Dr. Paul Stoltz
About
About Dr. Paul G. Stoltz - One of the Top 10 Global Thinkers, FOUNDER & CEO of PEAK Learning, Keynote Speaker on Change, Adversity and Resilience:
Dr. Paul G. Stoltz is considered the world’s leading authority on the integration and application of grit and resilience. He is author of five international bestselling books on the subject—printed in 17 languages—including the top selling business book in China. In his newest book, GRIT—The New Science of What it Takes to Persevere, Flourish, Succeed, he pioneers the first validated construct and method in existence for growing both the quantity and quality of one’s GRIT.
Dr. Stoltz has been the founder and CEO of PEAK Learning, Inc., a global research and consulting firm, since 1987, through which he coaches, consults, teaches, and collaborates with top leaders, thinkers, and influencers within a broad range of organizations from start-ups and NGO’s to the Fortune 500 on six continents. He is also the founder and managing director of the GRIT Institute and Global Resilience Institute, both worldwide research collaboratives for exploring and advancing the frontiers of human endeavor.
Harvard Business School has selected and incorporated Dr. Stoltz’s Adversity Quotient® tools and methods into its top-rated MBA and Executive Education programs and is featuring Dr. Stoltz’s newest work on GRIT in a new video series for Harvard Business Review. Dr. Stoltz has also been a member of Stanford University’s Distinguished Leaders Lecture Series. He has guest lectured for Princeton, INSEAD, and Cornell and has been a featured blogger and author for both the Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today.
Topics and Audience Takeaways
What Dr. Paul G. Stoltz Talks About:
The Adversity Advantage
It is in the flames of adversity that our character is forged. This signature keynote address gives a compelling overview of Adversity Quotient (AQ). Stoltz describes how AQ drives performance, resilience, and success, and discusses how to begin strengthening AQ to thrive on adversity. Highly tailored to each group, participants leave with tools they can use immediately to tackle their next challenge and optimize their next opportunity.
Leading Through Adversity
It is through adversity that leadership shines forth. Demanding times call for leaders with exceptional fortitude, tenacity, and resolve.
This keynote address draws from dramatic examples of how great leaders across the ages, world, and industries use AQ to lead through adversity and unleash the greatness in others.
Unleashed: Resilient Sales and Service
Imagine how a more resilient sales and service organization could drive your results!
When it comes to selling skills and personality are no longer enough. AQ predicts sales performance and retention across industries and countries. This keynote address reveals to sales people and executives what it really takes to achieve and sustain top performance, even in the most difficult circumstances. People gain tools that they can use to surmount their obstacles with renewed focus and vigor.
Creating Resilient Teams
Resilient teams thrive on challenges and deliver superior performance. Resilient teams are at their best when times are tough. They rise to challenges and are inspired by seemingly insurmountable odds and daunting obstacles. They are the ones that get things done when others cannot. This keynote address provides practical insight into what it takes to form and grow a high performance| resilient team.
The Invincible Investor
A new conversation about money.
Tailored to the financial services market, the Invincible Investor keynote introduces the landmark science and practice of investor resilience. In a time of tremendous volatility and uncertainty, investors and their advisors need new tools to protect and grow what matters most, no matter what. This keynote presentation introduces a whole new way to think and talk about how we relate to money in our lives.
Creating the Resilient Workforce
How would it affect your business if people could be measurably more resilient?
For those who shape the workforce in any way, this keynote presentation draws from leading science on AQ and resilience. It introduces practical, new methods for transforming your current workforce into one that can not only withstand any setback or challenge but also bounce back and benefit from such situations.
The GRIT Program™
If you want to master the basics on GRIT, this is the program for you. In addition to the customized outcomes, participants who complete The Grit Program typically will:
- Understand and appreciate the role GRIT plays in everything one set out to accomplish.
- Assess one’s personal GRIT using the GRIT Gauge™, with a comprehensive personal feedback report.
- Practice and begin to master a series of GRIT Gainers™ (tools) to a broad range of situations, to measurably improve one’s GRIT.
- Immediately apply GRIT Gainers to their goals, challenges, and opportunities upon completion of the program.
Recent Publications
Dr. Paul Stoltz delivered the finest, most practical, and most original presentations I have ever experienced.








