helped to establish him as an authority on human behavior in the workplace.
Jay works with Fortune 100 companies and national organizations such as Ford Motor Company, NASA, General Dynamics, United Way, Consumers Energy, Keller Williams, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Crain Communication, Junior Chamber International, Johns Hopkins, the Detroit Chamber, and Nikon. His delivery style is engaging and fun, all while giving audiences immediately usable skills to build stronger relationships, enhance influence, and lead effectively.
Jay holds a Master's Degree in communications and public relations, is a designated Master Trainer from the ATD, and was twice honored with the Excellence in Training Award by the APCC. He has served in local government as well as an International Vice President for a global NGO. Jay was named "Top Trainer" in 2017, and again in 2019 in a special “All-Star” edition by the ATD Detroit.
Reviews from Google:
"Jay was a speaker for our Master's in Training and Development Professional Society event and we got to experience the Behavior Elements activity and had a great discussion about it! I think Behavior Elements is very intriguing, easy to understand, descriptive and relatable to on-the-job experiences, and provides the opportunity for self-reflection as well. It was a great event and I really enjoyed him taking the time to come out to speak with us!"
"Jay presented at an AmeriCorps conference on dealing with difficult people. He was a highly effective presenter, the material made sense, and I was able to use some of it later that day. I'd definitely attend more of his sessions and hope to benefit from the company's services moving into the future."
"Extremely informative and well-documented presentation. I could not believe the amount of good information that was delivered in a short time. Jay did an outstanding job of preparing for this presentation"
