“The moment he took the stage, he resonated with everybody. The whole crowd leaned in. I’m taking away how to show up my best and how to make sure my strength doesn’t turn into my liability.”
Every leader leaves an impression. Even when they’re not trying to. In this keynote, Justin Patton challenges leaders to do the hardest work in leadership: look honestly at themselves.
“The moment he took the stage, he resonated with everybody. The whole crowd leaned in. I’m taking away how to show up my best and how to make sure my strength doesn’t turn into my liability.”
Trust, credibility, and influence aren’t built in big moments. They’re won or lost in the glimpses. The split-second reads people make about who you are, how you lead, and whether you’re worth following. Most leaders have no idea what their glimpses are saying.
In this keynote, Justin Patton challenges leaders to do the hardest work in leadership: look honestly at themselves. Drawing on his study of body language with a retired FBI agent and years of executive coaching, Justin exposes the hidden habits and unconscious signals that are either building your leadership credibility or quietly costing you.
Leadership conferences, executive retreats, and emerging-leader programs focused on self-awareness, credibility, and the impact leaders have on others.
Because the leader people choose to trust isn’t the one with the most authority. It’s the one who had the courage to look in the mirror first.
It starts with you.
Justin Patton
Using the Trust Triangle (transparency, tact, and togetherness), executives learn how to regulate their response, choose their words with precision, and lead with the kind of presence that holds a room even when everything is uncertain.
Nobody tells you the truth when they hand you the manager title. They leave out the difficult conversations you weren’t prepared for. In this keynote, Justin Patton gives managers four practical plays for building the kind of trust that makes everything else easier.
In this fast-paced, interactive keynote, Justin gives every person in the room five specific moves they can make immediately, personally and professionally: Manage the glimpses. Say the thing. Create trust deposits. Put empathy first. Find the good and recognize it.
Event planners love working with Justin because he makes their job effortless and delivers an experience audiences talk about for years.