Show-Stopping Performance. Life-Changing Message.
In today’s landscape, if an organization is standing still, it’s moving backward. Success depends on surpassing limits, embracing change, and outshining the competition.
But it’s easy to stay in a comfortable “box”—for complacency to replace creativity and innovation to stagnate. “Good enough” might just become the norm. Dan Thurmon reinvigorates audiences with action-packed messages that instill a passion to succeed that you just can’t put a price tag on.
Dan’s keynote performances help create a culture of continuous improvement by shattering self-imposed limitations, rekindling a commitment to excellence, and fostering mastery of change. Leaders get fired up and focused. Teams improve their execution. Employees scale the heights to peak performance.
- Dan Doesn’t Just Talk About Peak Performance. He Personifies It.He uses gravity-defying feats as his visual aids, delivering unforgettable messages with jaw-dropping style:
– He demonstrates work-life balance with podium handstands.
– He illustrates performing under pressure by juggling sharp objects.
– He visually amplifies the principles of navigating change by weaving through the crowd on a six-foot unicycle.
– And Unlike Traditional Peak Performance Presentations, Dan’s Message Won’t Start Fading Away As Soon As The Standing Ovation Dies Down.
– Dan infuses audiences with an immediate shot of adrenaline, sending them out the door with the confidence – and the tools – to begin implementing change immediately.
Off Balance On Purpose
If your team is afraid of change, afraid of bringing 100% of themselves to work, then they NEED this keynote.
Dan speaks with hundreds of executives each year and a common challenge among them is helping their employees bring more energy to work and not only embrace change but see it as an opportunity to lead.
Dan believes the reason that people struggle with change is that they believe they have to compartmentalize their life and keep everything in balance. But what if we lived Off Balance on Purpose? What if instead of resisting uncertainty, we leaned into it? And what if rather than bringing our “work-self” to the office, we brought 100% of who we are?
In his keynote, Dan excites his audience with an interactive performance while giving his audience permission to have a multi-dimensional view of success that incorporates quality health, strong relationships, and meaningful contributions all while leaning into uncertainty with authority and confidence.
High-Impact, Unforgettable Presentation
Performance expert and speaker Dan Thurmon provides practical, reality-based solutions to help leaders and employees challenge one another personally, as well as professionally. And his presentation style? It’s nothing short of spectacular! Dan doesn’t stand Behind a podium and Talk about dealing with fear and change – he does handstands On the podium to Demonstrate what being uncomfortable and living off balance on purpose actually looks like. Your audience will talk about this presentation for years to come!
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending this program, attendees will be able to:
- Manage their energy and time more effectively.
- Understand that “Perfect Balance” is an unachievable goal and can cause us to idle rather than excel at life.
- Adopt an Off Balance On Purpose approach as a realistic and empowering alternative.
- Name the Five Spheres of “Complete Success.”
- Utilize “Lifelines” to integrate the aspects of life – bringing 100% of ourselves to everything we do.
- Learning to take ACTION when it is uncomfortable.
Perform-Ability – Performance Excellence
How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most
“Always be at your best because every moment counts.” This may sound like good advice, but it isn’t really possible, and the truth is, some moments count much more than others. That’s why it’s more important (and realistic) to be your best When It Matters The Most.
In this keynote, peak performance speaker Dan Thurmon explores the reasons why some individuals fail under pressure, and why others seem to naturally rise to handle critical moments with ease and excellence. Here’s a hint: It isn’t an innate talent. It’s an ability that can be learned and mastered. Dan calls it “Perform-Ability.”
The key to being able to “perform,” or deliver excellence when it matters the most, is to prepare properly and understand the mindset and methods of top performers. But Dan doesn’t just explain this – he demonstrates these concepts in his signature high-impact style that includes juggling, acrobatics, and even a unicycle. Audiences leave this unforgettable session armed with new tools and the enthusiasm to tackle their biggest challenges. And, they’ll have a fantastic time!
