Nido Qubein – Dynamic Speakers Bureau

Since 1974, Nido Qubein has given more than 5,000 presentations, received every award in professional speaking and is represented by the best speaker bureaus.

Nido Qubein has written more than a dozen books on leadership, sales, communication, and achievement; recorded scores of audio-visual learning systems; and hundreds of client-customized products.

Nido Qubein is the president of High Point University , a liberal arts institution with approximately 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 50 countries and 44 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem , North Carolina . The university offers 68 undergraduate majors, 33 minors, and six graduate-degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference.

Nido Qubein serves as advisor to some of America's best corporate leaders sharing his extensive business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit to help their companies grow and thrive.

He is chairman of four companies including Great Harvest Bread Company '#x28;218 stores in 41 states'#x29;, McNeill Lehman '#x28;public relations'#x29;, Business Life '#x28;magazine publishing'#x29;, and Creative Services, Inc. '#x28;consulting'#x29;. He serves on the Executive Committee and Board of the 9th largest financial institution in the U.S. , BB'amp;T, which has over $115 billion in assets, and on the corporate Board of La-Z-Boy Corporation, one of the world's largest and most recognized furniture retailers.

The National Speakers Association named its Philanthropy Award for Nido. His home city '#x28;High Point, N.C.'#x29; named him Philanthropist of the Year, as did the Triad Association of Fundraising Executives. The Qubein Foundation has awarded more than $3 million to more than 600 students and to scholarship endowments at several universities. He has chaired many campaigns to help non-profits, and lives by William Barclay's mantra: '#x22;Always give without remembering; always receive without forgetting.'#x22;

Nido Qubein invests one-third of his life in earning, one-third in learning, and one-third in serving. His bio clearly illustrates the life of a person who cares. He is chairman-emeritus of the National Speakers Association Foundation, and is a former trustee on the national YMCA Board of Directors. Over the years, he has served on more than 30 voluntary boards including the High Point Community Foundation and the National Board of American Humanics.

The list of awards and recognitions Nido has received is long. It includes The Cavett, Ambassador of Free Enterprise, The Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Citizen of the Year, Distinguished Alumnus, The Golden Gavel, Master of Influence, Business Leader of the Year, High Point Citizen of the Year, Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans, The Order of the Long Leaf Pine '#x28;North Carolina’s highest civilian honor'#x29; and literally dozens more.

From Success To Significance
A powerful and inspiring presentation on focus, balance, and meaning in business and in life. The perfect keynote address. Nido Qubein cites major differences between creativity '#x28;how can we do this differently'#x29; and innovation '#x28;how can we do this better'#x29;. He distinguishes among tasks, goals, and purpose humorously yet persuasively with thoughtful impact. Your group learns that the 21st Century rewards extraordinary people whose competence and commitment directly affect their beliefs, behaviors, and results.

Achieving Peak Performance
This presentation will show you how to prepare your employees for high productivity and your company for maximum profitability...how to grow a well-trained, educated and motivated team. Nido Qubein makes an important point: Teaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future „o a vision based on common values „o is only training. He goes beyond dictionary definitions to show that yesterday's thinking looks at the tasks people perform today and asks, '#x22;How can we train our future employees to do these things?'#x22; Tomorrow's thinking looks at the kind of people needed to fulfill corporate strategy and finds ways to educate employees to become those kind of people.

How To Sell, Serve, and Succeed
To sell effectively in today's ever-changing, competitive world, one must master sales skills and behavioral knowledge. Nido teaches both with humor and audience involvement. He focuses on the Law of Identification '#x28;when something becomes personal it becomes important; treat every customer as if you're about to lose them'#x29; and teaches participants to ask penetrating questions '#x28;how must this person feel first so this person will buy from us'#x29;. Nido emphasizes: Prospects don't want to buy your product; they want to buy the product of your product. Remember: Your service and product must be better than your competitors and your customer must readily acknowledge that.

If I Wanted To Buy What You Sell, Would I Buy It From You?
Why should people do business with you? How easily can someone else imitate what you do? Do your customers think of your first? Nido shares dynamic principles for personal and corporate achievement. It doesn't matter how much you know or what you can do. What matters is what your customers and colleagues believe and perceive you can do for them „o how well they understand and value what you are offering. Your positioning reflects other people's confidence in your ability to do whatever you do with professional competence and expertise „o how much they trust you to meet their needs. Your positioning is the way people feel about you and your work „o how much they like the way you make them feel about doing business with you. Nido Qubein shows your audience how to '#x22;position'#x22; for maximum results using a practical approach and a professional strategy.

Communicate Like A Pro
Communicating effectively with people, inside your company and beyond, is a minimum-requirement skill in our ever-changing global marketplace. This presentation is designed to help your audience develop the communication skills required and to wield them with power and effectiveness. They'll learn not only the basics, but many of the finer points Nido Qubein has picked up during a long and successful career as a professional speaker, author, and advisor to top executives and to successful companies, including specific strategies to '#x22;connect'#x22; for persuasion and results. Nido came to America with no money, no English, and no connections. To-date he has written a dozen books, delivered thousands of speeches, and showed millions the art of effective communication. Entertaining and educational. An audience favorite!