David Cottrell

Featured Keynote Programs

Learn a Proven Method for Creating an Atmosphere in which Employees Give Discretionary Effort

If you depend on the results of others, this program is for you. You will discover how to answer six key questions that are important to every employee and team. Clearly and consistently answering these six questions means you are the kind of leader people want to follow. Implementing the concepts and ideas learned means your team morale will improve, job satisfaction will increase and turnover will decrease. You’ll be able to create an atmosphere where employees willingly give discretionary effort and achieve better results – faster than ever before! This program is based on David Cottrell’s book, The Magic Question: A simple question every leader dreams of answering.

Don't Be Stupid. Don't Be a Jerk are the two greatest rules for leaders to achieve extraordinary results with class. Based on his latest book, David Cottrell’s keynote is direct and simple: think your decisions through and take care of your team. It is grounded on solid principles that apply to businesses in every industry. If you are searching for a speaker who will provide your team with tried and proven techniques that improve employee morale, decrease turnover, improve results plus help them have a whole lot more fun leading, this is for you.

10 Principles to Becoming a Great Leader

What would be the impact on your organization and your business if every one of your leaders spent dedicated time with a mentor? Now they can. In this program based on his best-selling book, Monday Morning Mentoring and Monday Morning Leadership, David delivers up to 10 key success principles that equip leaders to confront and overcome their daily “people” challenges.

Learn to Make the Right Decisions to Achieve Great Success

Why does success seem to come easily to some and not to others? Success is ultimately realized by those who make more right choices and quickly recover from their wrong choices. Based on the book Monday Morning Choices, this program creates a foundation for organizational and personal success... how to achieve it, how to keep it and how to enjoy it by consistently making better choices. David Cottrell has spent much of his career seeking answers to what separates the successful from those who fail to reach their level of success. His findings incorporate 12 choices that lead to success.

Learn a Proven Method for Creating an Atmosphere in which Employees Give Discretionary Effort

If you depend on the results of others, this program is for you. You will discover how to answer six key questions that are important to every employee and team. Clearly and consistently answering these six questions means you are the kind of leader people want to follow. Implementing the concepts and ideas learned means your team morale will improve, job satisfaction will increase and turnover will decrease. You’ll be able to create an atmosphere where employees willingly give discretionary effort and achieve better results – faster than ever before! This program is based on David Cottrell’s book, <>The Magic Question: A simple question every leader dreams of answering.

Eight Simple Truths to Boost Your Career and Life

What is the key to success? There isn’t one. Long-term success is not the result of one defining change or doing one thing well. It comes from embracing several small, simple yet powerful truths. During this presentation, David shares real life stories of people and organizations that have identified and implemented these simple philosophies which led to their success. Participants gain common sense principles and ideas that you can be implemented immediately. This presentation is based on David Cottrell’s book, Tuesday Morning Coaching.

The Only Formula You Need to Generate Positive Energy at Work

In his motivational program, based on the book Monday Morning Motivation, David Cottrell reveals a precious resource your business cannot afford to be without: organizational energy. What is organizational energy? It is a solid commitment to a group, its mission, and its values. When used correctly, organizational energy strengthens and solidifies individual drive, producing an unshakable desire to achieve bigger and better results. This is a precious resource your organization cannot afford to be without. Cottrell offers the tools to become a better leader and motivator, to take business to new heights and employees to new levels in job satisfaction.