Travis Thomas

THE SECRET SAUCE OF ELITE MINDSETS

Travis ignites audiences across the country and abroad as he shares modern strategies gathered from 20+ years of experience coaching elite performers. His knowledge and “down-to-earth” style piques curiosity and helps audiences leverage practical ways to achieve higher levels of success. Thomas’ interactive and experiential message will inspire you to elevate your performance as he inspires eager participants with the right combination of tools (and truth) with a specialist’s twist to success. Just like a secret sauce can add flavor and distinction to a dish, businesses can develop their own “secret sauce” to give them a competitive edge.

Top 3 Audience Takeaways:

1. Learning how to “stay in the moment”
2. Understand the distractions that hold us back
3. Receive proven practical tools and strategies to apply to your own life

RADICAL COLLABORATION WITH UNCERTAINTY

How does your company deal with adversity, uncertainty, and change? Do you have a team of people who innovate, problem-solve, and overcome challenges – or is your team stuck in finger-pointing, excuse making, and complaining? It happens to the best of people and organizations – and it can be fixed! In this presentation, Travis will share how elite performers and organizations use the power of improvisation and collaboration to harness courageous and resilient cultures. Travis’ unique blend of 20+ years of experience, and interactive and experiential activities, guarantees that your audience won’t only “know” how to embrace uncertainty, they will have “felt” it. Life is unpredictable, but our response to doesn’t have to be. 

Top 3 Audience Takeaways:

1. Understand the positive and negative power of our thoughts
2. Learning how to get “unstuck” when caught in a victim mindset
3. Receive practical tools and concepts for building resilient teams 

3 REASONS YOUR CULTURE IS BROKEN

Culture has been the buzz word du jour for about a decade now…yet most organizations still miss the boat with understanding the tools, mindset, and components that create thriving cultures. Ping pong tables and blue jean Fridays are great – but they don’t build culture. The pandemic further exposed the fragility of successful cultures, and today more than ever businesses and leaders need to understand the “human” skills needed to inspire and organizations and teams. Leadership expert Travis Thomas has a unique skillset and background when it comes to helping companies turn their broken cultures into thriving and fulfilling workplaces. From the corporate world, to improvisation, executive coaching, and training some of the most elite athletes in the world – Travis’ one-of-a-kind presentation will surely connect with your audience. Even if it’s broken, Travis will help you fix it!

Top 3 Audience Takeaways:

1. Understanding the #1 predictor of a high-performing culture
2. Learning tools for leaders to consistently and intentional drive performance
3. Find out how to turn your employees into culture carriers 

KEYNOTE, BREAKOUT, OR WORKSHOP FORMAT AVAILABLE FOR ALL TOPICS

We all get stuck. Stuck in our careers. Stuck in bad relationships. Stuck with bad health. The question is not, will we get stuck, but rather, how will you respond when you do?

Travis Thomas offers a unique and powerful concept for responding to the adversity of life. For the last 17 years he has worked with world-class companies, leaders, and professional athletes to help them discover and live their brilliance.

His extensive career as an improvisational actor has taught him that the improvisational foundational mantra of “yes, and” just might be the key to getting unstuck in any situation. The stuck stops here!

Can you help me be more confident? As a performance coach who has worked with professional athletes and elite performers in all fields, this is a question I get asked often. I understand why it is so important. When I was younger I lacked confidence, and I saw it as the main factor that hindered my performance. So when someone asks me about improving confidence, I get it. But the real issue when it comes to performance is not confidence or a lack of it, but rather the fact we put so much importance on it to begin with. Instead, what if we nourished a mindset of courage? What if we focused on the behaviors and actions that drive performance, instead of getting distracted with our feelings?

I have worked with national team players in World Cup locker rooms, executives in Fortune 100 boardrooms, and young players struggling to get over their fears. Regardless of the level, it all comes back to the same starting point…courage.

This is a collection of my 20 years of team and one-on-one coaching, and what I have learned in helping people reach their potential. And, this is the book I needed when I was a child. I hope it helps each of us get over our fears by finding courage, regardless of our confidence.

“I am able to perform because I have really good people around me, and you are one of those people. Thank you for your contribution!”

– Gregg Berhalter | US Men’s National Team Head Coach 

“Hi Travis! You came to mind as I reflected on this past year. It was incredible getting to meet you and work with you directly when we did the “word association” exercise together at Workday’s virtual Pre-sales Summit in October. Your energy and outlook on the world are deeply inspiring and I was captivated the entire time. I’m so drawn to the psychology of the “yes, and” mindset in my work and in my personal life. There are very few people I’ve come across where I feel this passionate about the work you’re doing.”

– Jordan A. | Workday employee  

“When you need to find that inner spark and tap into your potential, Travis is the perfect motivational speaker to do just that. His witty and personal approach captures your attention within seconds and you can’t help but smile and leave with a renewed sense of purpose.”

–  Lauren Gifford | School Principal