Learning Objectives:
As a result of attending this program, attendees will be able to:
See themselves as performers, capable of delivering excellent results under pressure.
Understand the three aspects of an effective performance.
Clarify what they are trying to achieve.
Develop strategies to succeed.
Recognize critical moments and rise to the occasion.
Adopt the mindset and methods of peak performers.
Commit to ongoing learning and disciplines to aid their efforts.
Total Wellness
Managing Stress & Taking Care of You
As a performer and speaker, Dan Thurmon knows first-hand the importance of stress management, physical fitness, and total health. Your audience can benefit from a corporate wellness program by a speaker who actually lives what he says.
Balancing Dan’s physically demanding presentations, a full speaking schedule, and family priorities requires self-discipline. It also demands an understanding and appreciation of the areas that can impact a person’s total wellness: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
In this keynote, corporate wellness speaker Dan Thurmon explores the relationship between employee wellness and corporate success. But it’s his signature high-impact style (including juggling, acrobatics, and even a unicycle) that drives his message home. Audiences have a fantastic time while being inspired and motivated to improve their total wellness!
Learning Objectives:
As a result of attending this program, attendees will be able to:
- Understand the effects of stress on personal and work success.
- Recognize the importance of taking care of all aspects of their health.
- Develop strategies to manage stress.
- Adopt a positive mindset and methods for success.
- Commit to ongoing learning, self-respect, and self-discipline.
High Performance Sales
Selling is a performance – the process of taking your audience (customer) through an experience that builds interest and engagement, ending in a successful sale. Dan reveals presentation/performance secrets to help sales professionals improve performance and bottom line results, including:
How to differentiate your approach from competitors to stand apart and above the rest.
How to manage your customers’ expectations and ensure that you deliver more than they anticipate.
How focusing on value and uniqueness transcends objections about price.
How to leverage your most powerful asset – your brand – for greatest results.
Why telling stories is far more effective than imparting benefits.
How every performance has a beginning, middle, and end. Design your presentations for impact, and move your customers to action.
How to build relationships for success.
How to break through external barriers and self-imposed limitations.
“If you limit yourself to what’s comfortable, you deny yourself what’s possible.”
Dan Thurmon
Continuous Improvement
Because sales happens in real-time, and every encounter is unique, the high-performance salesperson must be committed to improving and building upon every sales experience. With every one performance there are three – the one you plan, the one you do, and the one you should have done (and think about on the way home). Dan helps sales professionals to:
Prepare daily and take a disciplined approach to developing skills. Go into each sales performance with a plan and specific approach. (The first show)
Develop the ability to improvise, discover opportunities that arise, and use those opportunities to build trust and rapport. (The second show)
Intentionally “debrief” each effort, identifying what worked well, what you can build on, and what you can improve or eliminate. (The third show)
Positive CHAOS
What if CHAOS isn’t a bad thing? How can you harness constant change into a force for growth and opportunity? In his new keynote presentation, Dan Thurmon, author of Off Balance On Purpose, teaches how to excel in uncertainty and take confident action right now to create amplified, desirable future outcomes. Gain insights and tools to transform your C.H.A.O.S. from “Challenging, Hectic, Anxious, Overwhelming Stress” into “Challenging, Healthy, Aspirational, Ongoing Symmetry.” Learn to see clear patterns in what now appears random, and take intentional action to shape them for your benefit!
Attendees will be able to:
Understand and use the principles of Chaos Theory in order to take more confident action during uncertain times.
Identify existing patterns within seemingly random or unpredictable events, or within consistent recurring similar situations and obstacles.
Shape those patterns more intentionally to create dramatically better future results.
Of course, Dan delivers this keynote with the added IMPACT of his signature acrobatic and interactive elements, so that it will be one of the most talked about, memorable experiences of your conference.
Bottom line: Your people will be more confident and comfortable in the midst of change. They will be more resourceful and precise with their ability to succeed and lead others.
