Patrick Leroux

Successful entrepreneur, best selling author and a bilingual speaker, Patrick Leroux CSP's presentations are renowned to be dynamic, funny, moving, and captivating. Patrick's ability to deliver a high energy message with passion and humour challenges people to re-evaluate their own limitations, real or imagined, to take responsibility for their own lives, and to stop making excuses as to why they are not living-up to their true capacity.

Storyteller extraordinaire, Patrick shares his expertise with warmth and amazing simplicity. Like a roller coaster ride, his stories are at times moving and at times hilarious. Patrick's incredible energy level, humour and enthusiasm will compel your audience to go out their comfort zone, take action on their goals, instill confidence, and ultimately increase productivity in your organization.

In 2002, Patrick became the first person in Quebec to have earned the "Certified Speaking Professional" (CSP) designation. This designation is the highest designation given by the International Federation for Professional Speakers. Patrick also founded 10 businesses and he is the author of eight best selling books on the subject of motivation, personal and professional development.

In Canada, the United States and the Middle East, he has given more than 900 presentations to over 150,000 people. He speaks mostly at conferences and sales conventions, helping his participants realize their full inner potential and achieve the highest level of success in all aspects of their lives.

Patrick has the magical ability to generate the desire and enthusiasm necessary to create measurable results that will last long after his presentation. With Patrick as your main speaker, your conference will be more successful, your people will thank you, and they will think of you as a meeting planner extraordinaire!

In addition, near the end of all of his presentations, Patrick asks all participants to make a commitment on a goal that is outside their comfort zone. He will give all the participants a free souvenir bracelet to be worn for 21 days to remind them to act on their commitment. Patrick believes that action is the only way to get better RESULTS.

Igniting The Fire Within!
(Patrick's most popular keynote)

How to achieve success by modeling the thoughts, actions and habits of highly accomplished individuals.

Why is it that some people are more motivated and experience more success than others? How are they able to achieve exceptional results in all aspects of their life? With the help of a fast-moving series of methodologies, ideas and techniques which each person can apply in every area of life and work, this session will allow you to discover the secrets of success and how to get motivated, and stay motivated for life. This particular session contains the keys to personal effectiveness, maximum achievement and unlimited success. In addition, this session addresses the best ideas for success that have ever been discovered. Through Patrick's interactive, entertaining and practical approach, you will learn about SUCCESS:

• Satisfaction. Winners in the game of life have decided to live with passion instead of waiting for their pension;
• Ultimate goal. Setting compelling goals is the secret of motivation and true happiness;
• Confidence. Your self-image will determine the level of your future accomplishments;
• Circle of influence. If you want to fly like an eagle, don't flock with turkeys!
• Examine your priorities. Learn to live a balance life;
• Stepping out of your comfort zone. The purpose of life is not learning but rather taking ACTION on what you have learned;
• Service to others. In life the more you give, the more you receive.

Growing your business, is YOUR business!
Strategies to attract new business and make your income grow.

What business development strategies are used by the top 1% sales people? If you're like most people, you use only two or three business development strategies - and generally the least efficient ones. Would you like to sell more, faster and more easily than ever? In this highly stimulating session, you will learn a series of practical, proven strategies that you will be able to adopt in order to make your sales explode and get ahead of your competitors who undercut you.

Here are a few of the lessons you will learn in this captivating, fascinating talk:

• If you don't have a list, you don’t really have any business;
• Your best sources of future income stem from your present clients;
• How to ask for, attract and obtain lots of referrals;
• Why - and, above all - how to keep in touch with your prospects and your present clients on a regular basis and;
• Where and how to make the most of your networking activities.

How to Build Trust and Rapport Instantly
How persuade and influence people faster and easier.

What are the success secrets of the best communicators? How could you earn the trust of an individual in the first few seconds? How do you adapt your communication to the personality style of others? Are you a red, yellow, green or blue? The purpose of this funny and highly interactive session is to make you a better communicator and better persuade and influence people. The audience will learn:

• Why people think and act like they do;
• The 4 personality styles: Are you red, a yellow, a green or a blue?
• That you must adapt your communication to the personality styles of others;
• To discover in the very first minutes the motivations, fears, needs and desires of others;
• That the best gift you can give others is to listen to them well and fulfill their personal needs and motivations and;
• That if you want to get some honey (persuade others) you must not to knock over the beehive.

The 10 Secrets of Success in Customer Service
Strategies to turn satisfied customers into loyal customers.

It takes thousands of dollars and months before you find a good customer… and it only takes a few minutes to loose one. Not only you want satisfied customers, more importantly you want loyal customers. What are you doing to create loyalty with your customers? In this highly interactive and information rich session, you will learn that:

• Customer service is not a department ... it’s an attitude;
• Listen to your customers;
• You never have a second chance to make a good first impression;
• Your organization is as good as your worst employee;
• The customer is always right even when he is wrong;
• You must provide your customers with a memorable experience if you want to create loyalty and;
• You should never take your customers for granted.

Patrick Leroux is represented by K&M Productions for speaking engagements. For more information and booking Patrick Leroux, simply contact us.