Kevin Freiberg

Topics

Presentations

MotiVention™
A Seminar on Leading Up in a Down Economy

BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors off Business-as-Usual

NEW RULES! Gutsy Leadership in a World that Will Never Be the Same
Legendary Culture
Create a Workplace that Explodes with Productivity, Passion and Profit!

Summary Profile

For over 20 years, Kevin has been profiling revolutionary business leaders in some of the world's most innovative companies. He has successfully turned those profiles into roadmaps that help clients create their own revolutionary strategies for growth.

Kevin is the co-author of NANOVATION: How a Little Car Can Teach the World to Think Big and Act Bold. Kevin and his wife Jackie are also authors of their international best-seller, NUTS! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-As-Usual and GUTS! Companies That Blow the Doors Off Business-As-Usual.

Named one of the "Top 30 Best Minds on Leadership" by Leadership Excellence Magazine, Dr. Freiberg is among the most influential voices on the speaking circuit today.

Dr. Freiberg has appeared on CNBC, CBS Sunday Morning and the CBS Morning News for his views on the critical links between leadership, corporate culture, innovation and exceptional customer loyalty. He has also appeared on the television series Lessons in Excellence for CNBC India. His articles and interviews have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Washington Post, Investor's Business Daily, India's Economic Times, India's Business Standard, India's Financial Times and Capital Business & Finance Magazine of Dubai.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in English Literature, San Diego State University
• Masters degree in Organizational Communication, San Diego State University
• Doctoral degree in Leadership, University San Diego
• Professor, Business School and Communication Studies department, University of San Diego
• Board Member, Ken Blanchard College of Business, Grand Canyon University

Partial Client List:

Bank of America

Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Busch Entertainment

CooperVision

Corel

General Mills

Infosys

Intel Corporation

Major League Baseball General Managers

Pro-Build

Sherwin-Williams

Sony

Tata Group

USAA

Personal...

Married to Jackie 22 years

Children: Taylor Grace (20) Aubrey Hope (16) and Dylan (10)

Officemate: Romeo (Golden Retriever) 

Avid snow skier, runner, and P90X participant

Community...

Good News to the Poor; a global movement dedicated to living out the principles of servant leadership

Voices for Children, an organization that defends foster children in the courts

Monarch High School, a first-of-its-kind school for homeless children

Awards...

NUTS! San Diego Best Business Book Award

NUTS! Benjamin Franklin Award for the Best Business Book of the Year

NUTS! Booz-Allen/Financial Times Top Five Global Business Book Award

University of San Diego Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award

PRODUCTS:

NANOVATION: How a Little Car Can Teach the World to Think Big and Act Bold

The story of how one of today's most influential global leaders, Ratan Tata, chairman of the largest and most ethical conglomerate in India, inspired a game changing innovation. NANOVATION is a how to on getting people to think big, act bold, and improve the world in the midst of insurmountable challenges. NANOVATION concludes with eight transferable rules for driving innovation in any business and teaching people to achieve the possible in what appears impossible. (USA publicaiton available Aug / Sept 2011)

BOOM!7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-as-Usual

BOOM! speaks to both leaders and individual contributors. Whether you are the CEO or working on the front line, you matter. The creation of a phenomenal culture is never unidirectional. A booming culture is about great people throughout the organization who are absolutely convinced that the success of the business is as much the will of the people as it is the will of the CEO. When you realize that leadership is a choice, not a position or a title, the effect is absolutely liberating. You begin to think big and act bold. You expand your influence and become a positive force for change. People look to you for leadership and inspiration. What would happen if your organization had a critical mass of people like this?  

GUTS! Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-as-Usual

We’ve all seen management use the same age-old tactics day in and day out, long after they’ve stopped working. A few organizations resist doing the same old thing. They have the creativity and chutzpah to mix it up, to think innovatively, and get people truly engaged. What these companies have is GUTS! InKevin and Jackie Freiberg’s bestselling book, NUTS! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, the authors describe the sometimes wacky, always original leadership that made Southwest an airline industry phenomenon. Now the Freibergs are back to reveal the secrets behind a number of gutsy companies who have the courage to buck the trends and follow their own path. They’re all known for unorthodox, leadership – and record profits. Drawing on five years of research, the Freibergs take the reader behind-the-scenes to examine how these intensely focused, dedicated, and unconventional leaders and their companies do what they do so well. Among them: Jim Goodnight of SAS Institute, Bob Davis, CEO of USAA, Roy Spence Jr., President of GSD&M, Jim Blanchard, CEO of Synovus Financial and Richardo Semler of Brazilian-based, Semoco

NUTS! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success

NUTS! takes your inside the unconventional business practices, gutsy leadership, and branded culture that have created one of the most successful stories in the history of commercial aviation.  NUTS! is a ground breaking, timely and proven message for increasing productivity, profitability and making work more fun!