Tim was part of our Return to Office initiative as our keynote speaker when we brought teams back into our space for the first time. He brought immediate warmth and energy to the room. His message of pursuing success through contribution was exactly the right tone to set as we came back together and actually ended up serving as a catalyst for very healthy, honest and meaningful conversations on how we want to operate with one another
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Biography
Tim is the author of The Secret Society of Success and host of the Build a Winning Team podcast, where he challenges people to consider “helping others win” as the North Star for how they should live and lead.
He’s also the CEO of David Novak Leadership, a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation whose mission is to make the world a better place by developing better leaders at every stage of life. As the CEO of Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut), David Novak grew the business from $4 billion to $32 billion and he did it by creating a culture of recognition where every employee felt seen and valued for what they contributed. And now, these leadership lessons are being taught in companies and to students all over the world through the nonprofit David has entrusted Tim to lead.
Early in his career, Tim spent a decade launching two brands — StoryBrand and Business Made Simple — as COO alongside New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller. And before that, he worked at TOMS and Apple Inc.
Tim lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Katie, and their two kids.
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Redefining Success for Your Business
There’s a message getting a lot of airtime these days. It says to be successful, you have to step into the spotlight, climb the ladder, become the boss, or chase whatever version of success that’s been dangled in front of you.
But what if there’s another way? What if fame, money, and power aren’t all that we should be chasing?
In this keynote, Tim Schurrer invites you to reevaluate your definition of success and learn a new, freer way to go about achieving it. Through powerful stories of people like the CEO of Apple Tim Cook, NBA all-star LeBron James, founder of Thistle Farms Becca Stevens, and others you’ve never heard of, you will discover that the success you’re looking for is within your reach, wherever you are and whatever your role.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
This keynote will teach you to
• define success for yourself;
• contribute to your team without minding who gets the credit;
• make an impact that spans far beyond yourself, regardless of the size of your platform;
• navigate living in the tension between contentment and striving;
• go from feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and restless in your job to being confident in the value you bring to the team; and
• discover meaning and fulfillment in the work that you do.
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The Secret Society of Success
by Tim Schurrer
Tim Schurrer, right-hand man to Donald Miller and vp of talent management and culture at StoryBrand, introduces readers to the Secret Society, a community of people who have learned a new way of defining success--where we stop chasing money, fame, and power and discover meaning and fulfillment in the work we do.
There's a message getting a lot of airtime these days. It says to be successful, you have to step into the spotlight, climb the ladder, become the boss, or whatever version of success that's been dangled in front of you in your career. The problem is, this creates a Spotlight Mindset--or an unhealthy desire for attention and recognition. You work so hard to impress others or chase the next raise or promotion that you end up exhausted, frustrated, and unhappy. But what if there was a different way of defining success?
In The Secret Society of Success, Tim Schurrer invites us to reevaluate our professional moves and learn a new, freer way to navigate our lives. How do we learn this approach? With the Secret Society as our guides--a community of people who know what it feels like to make a difference, whether they have the spotlight or not. The Secret Society will teach you to:
- define success for yourself;
- work hard and contribute to your team without minding who gets the credit;
- make an impact regardless of the size of your stage or platform;
- stop chasing money, fame, and power and discover meaning and fulfillment in the work that you do;
- navigate living in the tension between contentment and striving; and
- go from feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and restless in your job to being confident in the role you play and the value you bring to the team.
You can learn a new way to define success that's counter to what culture is selling. Through stories of people like Alan Mulally, the former CEO of Ford, NBA all-star LeBron James, Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and people whose names you've never heard of, you will discover that the success you're looking for is within your reach, wherever you are and whatever your role.
